Olafhenny
10-30-2013, 10:01 PM
This is actually a follow-up on this thread: http://www.bananas.org/f10/interesting-not-yet-19145.html But because it deserves
broader attention than it would get if I posted this there, I am starting a new thread.
Last night was the third time my bananas were exposed to frost this fall as well as the coldest
so far.
Here is, what they have been exposed to:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55075 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=55075&ppuser=7269)
The temperatures were recorded at our local weather station, which is located less than
1km (1/2 mile) from my bananas.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55076 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=55076&ppuser=7269)
This is my biggest pad. You can see, that it is severely nipped by frost, but the PS is in no
jeopardy yet.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55077 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=55077&ppuser=7269)
This plant, more sheltered (protected by >10’ high canna New Zealand), is even less affected
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55074 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=55074&ppuser=7269)
This little guy, completely exposed, still has no problem at the PS level.
The last plant is actually quite a bit older, than the one in the third picture and is the one,
I have mentioned in other posts as left virtually unprotected last winter. As a consequence
it froze or rotted down to 2 inches below soil surface and consequently took a looong time to
recover in spring, a prime example of the delay caused, when there is no above ground section
of the PS left. Admittedly being choked by the surrounding vinca major did not help. However,
I kept that at bay for quite a while in spring, to give the emerging basjoo a chance.
Foot note: The above pictures were all taken at about 2 pm after the leaves were well thawed
out and any damage to the cells would show up.
broader attention than it would get if I posted this there, I am starting a new thread.
Last night was the third time my bananas were exposed to frost this fall as well as the coldest
so far.
Here is, what they have been exposed to:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55075 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=55075&ppuser=7269)
The temperatures were recorded at our local weather station, which is located less than
1km (1/2 mile) from my bananas.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55076 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=55076&ppuser=7269)
This is my biggest pad. You can see, that it is severely nipped by frost, but the PS is in no
jeopardy yet.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55077 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=55077&ppuser=7269)
This plant, more sheltered (protected by >10’ high canna New Zealand), is even less affected
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55074 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=55074&ppuser=7269)
This little guy, completely exposed, still has no problem at the PS level.
The last plant is actually quite a bit older, than the one in the third picture and is the one,
I have mentioned in other posts as left virtually unprotected last winter. As a consequence
it froze or rotted down to 2 inches below soil surface and consequently took a looong time to
recover in spring, a prime example of the delay caused, when there is no above ground section
of the PS left. Admittedly being choked by the surrounding vinca major did not help. However,
I kept that at bay for quite a while in spring, to give the emerging basjoo a chance.
Foot note: The above pictures were all taken at about 2 pm after the leaves were well thawed
out and any damage to the cells would show up.