ez
01-13-2014, 08:35 PM
Here's an update on my sweetheart, hopefully before autumn I will be able to taste the fruit for the first time. The cooler weather (65° to 80°) does not seem to affect it and would rate the cold tolerance of this plant at number one compared to the other bananas that I grow.
Cold Tolerance
1- FHIA-3 Sweetheart
2- Namwah
3- Raja Puri
4- Manzano
5- Gran Nain - Rose - Dwarf Cavendish - Veinte Cohol
70" p-stem with a base diameter of 8"
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55569&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=55569)
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7419/11937338745_7bb3231215_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/11937338745/)
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2872/11937783804_544a917817_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/11937783804/)
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3780/11937786384_1fd0e6d7c3_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/11937786384/)
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7318/11937612443_96a40616ec_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/11937612443/)
FHIA-3 Sweetheart 5' p-stem 11-20-2013
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3823/10965367436_a5d1f6e2e8_b.jpg
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3676/10965457174_7567c0d0ec_b.jpg
Cold Tolerance
1- FHIA-3 Sweetheart
2- Namwah
3- Raja Puri
4- Manzano
5- Gran Nain - Rose - Dwarf Cavendish - Veinte Cohol
70" p-stem with a base diameter of 8"
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55569&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=55569)
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7419/11937338745_7bb3231215_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/11937338745/)
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2872/11937783804_544a917817_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/11937783804/)
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3780/11937786384_1fd0e6d7c3_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/11937786384/)
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7318/11937612443_96a40616ec_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/11937612443/)
FHIA-3 Sweetheart 5' p-stem 11-20-2013
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3823/10965367436_a5d1f6e2e8_b.jpg
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3676/10965457174_7567c0d0ec_b.jpg