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bananas101
01-23-2014, 07:22 PM
:( Seems this winter will set back my grove of bananas a lot this year. Can only hope that they recovery and not die off.
caliboy1994
01-23-2014, 08:04 PM
You should probably wrap them up if you haven't already. I wish you luck.
GreenFin
01-23-2014, 11:00 PM
:( Seems this winter will set back my grove of bananas a lot this year. Can only hope that they recovery and not die off.
Yikes, I just searched for the weather in Jacksonville and saw that your anticipated low tonight is 19F, with a low of 16F on Tuesday. Hope your nanners make it through OK.
cincinnana
01-24-2014, 04:41 AM
Good luck, fingers crossed.
pushak513
01-24-2014, 08:01 AM
Its hasn't exactly been a picnic around here either..-11 when I came in from work
blownz281
01-24-2014, 01:38 PM
I hear that! It's been abnormally cold here as well. Low 30's at night and 40-50 days. Lately 25 and 30-40 highs and some 50's. Claiming 19 for Saturday night. What the heck!
Funkthulhu
01-24-2014, 03:27 PM
-5F with a -25F windchill yesterday morning. . .
Better than the -15F/-38F we had during the first polar vortex incursion a couple weeks ago. . .
I'm glad I only left 2 out in the ground this year, the rest are nice and happy under lights in the basement.
Abnshrek
01-24-2014, 08:09 PM
This is w/o a doubt the coldest Winter I've attempted to protect stems.. :^)
eddiemunozep
01-25-2014, 11:56 AM
This is w/o a doubt the coldest Winter I've attempted to protect stems.. :^)
Good luck with the cold!
If we don't get rain in California we can't water the bananas! !!
JCA433
01-25-2014, 08:20 PM
The temperature here even dropped to low 30s F on Sunday morning near freezing. That is far below average! The average high from December 1 to January 24 this winter is 77.7 F though. The average high in December was 80.5 F and January only 74.3 F so far. That feels a lot better than the extreme cold up north! I NEVER use my heater during winter.
PR-Giants
01-26-2014, 10:22 AM
No doubt it's been cold, our temps have dropped to the low 20s in the Caribbean.
:woohoonaner:
cincinnana
01-26-2014, 04:31 PM
No doubt it's been cold, our temps have dropped to the low 20s in the Caribbean.
:woohoonaner:
Cool breeze.....:ha::ha::ha:........not.
hydroid
01-26-2014, 07:20 PM
No doudt this has been a very cold winter, my stuff will usually come back after being froze to the ground and it needed to be thinned back anyway but I am concerned about my Bamboo since I have a couple which are borderline for my growing zone, and they were quite expensive.
I probably lost everything above the ground on my DC; she was too tall for me to adequately cover. (Actually I wrapped pups and they aren't happy so I'm not sure it would have helped to protect her; we got down to 25F!) So I'll experiment and cut her P-stem possibly to the ground; I'll learn a lot and that's good. I'm so glad I didn't have a lot of bananas in the ground. Pups and plants in pots are doing fine.
PR-Giants
01-27-2014, 02:08 PM
Cool breeze.....:ha::ha::ha:........not.
It was 23 degrees last night, but it felt more like 24. :ha::ha::ha:
robguz24
01-27-2014, 02:13 PM
My coldest winter so far too. It got to 59.5 F for a few minutes in the past week, with lows hitting 63 on a regular basis. At least the coquis have been quiet, and totally silent on a few dry nights.
cincinnana
01-28-2014, 12:49 PM
It was 23 degrees last night, but it felt more like 24. :ha::ha::ha:
Celsius :ha::ha::ha:
bengal tiger nanas
01-29-2014, 08:47 AM
local weatherman said not as bad today. it was -8 overnight. still better than the -20 tuesday.
robert0514
01-29-2014, 12:47 PM
Here in the UK we're having the warmest winter for years lol. I left some dragon fruit plants outside and they're still alive! I believe that it hasn't got below 25F so far and yesterday in my greenhouse it was 79F!
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