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Jbellows7
12-28-2014, 04:35 PM
Just decided to join the forum.

From Peoria AZ

currently growing a raja Puri that is one year old, with a pup just coming up about 3 weeks ago

temps have been 50s during the day and 30's at night and leaves have started to brown.

any advice besides pulling the tree out of the ground to keep the tree going would be great thanks :0519:

crazy banana
12-28-2014, 06:59 PM
Welcome to bananas.org.

The leaves of your plant will probably get cold damage, but the p-stem will usually survive with temperatures in the 30s.
I do like to use Agribon frost cloth on some of my plants or at least to protect a few pups. Temps went down to 31F even here in SD and my tall plants look very sad, the pups were covered in the frost cloth, fruit bunches were harvested or covered in solar bags. If it does not get significantly colder, they will be OK, but my nerves are on the edge every winter if the temps drop that low.

Jbellows7
12-28-2014, 07:58 PM
Thanks for the advice! It should be fruiting after another year since it's about a year old right now correct ?

thanks :2623:

hybridpower
12-28-2014, 09:16 PM
I'm in the north valley, and even in cold years I've only lost leaves, and once a bit of stem. Just watch when things warm back up that you remove anything that froze / gets soft. We transition back to hot weather so fast out here that the dead parts of the plant (pseudo stem especially) can choke off new growth.

hybridpower
12-28-2014, 09:20 PM
To you other question, I never take them out of the ground, in my opinion, the setback from having to regrow roots would be worse than the little bit of frost damage you risk.

kubali
12-29-2014, 09:20 AM
Welcome aboard,
pull up a chair and have some fun learning.

lmswayne
01-06-2015, 05:35 PM
welcome enjoy.

cincinnana
01-07-2015, 09:39 PM
Welcome to the Jungle!!!!:woohoonaner:

crazy banana
01-07-2015, 09:43 PM
Thanks for the advice! It should be fruiting after another year since it's about a year old right now correct ?

thanks :2623:

With good care (water, fertilizer, compost, mulch...) faster....☺

Snarkie
01-27-2015, 10:17 PM
Vilkommen! :0519:

lmswayne
01-29-2015, 03:48 PM
Vilkommen! :0519:

love the clip. laughed my butt off.

Snarkie
01-29-2015, 06:31 PM
Thanks Linda! :08:

merce3
01-29-2015, 08:02 PM
welcome. be sure to post some pics of your nanas.