amisolanimd

Greetings, excited to get some information which I have found previously on this site. Sometimes I have a hard time logging in but the information that I’ve got has been very helpful. I’m currently in Northern California Bay Area, Berkeley, and attempting to grow bananas. I’ve always been fascinated with anything banana related and find their trees to be particularly attractive, and of course love eating all the different types of bananas and plantains. I was gifted with some banana pups about seven years ago by a friend who grew them in San Francisco of all places. They have flourished in my yard and have produced beautiful flowers and non-edible fruit. It took me a few years to realize that the fruit is the non-edible variety and I believe it is the cold weather Japanese banana , well getting a coffee in downtown Berkeley I noticed a beautiful banana tree with a large bunch of clearly edible bananas and was able to obtain two banana pups which I was told were Thai ice cream variety from that tree. In addition, I’ve ordered three gran nanwha bananas which came from Florida, so I have a total of five bananas in the ground most of them which just started from corms. I initially grew them in pots and then have put them in the ground. They have now grown to thigh to waist high. I am watering them and fertilizing them almost weekly during the growing season. We had a particularly hot spell the last couple of days, and I noticed that a couple of the trees have, what appears to be burnt leaves I didn’t realize that they could get burnt that it never gets as hot here as it does in the tropics. I can send pictures if I can figure out how to post them, but wondering if anyone had any advice if I should cut off the burnt leaves consider adding shade. We are approaching fall and the temperature should cool down, but we do get an Indian summer. Also, the tree that burnt the most seem to be the one that is closest to my house which I thought would be a good thing as it would attract heat in the winter. I will send pictures and I’m curious to know if anyone who has successfully grown bananas in a cooler climate, especially once to eat. I have one more plant that I want to put in the ground as well to do so before the fall. as stated, my varieties are Thai ice cream and grand nanwha I realize these are often sold as the same. I do have one corm of California gold which I will probably have to bring indoors since it has not sprouted yet and I just got it. I doubt it will do well outside over the winter. Any advice would be recommended especially about the burn if I figure out how to post them. I will send pictures, thank you all in advance