New bananas! - Page 2

venturabananas · 01-20-2013, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by wolfyhound

[IMG]Does this mean they're recovering and doing well or not? I haven't gotten Orinocos because of the weather turning.

Could be. But they also tend to lose redness when exposed to the sun, so it could be that, too.

wolfyhound · 01-20-2013, 09:55 PM

They were mostly under the shade cloth at the nursery...

wolfyhound · 01-24-2013, 06:56 PM

Well we ALMOST had a freeze! I ran out and wrapped all the bananas in blankets and towels, all snug. Then I covered the base with soil too. But then it only got down to 36F so it didn't actually freeze at all.

But.. I have some browning leaves.

Some look very good, some look rather unhappy. None look dead though. So we shall see how they pop back out with the warming weather.

jet123 · 02-05-2013, 11:15 PM

Nice deal! A Grand Nain is in the Cavendish family, and as far as I know you can tell a Cavendish from other bananas by looking at the young leaves of the suckers. The young sucker leaves should have a light red camouflage on the surface.

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