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Old 02-08-2014, 09:39 AM   #1 (permalink)
 
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Hello all!!!!
We'll I live in the new state Moalaska...lol and was wondering if my hardy bananas will survive this long spell of way below normal temps.
I have several hardy bananas and hardy fan palms that have been in the ground for at least 5 years some longer, I can't recall the temps ever being this low ( few nights in the negatives) as long as I had them.
The bananas are under about a foot of mulch and the Palms I build cold frames for with mulch mounded to the lowest fronds.
So what do you all think?
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Old 02-08-2014, 11:07 AM   #2 (permalink)
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We'll I live in the new state Moalaska...
I goggled with no find, Where? Good luck, more mulch= always better.
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That's where St. Louis is ain't it? lol :^)
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Yes I love in Missouri
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Sorry.... I live in st.louis
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Then it's probably okay if you love in Missouri.
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Thanks? I do love in Missouri but don't love Missouri.... Ready to move to S.Florida
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Thanks? I do love in Missouri but don't love Missouri.... Ready to move to S.Florida
I left MD/OH and landed in N. Florida. Tuesday I'm investigating moving to C. Florida.
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So when you were in MD/OH did you have hardy bananas?
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Never raised bananas up north; never thought to do so. (I was into figs.) Got a DC this past Mother's Day. She got toasted by 25F so I cut off what was mushy. She's now about 4' tall with a new leaf emerging. I have 4 pups in pots that were small enough to protect so they're fine. I'm not the one to advise about zone 7 or lower banana farming but others here are very experienced and can commiserate with you. You should post in Member Introductions; it's a great way to let others know about you.
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Ok so maybe this is a better question......what is the coldest anyone has experienced and had their hardy bananas come back with just about a foot of mulch on them
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Ok so maybe this is a better question......what is the coldest anyone has experienced and had their hardy bananas come back with just about a foot of mulch on them
How cold did yours get? My DC got toasted at 25F. I just cut her back to about 4' tall to take out the dead and rot rather than let it fester; that ugly stump is sprouting new leaves. Depending on the varieties you're growing and the temps they experienced, you may lose the P-stem. If the ground under your mulch did not freeze, the corm may have survived.

I keep talking about my poor DC; this is her a couple of days ago.


I'm sure I did the whacking all wrong but it is what it is.
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This is how they do it in a garden across the river.
I have seen it also in northern Michigan.

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My Basjoos are still planted but covered with fleece.
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What is the coldest temp you experienced that they have survived?
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Only had about two nights, three with last nights when all three nights were only just freezing.

We had more rain than cold nights.

BBC News - UK floods: Swollen Thames threatens thousands of homes

Somerset has been hit really hard. The Image is in Berkshire - England.

Water can also kill off Bananas if you get enough of it. I will see how mine are come Spring.

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