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Cold Hardy Bananas This forum is dedicated to the discussion of bananas that are able to grow and thrive in cold areas. You'll find lots of tips and discussions about keeping your bananas over the winter. |
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03-21-2010, 09:59 AM | #21 (permalink) |
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Re: When to uncover in central NC?
I uncovered one of my basjoos about a week ago and its already about 2 feet tall. I was able to preserve about 18 inches of the p-stem. I did cover it up with a trash bag yesterday to keep it dry since we had cold rain here yesterday in St Louis. The extended forcast here is not below 38F for the next 10 days so I am considering uncover my other 2 basjoos now. If we get frost then I will cover up with a frost blanket temporarily. I want my basjoos to get an early start on spring. I am going to wait until mid April to put my tropicals out. I am not that crazy to put them out now.
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Re: When to uncover in central NC?
Thanks for the responses! We haven't had to recover yet, and they're growing like crazy! Weather has been in the 70s here during the day, with night time lows in the mid-40s to mid-50s. Got that blanket ready, just in case, but so far they still seem happy!
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Re: When to uncover in central NC?
After reading this and another thread, I decided to go out and uncover my basjoo. It appears that six inches of pstem above actual soil level is alive.
Weathermen in St. Louis are not paid for accuracy of their forecasts and are free to change forecasts every 30 minutes.. As of 11 am, 35 is forecast for Wednesday night and 33 for Thursday night. This forecast could change several degrees by then. I expect I will be recovering them within a few days. |
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Re: When to uncover in central NC?
just got home after being gone for 6 weeks and one of my D.orinoco has a full new leaf growing,but this plant has been wrapped with rope lights plastic and burlap all winter so it seems this experiment has been a success,should get a bloom from this one by june.
all others outside are brown with no growth yet should only be a few more weeks. |
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