Hey Mitchel
 

Is there anything left in your neighborhood? Sounds like it wasa not good weather for bananas last might.

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There was a really big gust when it started and it sounded like the roof was going to blow off! It wasn't too bad damage wise though. Some downed trees and power outages here locally, but my yard did surprisingly well. About a dozen broken banana leaves and some shredded leaves laying all over the place, but no broken p-stems so far. It's supposed to pick up again tonight so we'll see what happens.

This is exactly why I stopped growing tall reds!

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Guess I spoke too soon, a big gust just snapped a Raja Puri in half that had a young bunch on it. The Hawaiian Apples are still hanging in there though. Wierd

EDIT: It was an HA that fell on the Raja Puri. I hate these winds!

EDIT:#2 I lost two HA's, one is laying on the roof, the other on the RP.

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:(

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Here are the survivors trying to hang on.

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Yikes biggies!!

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What kind of wind is Santa Ana? Dry, humid?

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It's a warm dry wind. They say tonight will be worse. The only thing it's good for is surfing when there is a big swell because it helps to make the waves more hollow so it's easier to get barreled.

Re: Hey Mitchel
 

The gusts started down here in San Diego about 1pm, somewhere in the 40 mph range. It knocked over a couple of bananas in 15 gallon pots but no damage. All the bananas growing in my plant are currently at about 5' p-stem, so no damage other than a few frayed leaves.

The humidity is down to 29%.

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I am very sorry to see that Mitchel :( At least many are still hanging!
I wish you all ride this out with no further damage! :)

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That is exactly why I stopped growing tall anything. We had several big wind events this summer and none were hurricanes. The exception is the tall PK -- it shreds leaves easily and is strongly rooted.

Mitchel --- You got fences, right? Do what I did -- mount cleats - use ropes. Tie up just under the petioles.

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Just wood fences and I don't want to chance them getting pulled over by the big plants. I've had enough of these talls now. These HA's are the only talls I have left and they will be gone soon enough too. More room for Pisang Klotek! :08:

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It's totally calm now! Hopefully not the calm before the storm.

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Mitchel, not sure what planet you are on, or what you gave to me, but my PK is way, way tall. If you are moving to all short bananas, PK wouldn't be on the list.

Glad to hear that the damage wasn't worse, though I do feel your pain. I hate losing a banana with fruit.

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If wind is an issue, don't grow Kandrian. Every time we get winds over 30mph I lose some. The pseudostems don't break, the whole plant just uproots and falls over.

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My HA's are easily 5' taller than my PK's. Most of them are much taller than that.

Could be the location of the stand on my property but I've never lost a PK P-stem in these winds even though they are not the most stout p-stems. I have had to prop bunches though.

The Namwah I got from you does great in wind too. I have a large bunch hanging right now with no prop rod and in this wind and it's doing just fine! It should be ready by X-mas. I am very excited about x-mas bananas!

The best wind resistant non dwarf in my garden that also came from you, FHIA 18. Like telephone poles those things! :ha:

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My plants have been braving the wind. Even the Mysore has suffered minimal damage thanks to it being nestled in a nice cozy spot. The wind up here is probably even worse!

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Sorry Mitchel. I guess it was your turn. We had 50+ MPH winds a few weeks ago here in Ventura (and <15% humidity), but so far, we haven't had the brutal winds from this front. Knock on wood. One of my employees who lives a few miles from you has a massive avocado tree it was raining avocados last night. She nearly got one to the dome.

Jon, those tall Brazilian ("Hawaiian apple") Mitchel has are beasts -- way taller than anything you are growing -- at least from what I've seen in both of your yards.

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right on dude :ha:

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I agree, Mitchell, F-18 is a thick dude. The Hawaiian Apple get folded every time we have a wind here. Lost 3 stems a few months back. It may be due, in part, to its exposed location. However, the Misi Luki 10' away has never lost a stem.