wstrickland1

I literally did nothing to protect my plants this year. It was bumping 80 degrees right up to New Years Day weekend (we even swam in the pool) but after that we had a pretty cold January. As low as 20 degrees a few days and several more in the upper 20s/lower 30s. It looks like I had great success other than a couple, my Sumatrana X and Zebrina was mush to the ground and DC and D Reds are iffy but some I did not count on lost no height at all from last year including a truly tiny, praying hands, blue java, patupi, lacatan, thai black and viente cohol. Looking forward to a great season.


Mekong Giant

20220220_112652 by William Strickland, on Flickr

Namwah
20220220_150852 by William Strickland, on Flickr

Even a potted namwah
20220220_150956 by William Strickland, on Flickr

Thai Black. This was Sunday, already pushing as of this morning
20220220_150914 by William Strickland, on Flickr

Orinoco
20220220_112706 by William Strickland, on Flickr

Patupi, VC, Truly Tiny, Lacatan

20220220_115036 by William Strickland, on Flickr

The Ferrigno Patch
2022-02-22_03-13-17 by William Strickland, on Flickr

Basjoo

20220220_112658 by William Strickland, on Flickr

wstrickland1

sorry about the pic sizes, it's been a while

Janelle525

That's great they made it through! Bananas are pretty tough!

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Super Dwarf Cavendish, Tall Namwah, Goldfinger, Praying Hands, Raja Pisang, Manzano.

cincinnana

Looking good down there.
Your grow zones are a few months ahead.


Still somewhat cool up north.

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wstrickland1

If not for the multiple overnights in the low 20s we'd have really been golden but hey I'll take it. Looking ahead its 70s or better for highs. Stay warm up there.

Robbertico18

What was the lowest y’all got down to up there?

I think we got down to 27 one Saturday night and then 24 the following Saturday. But it’s been in the 80s all week down here and although they lost all their leaves they’ve already shot out new ones.

wstrickland1

We saw 19.999 one night and more that too many in the mid to upper 20s but it should be smooth sailing from here on. Didn't lose an inch on the praying hands, patupi and most shocking the truly tiny. Many others the same. It will be a good year

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I'm not happy by William Strickland, on Flickr

wstrickland1

Pretty much mid March but here's the naked bloom progress. Such a shame. Almost 12' of buck naked pstem.

2022-03-07_07-50-49 by William Strickland, on Flickr

Robbertico18

Mannnnn get ready I think we’re getting down to 32 this weekend

wstrickland1

They're saying 27 up here. So crazy. You wouldn't believe my oranges and tangelos!! I'm covering those and bringing in what I can. The naked bloom, ehh whatever it's a dead man walking anyway. Sheesh.

Valor_X

Yo Strick!
Haven't been on in a bit but I'm glad your nanners made it through!

Mine pretty much look identical. The 28F winter storm is what nuked mine.

I was very surprised with my Veinte Cohol got very minimal damage besides the leaves and was one of the first ones to start growing again.
Seems to be just as cold hardy as Orinoco, Blue Java, Namwa

Also surprisingly the Grand Nain I got from you is continuing to grow from the same plants and they weren't very big to begin with. Like 1 ft p-stem since I moved them into the ground late last year and yet somehow they survived instead of dying back like I thought they would.

Dwarf Cavendish on the other hand seems to be more cold sensitive only the pups survived and they were much bigger also.

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Varieties I'm Growing

From Corm/Pup
Dwarf Cavendish ○ Super Dwarf Cavendish ○ Grand Nain ○ Niño ○ Manzano ○ Raja Puri ○ Tall Namwah ○ Blue Java ○ 1000 Fingers ○ Praying Hands ○ Orinoco ○ Variegated Florida ○ PR Red ○ California Gold ○ FHIA-03 Sweetheart

Plantains
Puerto Rican Dwarf Plantain ○ African Rhino Horn

From TC
Truly Tiny ○ Manzano ○ "Blue Java" ○ Dwarf Namwah ○ Thai Black ○ Veinte Cohol

wstrickland1

Amazing those didn't die back I have to start over every year.

we had one last blast a little over a week ago. My citrus was ROLLING and all took a hit. Everything was good and it got down to like 22 ONE night and really wiped some stuff out. So crazy how one night can do so much damage. Still things are perking back up, didn't lose an inch on your Orinoco, praying hands, VC, Mekong, basjoo, black thai or any of the ferrigno clan. The naked bloom is starting to unfold. I'll keep it around and see what it does.

here it is as of yesterday:

20220321_181421 by William Strickland, on Flickr

20220321_181409 by William Strickland, on Flickr

cincinnana

The bloom should be a neat thing to watch.

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and sad at the same time. They peeked out a little more yesterday. It's not a pretty sight.