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Also it is 5' 4" tall from the bottom of the pot right now

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This is perfect for the leafy growth stage. When fruiting, you want a full spectrum, but you have some time for this. You can just put it out in the summer and let it do its thing. Is the garage it is in heated, or is the heating pad the only source of heat?

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nice pics luisport

i checked out the links in youre signature as well

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Thank you very much! :08:

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Luisport,

Which of the pawpaws and magos do you recommend? I have being wanting to plant a couple and a mango but I have not had the chance to look for them. I got some guava plants but always looking to add to the collection.

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Hi. Depend the varieties you have available...

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Luisport,

I will have to order them so I will have to order from the web. I will have to keep in mind that I live in zone 9a

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If you live on 9a it's better than mine, you shouldn't have problems. Regarding Pawpaw you can choose one auto-fertile like sunflower and another very good like halvin, Wabash, Susquehanna, Shenandoah, mango, etc... there are a lot of very good ones.
Regarding mangos you have some more dwarf and others that grow more like valencia pride, and here we have palmer that is dwarf. But there are very good ones.

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thank you for showing us youre plants luisport!

you have an amazing garden!

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Thank you for the recommendations. I will look for them sometime this yr, I hope. I will check to see the characteristics of them and hopefully choose the best one for my family's taste.

Your plants look great, loved looking at them. I hope to add some trees/plants this yr to our growing orchard.

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Thank's! :08:

We got cold weather and frost every day for more than 2 weeks. My banana trees have all leaves dead... just hope the trunk is not dead and continue to grow in some weeks with warmer weather. All my tropicals and citrus suffered.

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My big Dajiao banana tree is awakening from winter…

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Da Jiao banana tree

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Nice plant!.

The rest of the garden looks awesome.
I see you have a few new plantings....:).

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Thank's! I have a lot new plants and trees... :08:

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Excellente! Looking good.

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That is a nice plant. How tall will it get?

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That is a very elegant looking plant.

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I really don't know. This is a great variety for cold hardy places. I got a very cold winter, i even lost some citrus trees... but she only loose the leaves! Another great thing is that she grows very fast! I have other cold hardy varieties that resisted well to cold like orinoco and rajapuri, but grow much more slower. She is very good looking!

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I lost my citrus trees this winter too :(
But all my bananas survived.
Those bananas you have look great! :08:

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I don't loose all citrus but some were big trees like bahia navel, lemon and budda's hand... sad!

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Just to show my first caladium and magnolia flower...

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Magnolia is a classic tree in Texas. Love the sweet smelling flowers.

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And yours are deciduos or like mine don't loose the leaves?

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My mom hates them because the ground gets littered with leaves!!! They are THICK too and don't just go away they will completely cover the ground
They are beautiful though lol

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My red Ivory mangos continue to grow...

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Caladiums.....love the heat.....whew:)

Magnolias are a pollinators dream....I do not have one however ny neighbor does.

Always covered with bee's.......
Little Gem is a great backyard addition because of size and shape.

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Beautiful caladiums Luis! I also have a few

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Red ivory mangoes continue to grow well...

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Tropical Sunset waterlily

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Beautiful plants Luis!

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Thank you very much! :08:

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Luisport

Is that mango tree small or are my eyes deceiving me, never realised you could fruit them while the tree is small.

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Hi! Yes she is very small. And it's the first year (summer) on ground! I was very surprized whei i saw she was fruiting and the fruits keep growing... just impressive!

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That's plant is fantastic. Maybe its just an artifact of the photo but I really like how long the leaves/petioles look relative to the height of the plant. Very nice.

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Hi! Thank you for your reply! Yes the leaves are long! She is great! I thought she will fruit this year but i don't see it now...

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Interesting videos about Indian hill bananas...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd3KSwPwZWk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwmHDPNAvwQ

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I just got one hill banana from Himachal Pradesh (Himalayan Mountain) and one Musa x Fruit that is a cold hardy, fast growing and 2,5m banana variety.

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My new banana trees and exotics

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Regarding my new musa varieties, they are from a french nursey where i got my Da Jiao. They are a great reliable source. I will post what they have there:

Musa 'himalayan mountain'®:

This variety of banana was discovered in Himachal Pradesh at altitude (1750 m) in the middle of the Himalayas (North India). It produces edible bananas with a mild flavor. We are proud to offer it to you and to produce it in our nursery. The himalayan mountain® musa is larger than its cousin himalayan fruit®. It is similar in its thick, pruinose foliage under the foliage and on the trunk.
[Musa 'himalayan mountain'® (bananier fruitier)* - Pépinière Ecologique La Maison du Bananier](https://www.lamaisondubananier.com/b...-fruitier.html)

Musa x fruit®:

New variety developed by our nursery, musa x fruit is a very promising variety for its hardiness and rapid fruiting, proven with the last winters. It is quite close to dajiao and Himalayan fruit®, the foliage is more erect and slightly embossed, green under the lower and upper side. Its average height is 2.5 meters. Like many fruit varieties, the pseudostem is pruinose.
[Musa x fruit®* (Bananier fruitier) - Pépinière Ecologique La Maison du Bananier](https://www.lamaisondubananier.com/b...-fruitier.html)

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Pawpaw's season...

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Two Red Ivory mango fruits continue to grow

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nice plants!
interesting that the nursery is trying to create cold hardy types

i planted paw paw in zone 2/3 and they survived the first winter but did not make it last winter
i will try again though

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Thank's!

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The fruit is tasty.🥭
Pawpaw is native woodland tree in Ohio,USA.:)
It is also Ohio's designated native fruit.
While I do not grow them in the yard I always know where a tree or two are.

The fruit is amazing when you can find a tree in the woods....I always try to pick a few.

https://ohiopawpaw.com