Re: 'Veinte Cohol' bananas are ripe, 2 months later.
 

If not I have one I can sell you or trade:woohoonaner:

Re: 'Veinte Cohol' bananas are ripe, 2 months later.
 

So I will guess that they don't do well here then.

Re: 'Veinte Cohol' bananas are ripe, 2 months later.
 

Well, I don't think they're very hardy but they can grow pretty quick so they have a place if you're willing to get plants started in a greenhouse. That's what they were touted for in a Savannah, GA study.

Re: 'Veinte Cohol' bananas are ripe, 2 months later.
 

I know this is an old thread. I was just wondering if anyone still has 'Veinte Cohol' and if it is easily wintered in colder climates.

Re: 'Veinte Cohol' bananas are ripe, 2 months later.
 

I don't think you can cold-store them. I think if you let them go dormant in a pot you might have issues even. Easily doesn't come to mind for this one.

Re: 'Veinte Cohol' bananas are ripe, 2 months later.
 

I got a VC pup from a club member at his open house. Dug it off the mat myself. Lots of roots. It's still potted and will go in the ground when it takes on some size and vigor to make it thru winter.

Re: 'Veinte Cohol' bananas are ripe, 2 months later.
 

Smart choice since they are predicting a colder winter than normal for florida for some reason.

Re: 'Veinte Cohol' bananas are ripe, 2 months later.
 

I guess I'll pass on this one. Still looking to raise more of my own food and banana is my favorite fruit. I have one every morning for breakfast. But is St. Louis a steady supply of home grown is not even a dream.

Re: 'Veinte Cohol' bananas are ripe, 2 months later.
 

This is one of the most sensitive bananas I've grown (maybe 40 varieties or more). I had 3-4 large plants surround by some smaller pups of VC going into last winter, one with undeveloped fruit hanging, and they all died completely. It was a colder than normal winter with 35 nights of frost and one morning got down to 22F, but none of those days were very cold during the daytime (40s or higher).

Re: 'Veinte Cohol' bananas are ripe, 2 months later.
 

Don't give up hope. VC is a bad choice for raising your own bananas also because, even in good conditions, it makes very small bunches of small fruit, i.e., very little of your favorite fruit. If I were you, I'd get a Dwarf Namwah. They are about as indestructible as you will find in an edible banana plant and they make big bunches of tasty fruit.

Re: 'Veinte Cohol' bananas are ripe, 2 months later.
 

Need to call it Musa Namwah frozen yogurt then more people will want it.

Re: 'Veinte Cohol' bananas are ripe, 2 months later.
 

You're a marketing genius!

Re: 'Veinte Cohol' bananas are ripe, 2 months later.
 

35 nights of frost and one getting to 22? Not many bananas will tolerate that...Some will return from the corm, but that is a brutal winter for any banana...