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Yea Neighbor

U better quit screwing around with those Banana plants and put up that Christmas tree lol

I got my helper over thru Thanksgiving weekend to help me put mine up on Black Friday instead of spending money on SO CALLED deals:}

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Yo Pimp I might need some help putting up some Christmas Lights for my Banana's.. I might need a helper too.. :^)

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Awe yeah no problem:}

I don't want U hurting yourself putting up the tree so, let me know which helper U want:}

I have approx. 6-7 other choices but they are already booked...I may have a few cancellation though. If so I'll get back to U.

We take Paygal lol

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Well that sounds like a good deal as long as they don't show up looking like this.. :^)

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Awe NEVER

I just PM'd you a cancellation that came up for the holidays:}

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Now your talking Fred.. Who wants to see what the helper looks like? :^)

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Ill bite....I do!

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Trust me YOU DO!

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I don't think we could post that here.. :^)

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Well last weekend I managed to finish my winter protection for my nanners. Will get some pics at the weekend as outside is dark whenever I'm at home. :'(

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Checked the Banana's up here in S. Ark since they did see the most cold this fall (down to 22F). The frost cloth w/ a heat-tape and Christmas lights has them looking fine. I don't use Christmas lights in N. La. Of course due to current weather the banana's have not gotten any bigger, but it happens this time of year up here.. :^)

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Why do you leave so many pups on a mat?? Answer is Insulation..
Mother Corm & Stem is solid as a rock after being covered in frost cloth and heat-taped and taking 10F.. Pups will recover after getting trimmed back so no worries.. This is my Namwah.. :^)





Pups on East-side fared much better than the West-side..

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Well I'd say we have a greater portion of Winter behind us and I still have 3 hands in fine shape.. For those us in the South Frost cloth and Heat-tapes is a viable way to get hardy banana's thru the winter to see some growth in the Spring minus a power outage.. :^)

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Well after taking 9F w/ a heat-tape that I forgot to tape to the trunk that ended up bunching @ 4' of the 12' stem; of course it was covered w/ frost cloth. I cut the top back 6" or so. Now the pups took a big hit, but its all good. :^)

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So it fruits inside the stem?

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No, it will grow out. What I did was like topping it.. :v)

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Ah good to hear. Hard to see from the pic but it looked like a flower stalk in the middle.

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No, just rolled up leaves.. :^)

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Abnshrek... how's that purty Raja Puri doing? Turn brown? Any pups from last year still there? ...or waiting for pups?
Did she hang solid during these last 2 freezing blasts?
:coldbanana: Did wrap her -the RP? ...or no need?

I know... I know ...I'm that one w/ lots of ?s :D

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Not uncovering till Thursday.. :^)

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I may have to cover this one up for Tuesday nite, but its all good.. Frost cloth & Heat-tape is on stand by.. :^)

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Wow thats a good amount of pstem you managed to protect in this overly long winter. Should fruit fairly quickly for you. Thats the namwah right?

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Yes it is.. I think if it were not surrounded by pups it would be toast as cold as the winter was.. I hope it starts popping up come the end of next week after it warms back up.. The Caligold's are but its time to cover back up some stuff for Tuesday nite..

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This a Sandwich panel house used to protect a Pindo Palm latitude 54, but I can see w/ a clear top might be able to be used for Banana's. Wind & cold or cold wind is a greater enemy of banana's in the winter than just the cold itself. A heat-tape inside this box cold be a good way to leave a banana in the ground for the winter.. Well not if you have a yard full of them but one mat wouldn't be out of the question for those folks in zone 6 & 7 to getting a chance of fruit from a dwarf hardy variety in their yard if the timing is right.. :^)

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Several people on forums use a box like that to protect palms up north where I am, except they just use styrofoam insulation for the walls. That sandwich panel looks pretty thick though. I always kinda thought it would work for a good hardy nanner like a namwah or caligold since I've seen it work with CIDPs and mexican fan palms time and time again. Many can keep their temps right around freezing inside the box plus a heat tape on the stem, seems viable. I plan do use the 2'x2' styrofoam box method on my palms one day once they are a little larger, and may try with a nanner one day also.

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That's pretty brave considering the frost went 4 feet into the ground this winter up there. I don't know how that would work that far up north unless you had a in-ground heater as well to keep the soil around the corm & corm from becoming a victim to the elements that exist outside the box.

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The fellow that has this says it takes 2 people less than 45 minutes to put this up.. I bet if it were a race they could do it faster.. :^)

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This method seems to be pretty much bullet proof for palms with either heat tape or some c9 xmas on a thermocube inside. Even works with LED strip lighting for windmill palms. With a nanner, I would probably be inclined to burry a heat tape around the corm, to help keep the ground/corm from freezing. Not too much hopes of success on this one, that's why I'll wait till I have some disposables to practice with.

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Well whatever you practice with I'd make sure it was a ABB.. :^)

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10-4!