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Forum: Main Banana Discussion 11-30-2009, 04:58 PM

Replies: 27 Zone Pushing in the Tropics Views: 2,733 Posted By lorax Re: Zone Pushing in the Tropics 25-50 kph is normal, and 65-100 kph is about twice a week, Jack.

Forum: Main Banana Discussion 11-30-2009, 03:10 PM

Replies: 27 Zone Pushing in the Tropics Views: 2,733 Posted By lorax Re: Zone Pushing in the Tropics Not in this area of Ecuador. The coast is usually prone to flooding, but we're in the middle of the worst drought in at least the last 40 if no the last 180 years so it's pretty dry. With the...

Forum: Main Banana Discussion 11-30-2009, 01:31 PM

Replies: 27 Zone Pushing in the Tropics Views: 2,733 Posted By lorax Re: Zone Pushing in the Tropics I had a tan for the brief period at end of October, from being at the beach. Two weeks of work cured that.

Forum: Main Banana Discussion 11-30-2009, 11:53 AM

Replies: 27 Zone Pushing in the Tropics Views: 2,733 Posted By lorax Re: Zone Pushing in the Tropics Pauly, if I had the range of cultivars available to me that you've got, I'd be set. However, because of Ecuador's restrictions on import of bananas, TC or otherwise, I have to work with the...

Forum: Main Banana Discussion 11-30-2009, 11:23 AM

Replies: 27 Zone Pushing in the Tropics Views: 2,733 Posted By lorax Re: Zone Pushing in the Tropics Well, Jack, I was working as a barista and restaurant manager, but the University of Ambato offered me about a triple pay raise to come and teach theatre design and historical costuming and...

Forum: Main Banana Discussion 11-29-2009, 08:51 PM

Replies: 27 Zone Pushing in the Tropics Views: 2,733 Posted By lorax Re: Zone Pushing in the Tropics Oh, and there are no skeeters at this altitude, Jack.

Forum: Main Banana Discussion 11-29-2009, 08:33 PM

Replies: 27 Zone Pushing in the Tropics Views: 2,733 Posted By lorax Re: Zone Pushing in the Tropics Filthy lucre. I got a job here, and I didn't like the idea of a 5-hour daily commute.

Forum: Main Banana Discussion 11-29-2009, 05:12 PM

Replies: 27 Zone Pushing in the Tropics Views: 2,733 Posted By lorax Re: Zone Pushing in the Tropics You mean the Ambato area? That would be in 1964, -5 Centigrade. Where I was living before had a record low of 12 C. However, Ambato regularly gets frost during the "rainy" season. Ante - I will...

Forum: Main Banana Discussion 11-29-2009, 03:42 PM

Replies: 27 Zone Pushing in the Tropics Views: 2,733 Posted By lorax Zone Pushing in the Tropics Well, folks, it pained me to do it, but I have moved again. I now live in the highland city of Ambato, which is a high-altitude desert (big change from the edge of the Amazon!) Ecuador falls within...

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