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Originally Posted by trebor
looks like Raja Puri and D Braz Will also be added. l guess 5 Will be enough . He has a pretty large area so maybe he Will do well.. great soil up there.. close to him 10 minute ride is a pretty big cattle ranch . so he Will not be doing to much fertilizer buying ..
Thanks for the input .. its nice to be able to ask experienced folks.
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My experience with varieties I have in order of cold tolerance - best to worse
T.Orinoco - ok nanas - very tall pstems - 14-16' not easy to winterize- long ripening time
T.NamWah - great nanas - 2nd season - 10' pstems
Goldfinger - no nanas yet - 1st season in ground - 7-8'pstems
RajaPuri - slow grower - no nanas after 3 seasons - 5-6' pstems
D Cavendish - slow grower and cold tender-no nanas after 3 seasons
All of above survived winters with insulation. 26F lowest
I have potted Cali Gold, D Brazilian, Blue Java(maybe), Dbl Mohai - hoping these are going to survive in ground next season. or i'll be buying more winterizing materials.
Whoever suggested Siam ruby -Also have a potted Dwarf Red and Siam Ruby - definitely not cold tolerant - leaves fried in low 40s other night.
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Growing: Orinoco, Rajapuri, Dwarf Cav, SDC, TT, Dwarf Red, Dwarf Namwah, Tall Namwah (aka Ice Cream), Dwarf Brazilian, Veinte Cohol, California Gold, Double Mohai, NOT-Goldfinger, Gran Nain, Velutina