The weather is not normal here! Climate Changing?
My Bananas that I dug up and potted look terrible. This fall the weather has been hot in the day time and since the days are shorter it gets too cool at nights when the humidity is low the temperatures get lower at night (mid 40's f - it even got frosty on the cars a couple times so far this fall ). The green house is too hot when the day time out side temps are over 85 Degrees F(120 plus inside inadequate ventilation system with the shade cloth off for winter) and the short days and low humidity and high winds are making things really look bad. The ones that were too big to dig up are wind whipped but the bunches seem to be plumping on the ones that started blooming in September and I am optimistic that they will ripen especially if the below weather forecast remain true. I am going to have to re think my strategy about over wintering it is just too much trouble to keep moving big pots The ones that I have watered and did not dig are still growing and sending up pups but are showing the effects of not enough light yellowing leaves I cannot afford supplemental lighting to keep them all going properly so most will just have to look bad. On a bright spot the below fore cast looks like next year will be another great growing season here but could be indications of climate change and of my area becoming a more desert like - It makes me sad to have so many pots of bad looking bananas but if I can keep them alive till spring I know they will come out of it - but it is real hard to make them go semi dormant in these temperatures - Philip
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