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Old 08-07-2013, 01:24 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Default Re: Can the Musa saba be Overwintered in Zone 5B?

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Originally Posted by Howard007 View Post
I ........ and hope for the best next spring?
Yes !

hope all you want !!!!

Now here is a realistic plan....
you're gonna need a d namwah, something to make A frame with, some plastic film and a truckload of poop

dump the poop, erect the frame over it, must be 10ft tall and 6ft wide, go inside for the winter and keep your d namwah in there with you
soon as night temps hit 40's in xpring (april?) then plant your (hopefully already 4ft+ ) banana
open part of the tent when day temps pass 80,

I'm gonna work with a guy in northern lower MI next spring on one of these and see if he can make respectable fruit on a 2yo dwarf cavendish.

oh yeah, while you are hoping, be sure to make good use of your off hand ;-p
gonna need something to fill in where the saba used to be
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winter winners, jackfruit, carambola, hua moa, d namwah, hak ip lychee with pink leaves 2 days before a cold snap eeeek!

Winter losers, kohala longan, misi luki, 80% jackfruit seedling loss

first bloomers, HUA MOA, DC, D NAMWAH, FHIA 17, KANADARIAN, RAJA PURI, M D NAMWAH

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WORST BUNCH hua moa, 2 fingers
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