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Olafhenny · 10-31-2013, 12:49 AM

The temperatures in the time schedule should leave no doubt, as to which temperatures
these banana plants have been subjected to and for how long. For those not familiar with
the Celcius system I also added the temps in Fahrenheit

They should however not be considered safe, as, if these low temperatures had lasted long
enough, they would clearly have destroyed the PS as well, given they had time to penetrate
deeply enough into it. As it turned out the warm daytime temperatures that followed halted
and reversed any penetration.

When there is frost, things freeze and when the frost is cold enough and lasts long
enough, the lakes and ponds freeze up and the frost penetrates deep into the soil and
kills your corm. It does all that in Canada and even in the US of A as well as China. - No
respect for international borders. Providing there is enough humidity in the air. frost can
also settle on leaves, twigs, power lines and all things thin enough, that they cool down
quickly, so that ice crystals can form on them as the moisture is released from the air.

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