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caliboy1994 · 03-21-2014, 04:37 PM

I remember one time this winter temperatures plummeted into the 20s for several hours every night for about a week straight. The fear was always in the back of my mind that everything above the ground might not make it through the winter, but boy did my banana plants prove me wrong. This is what they look like today. It is all new growth.

Misi Luki / Namwah:

Blue Java:

Even the sickly Pisang Ceylon survived:

These are tough plants. The only casualties are two Blue Java pups and one Misi Namwah pup. I'm now thoroughly convinced that they can handle just about anything the Bay Area can throw at them. Even if it does involve a polar vortex.

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caliboy1994 <div style="font-style: italic;"><div style="font-style: italic;"></div></div> caliboy1994's Photo Gallery Location: SFV, California Find me on the map! Zone: USDA zone 10a; Sunset zone 18/19 Name: Andreas Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 2,301 BananaBucks : 322,943 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 1,474 Times Was Thanked 2,197 Times in 1,148 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 236 Times	Survival of the fittest I remember one time this winter temperatures plummeted into the 20s for several hours every night for about a week straight. The fear was always in the back of my mind that everything above the ground might not make it through the winter, but boy did my banana plants prove me wrong. This is what they look like today. It is all new growth. Misi Luki / Namwah: Blue Java: Even the sickly Pisang Ceylon survived: These are tough plants. The only casualties are two Blue Java pups and one Misi Namwah pup. I'm now thoroughly convinced that they can handle just about anything the Bay Area can throw at them. Even if it does involve a polar vortex. __________________ "The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings." ~ Masanobu Fukuoka Find me on linktree here as Solarpunk Farmer: https://linktr.ee/solarpunkfarmer