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Originally Posted by jbyrd88888
Update request? ... Many casualties...?
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My Cavendishes (Williams Hybrid, Dwarf Cavendish, and Grand Nain) and Dwarf Red died down to the ground but sent up pups.
All the Dwarf Orinocos lost their leaves, but their pstems survived almost unscathed. I pruned them back to 3' a few weeks ago (they were up to 6'), though, in an attempt to give them room to push out enough new leaves under the 7' ceiling to sustain a bunch.
One of the Dwarf Orniocos flowered in the middle of winter, so I put an aquarium heater in the pool underneath it in hopes of keeping the bunch alive. It worked, and I think the fingers will start getting ripe in 4-6 weeks.
I think I'm going to have 12-15 bunches hanging in there by the end of July: 10 Dwarf Orinoco, 2 Dwarf Brazilian, 1 purported Dwarf Namwah, and 2 purported Fake Ice Cream. I might get autumn blooms from SH-3640, Gluay Kai, Williams Hybrid, Grand Nain, and Dwarf Cavendish.
On a side note, my Alano sapodilla is budding up with flowers for the first time. It's supposed to taste like a fine pear soaked in brown sugar, which sounds rather tasty, so hopefully I'll get to try one for the first time this year.
Pictures to come later today or tomorrow--after I do my taxes
