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Originally Posted by asacomm
Hi crazy banana,
First of all, I was so surprised that I could not believe that it dropped to 28F
in San Diego. It might be an extraordinary wheather in December, or?
The cold waves hit everywhere in the world and cuased severe casualitities
including your country.
Anyway, it is nice to hear that if P-stems are alive, they will be ok and new
cigar leaves will sprout in the coming spring.
Thanks a lot.
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Yes, even though I live close to the beach, we usually get a few low temperature morning hours every year with a canyon behind the house. So far I have not lost any banana plants to it (uncovered banana fruit bunches unfortunately yes).
All the other years I have always covered at least one or two of the smaller pups of each variety in frost cloth but this winter I was too busy with other things and the only plants wrapped were my pineapple plants.
I think it is not the actual temperature of below freezing point but the time of exposure to it (in my case 2 mornings with two hours each).
One other important point is to have the best healthiest plants possible before going into the colder winter month with less daylight. Cannot do anything about the shorter days but for example, I do like to feed my bananas some extra potassium by the end of summer/early fall, because I believe it supports stronger cell walls of the plants.