Re: 'Veinte Cohol' bananas are ripe, 2 months later.
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Originally Posted by harveyc
This is one of the most sensitive bananas I've grown (maybe 40 varieties or more). I had 3-4 large plants surround by some smaller pups of VC going into last winter, one with undeveloped fruit hanging, and they all died completely. It was a colder than normal winter with 35 nights of frost and one morning got down to 22F, but none of those days were very cold during the daytime (40s or higher).
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35 nights of frost and one getting to 22? Not many bananas will tolerate that...Some will return from the corm, but that is a brutal winter for any banana...
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Varieties I supposedly bought: Manzano, Cavendish, Blue Java, Sweetheart, and Gros Michel.
What it seems I actually have: Brazilian, Cavendish, Namwah, Dwarf Red, Gros Michel, Pisang Ceylon, Veinte Cohol and SH 3640, and American Goldfinger. FHIA 1, Paggi and FHIA 17... Always room for one more.
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