Akula

That would be excellent but if I was picking three months for the bananas to ripen I would not pick Oct - Dec! Haha. We will see.

December temps range from about mid 40's to mid 70's but our first frost usually hits around the second week of December. Sort of an overnight spike low type of thing. Maybe I will get lucky and the frost will be delayed to early January which is very possible.

I'm happy to get the plants to fruit this year. My family and friends are pretty impressed so that works for me. Next step is to get some fruit to eat. For my area I need to complete 60-65% of vegetative growth in year 1 to insure that I have fruit in year 2 taking into account a three month pause for winter.

I expected my namwas to flower somewhere between 12' and 14' based on the experience of members and estimated which month to take a pup in year 1 to achieve 12' - 14' by July of year 2 however I expected the plant to hit somewhere between 12' - 14' and then "Boom! Flower!" But the plant actually gets within the target zone and then makes tons of leaves within a 1 1/2' growth area after chugging along at 20" of growth per month. I didn't appreciate the "crowning" time. Now I know!

Thanks for your comment!