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Old 06-15-2021, 04:20 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Default Re: How hot is too hot for Bananas? Anyone try shade nets?

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Originally Posted by Valor_X View Post
I just installed a 40% Shade Net on 3 of my Bananas I've finished moving into raised beds. (Dwarf Cavendish, Veinte Cohol, Manzano)
You can see from my pictures my backyard gets absolutely no shade whatsoever. Full sun for 12hrs a day. (All those trees in the background are facing north so I get zero shade from those and there are no trees anywhere else)
Feels like temperature yesterday was 108, today it's at 105. It's extremely difficult to work on it in this heat as well.

The Dwarf Cavendish is already extremely happy, you can actually see the difference where the sun is still hitting it and where it's shaded. The heat difference under the net is crazy. The other 2 bananas still look a little weak since I just transplanted them.

I need to find a way to shade my container bananas, they are suffering the most and getting bad leaf burn.






That looks pretty epic. Didn’t take you long to get some shade cloth. :-)
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