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Originally Posted by wstrickland1
But now I want to fruit a cavendish because it can't be done 
I'd really like to see if one of my plants are Dwarf Reds too. Lofty goals from 8-B...... |
That's gonna be tough. I honestly thought it couldn't be done even here in Central Florida.
I've been lucky to have gotten 4 or 5 bunches off the Dwarf Cavendish at this point and all of them barely made it thru winter with 2-3 leaves despite never seeing temps below 37F (though admittedly I didn't do anything to protect them.) Even after it heats up, most end up collapsing due to partially rotting pstems a month or so before I would have ideally harvested them.
I'm sure you could get fruit off one in SC eventually if you put a lot of effort into overwinter protection and staking, but it'll probably require a good deal of patience!