Thank you Bigdog for all the wonderful pics. I did a google search and found your 'putting nanners to sleep for the winter' thread and loved it.
I am a 'nanner newbie and have learned alot since getting them in July. I have 7 varieties (Goldfinger, Ice cream, dwarf Jamacian Red, dwarf Orinoco, CA Gold, superdwarf mini Cavendish, and Blue Java) and they are all doing well 'cept for the Blue Java, which got spidermites and I misdiagnosed it til it's too late. The rest have given me about a 1/2 dozen or so leaves each and are about 18" tall and going strong.
Being in z9 in the CA central valley, we have a mediteranian like weather but we get frosts and occasional freezes. My plants are in 20 gallon containers til next spring when they'll all get put in the ground. I'm trying to get a small greenhouse built for overwintering them, and it should keep the temps up around 60-65 deg. all winter, so I am hoping to get a jumpstart on spring. I should be able to put them out in early March
Keep up the good work!
Jeff