Should I cut fruit? - Page 2

Magilla Gorilla · 11-24-2010, 02:03 AM

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Originally Posted by enigma99a

I filled my greenhouse and everything else is wrapped.. All I can do now is hope on some wind tonight to keep temps up. Tomorrow night i will be switching my gas bbq on under my mats with fruit. Hopefully it will get me through this week...

I hope all your plants make it o.k.

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Originally Posted by harveyc

I think I've got six bunches hanging right now and we're supposed to get down to 29F-30F or so, but I'm hoping it might not get that cold and luck out. We have a think layer of cloud cover right now but that may blow away. Even at 29F I don't think the fruit gets damaged much (based on past experience). I should bag the fruit but don't think it helps enough to make it worth it, at this point.

I hope all is well. Wednesday night seems to be the coldest of the nights. We will wait and see. I have put everything in the greenhouse that I want to move. We had lots of rain today and it is cloudy right now as well. Good luck!

Bananaman88 · 11-24-2010, 10:43 AM

Good luck to you all out in California. We have a predicted low of 34 coming Fri night/Sat. morning. I have fruit that is approx. 2 months old on my Ice Cream and Dw. Brazilian. I will be out of town so I went ahead and wrapped it this morning. I feel that both racemes of fruit are too immature to cut just yet so I figured I may as well wrap it and give it a shot. We could have three more weeks of decent weather before the next real cold front comes through. We'll see how it goes. Happy Thanksgiving!

Magilla Gorilla · 11-24-2010, 11:45 AM

Thanks Brent. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family and all on the forum. This weather SUCKS! Another reason to move to Hawaii!

enigma99a · 11-24-2010, 12:03 PM

harvey, I hope my fruit is still OK. Not sure what we got down to, but .75 mi away is a station and it read 27.1. VERY COLD! I did all I could, watering before sunset, and set a BBQ under my banana mats. The mats next to the BBQ are still green this morning! Others are hurt but not completely roasted. Tonight is supposed to be a degree warmer according to NOAA, so that's good news. Every degree helps... BBQ will be on again

Looks like you got lucky last night. You got some wind which kept it above 32. Being on the east side of the valley sucks because no wind

enigma99a · 11-24-2010, 09:07 PM

it's going to be COLD tonight. little scared to be honest. Sick of the 20 degree below average lows.....

Magilla Gorilla · 11-24-2010, 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by enigma99a

it's going to be COLD tonight. little scared to be honest. Sick of the 20 degree below average lows.....

I hope all your plants make it o.k.

enigma99a · 11-25-2010, 12:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Magilla Gorilla

I hope all your plants make it o.k.

Yeah, we'll see LOL. Some years we don't even drop below 28-30, and already we've had 27 last night and 26 or colder tonight. AND it's only November.

I've got 4 large King palms and a trunking majesty palm that has been in the ground for 3 years. Hoping they all survive this insanity..

11-24-2010, 10:43 AM	#22 (permalink)
Bananaman88 Bananaculturist Bananaman88's Photo Gallery Location: Houston, TX area Find me on the map! Zone: 9 Name: Brent Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 3,019 BananaBucks : 330,013 Feedback: 22 / 100% Said "Thanks" 1,339 Times Was Thanked 2,263 Times in 1,178 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 191 Times	Re: Should I cut fruit? Good luck to you all out in California. We have a predicted low of 34 coming Fri night/Sat. morning. I have fruit that is approx. 2 months old on my Ice Cream and Dw. Brazilian. I will be out of town so I went ahead and wrapped it this morning. I feel that both racemes of fruit are too immature to cut just yet so I figured I may as well wrap it and give it a shot. We could have three more weeks of decent weather before the next real cold front comes through. We'll see how it goes. Happy Thanksgiving!

11-24-2010, 11:45 AM	#23 (permalink)
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enigma99a enigma99a's Photo Gallery Location: Rocklin, CA Find me on the map! Zone: 9b+ Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 476 BananaBucks : 142,721 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 103 Times Was Thanked 277 Times in 129 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 2 Times	Re: Should I cut fruit? harvey, I hope my fruit is still OK. Not sure what we got down to, but .75 mi away is a station and it read 27.1. VERY COLD! I did all I could, watering before sunset, and set a BBQ under my banana mats. The mats next to the BBQ are still green this morning! Others are hurt but not completely roasted. Tonight is supposed to be a degree warmer according to NOAA, so that's good news. Every degree helps... BBQ will be on again Looks like you got lucky last night. You got some wind which kept it above 32. Being on the east side of the valley sucks because no wind __________________ Average January Low: 40°F, Average August High: 95°F Typical Low Each Winter: 28-30°F, Typical High Each Summer: 108-110°F, Annual Precipitation: 22 inches Last edited by enigma99a : 11-24-2010 at 12:27 PM.

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