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9B 'winter'coming to 2 month old bunch of Dwarf Cavendish
Comments (5)I don't have frost/cold issues here in San Diego, but my approach would be to leave the bananas on the "tree" as long as possible, period. On "tree" time is good time. On nights where freezing weather was expected (or maybe even high 30's) I would bag the fruit and put a small light bulb inside the bag as a heat source to keep the fruit from freezing, and allow it to stay on the stalk longer. I would prop the stalk so that it would supported and less likely to snap or fold. And I would continue to peel off any rotting or mushy parts of the pseudostem. When all of this becomes untenable, then I would cut them off and let the ripen indoors. I have a bunch of Mona Lisa (fhia-2) that had their stalk folded after about two month hanging, and I just left them as is, and they are now ripening normally. I had a bunch of Kru which had the pseudostem snapped off in November, only 4 weeks after bloomng had finished, and I cut the banana bunch off and left it laying on the ground (for a photo-op the day after they snapped, and then was too lazy to throw them away) and by Feb 1, they were ripe, and quite acceptable. So, the moral of my story is, NEVER give up on your bananas. Nurse them along, coddle them, stick with them, and usually you end up with a reward....See MoreRoll Call, who's here (but hasn't posted yet for instance)
Comments (91)It isn't bad once you get used to it. If you find things that you don't understand, just ask here as it is likely that we've all encountered the same things these last few weeks. It is good to see more and more people posting. Sandplum, Your GW name makes me chuckle. My sandplums started blooming yesterday so you timed your appearance here at GW/Houzz perfectly, arriving right along with the sandplum blooms. Dawn...See Morethe season hasn't even started yet! (rose canker on 3 plants)
Comments (20)Heirloom Roses has good plants, but that doesn't mean all are disease resistant for your area. My The Impressionist got a touch of black spot, but didn't defoliate. I'm fortunate to be in an area that doesn't have black spot pressure and so far, I've have a no spray garden. Summer heat and thrips are my biggest problem and really had me down last year. If they appear again, I'm going to try alternating insecticidal soap and Spinosad at dawn or dusk when bees aren't active....See MoreWhich month start spring?
Comments (9)We reached 80 (feel) yesterday and it was quite balmy. I’m pretty sure the threat of frost has passed for me. Some of my trees started blooming in late January, but the blooms didn’t fully develop - I’m guessing due to cold and lack of light in the garage. The trees have been out for over a week now and the premature blooms have started opening. The bees were visiting yesterday, we’ll see if any fruit develops. Most of my other trees are right on schedule. My sanguinelli and variegated Valencia are blooming for the first time - will have to pull any fruit from the VV, but hoping to try a sanguinelli this year. No blooms on the other two bloods. Denise has already been hit hard by aphids in middle Georgia, but they haven’t reached me near Atlanta thus far. If all of my lemon trees manage to hold on to a few fruit each, I should have lemons coming out of my ears Lol....See Morejessjennings0 zone 10b
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