Definitely based on this years low temps so far haha
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I mean, I feel like Gknight is almost cheating though, what with living on a (sub)tropical island haha
Iâm not jealous, youâre jealous.
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@Gkight @swincher still 9a after the recent USDA update (no change), was considered 8b maybe 20 years ago (if they update every decade?), but will treat my zone as 8b. parts of neighboring towns such as Destin, Gulf Breeze, Pensacola are considered 9b, but they will be very disappointed once they realize they actually cannot grow tropicals here (without a heated greenhouse) as all the local nurseries now sell tropicals.
i kept my bananas (small ones about 1-2 feet tall) growing all winter by wrapping them with burlap, then a moving blanket then a pvc tent over it on nights below 40F, which was quite often. i donât know which ones will do good here so i planted veinte cohols, dwarf namwahs, dwarf orinocos, dwarf puerto rican plantains in the ground. i have superdwarfs and truly tinys (cavendish types) in pots and those look worse than my in ground ones but i had kept them in a low tunnel greenhouse with moving blankets for insulation, those also have been growing all winter, albeit slowly and all have pups now. you might want to try the truly tinys or super dwarfs since theyâre much easier to protect but they are not short cycle types. i would like to get kokopos as well.
Iâm in my own microclimate in 6b/7. The temp at the bottom where my trees are can be 8-10 degrees colder than the surrounding area. We have two weather stations. One halfway down the yard, and another almost to the creek. They are always at least 7 degrees different. I wouldnât have believed it until we put one in the orchard.
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I have large euro pears that have never borne fruit, and peaches, plums, and apricots are very hit or miss.
Last year I used misters about 6 times and I had the best crop so far. Still no pears though.
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