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sandy0225 · 11-17-2012, 06:28 PM

I have a dwarf ladyfinger, actually several of them now, that Byron gave me when he was in our town, but I'm not really impressed with them. They really don't do much for me and even though I've had it four years now,I don't feel it's close to blooming yet. I did nearly kill it the first winter, it died down to the ground. It doesn't like our 45 degree temps in the greenhouse, and when I put it in the house where it's warmer, it is a magnet for spider mites, much like the ensete and Siam ruby. I actually have more luck so far with super dwarf cavendish fruiting and carrying over winter.

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