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Originally Posted by crazy banana
It usually just gets down to 28F for a couple early morning hours, but that kills the foliage, so the fruits will lose their "solar panels" for proper development if not protected.
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They can develop just fine without leaves. I just finished some dwarf red bananas that spent the last 3 months ripening without any leaves on that p-stem. Would they have been bigger if the plant had plenty of healthy leaves? Probably. But they were still respectable size and tasty.