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Originally Posted by Richard
In my opinion, none of the bananas you have selected will survive your winter without serious, labor-intensive protection. Somehow you'll need to keep the plants, corms, and roots from freezing -- and ideally keep them from sustained temperatures below 40F.
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How do the (subject title) selections compare to Orinocos in terms of cold hardiness? We've had Orinocos that... good golly, we couldn't kill on our burn pile (they came back), much less the wild bunch of Orinocos we have always comes back after winter. Yes, they get brown and ugly (one might think they're dead). But come spring, we clean them up and top them to a healthy level and viola'... after some spring weather, they make themselves known.
So, ...back to ?... how does my selection compare in cold tolerance to Orinocos?
To add to the mix, how would Dw. Cavendish compare against Orinocos w/ cold tolerance?
P.S. we're zone 8b/9