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Max363 · 08-19-2014, 02:06 PM

I always liked trying the red bananas, but found them much harder to over winter than any green ones - UNTIL I got a Bordelon some years back (that first plant is in my avatar). The next year I planted it in it's own bed in the middle of the yard and it bloomed and fruited amazingly that summer and then made a clump of 7 or 8 - 6-7' "pups" to pot up and store indoors for the next season. I have a brother in Gastonia NC and the sun does seem hotter for you-all down there ;-) .. but .. wouldn't it be even more so in Bordelonville LA where this variety first appeared? Anyway - hope their growth and vigor pick up for you. Thanks for sharing your experince!

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Max363 Max363's Photo Gallery Location: Pittsburgh PA Find me on the map! Zone: 6-7 Name: Max363 Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 164 BananaBucks : 11,573 Feedback: 2 / 100% Said "Thanks" 93 Times Was Thanked 123 Times in 46 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 32 Times	Re: Siam Ruby an Borderlon issues I always liked trying the red bananas, but found them much harder to over winter than any green ones - UNTIL I got a Bordelon some years back (that first plant is in my avatar). The next year I planted it in it's own bed in the middle of the yard and it bloomed and fruited amazingly that summer and then made a clump of 7 or 8 - 6-7' "pups" to pot up and store indoors for the next season. I have a brother in Gastonia NC and the sun does seem hotter for you-all down there ;-) .. but .. wouldn't it be even more so in Bordelonville LA where this variety first appeared? Anyway - hope their growth and vigor pick up for you. Thanks for sharing your experince!