GM in NJ update
Five months ago, I seem to have made the mistake of buying a Gros Michel as my first banana. It spent the summer on my enclosed and south-facing porch. Windows closed, it is consistently 30 degrees hotter than the outside during the day. At night, it falls down to arrive the sane temperatures as outside.
From may through a couple weeks ago we were able to give it 90-100 degree days and nights above 60. Summer humidity is usually really high here, and this year was no exception.
With nights now getting down below 50, I just moved Big Mike up to my bedroom, also south facing. My wife uses a humidifier all winter, so humidity should be decent. Our room usually ends up 15 degrees hotter than the rest of the house, so we spend most of the winter pushing 80 in there.
Long term, my cousin and I are hoping to open a meadery in a disused section of a building I own. It's a corner space with a funky pentagonal shape and three outside walls dominated by windows. We're thinking of having a banana hole connecting the basement to the first floor with the GM's container on the basement floor. We'll have about 19' for it to grow. I'll supplement the natural light with some grow lamps, and we'll have a fun setting for a basement tiki bar.
Last edited by sproino : 10-29-2017 at 11:14 PM.
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