Banana planting
No harvest months for this crop at this latitude yet.
Planted
Progress
unknown no finish predictedQuantity
Grown in
Rating
Grown from
Root division
Perennial
keeps growing year to yearWeather in Santa Clarita, CA New
- Rain
- 552 mm
- Hottest day
- 40.0°C
- Coldest night
- 0.3°C
- Soil temperature
- 21.2°C
- Days
- 361
Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. The weather is modelled for the area around the garden, not measured in it, and runs a few days behind. The totals, charts and expected weather are our adaptation of that data.
Notes
Two bananas in the greywater system. Morning sun, shade in the afternoon. Raja Puri gets sun a little longer but Blue Java will get full sun to its top leaves once it reaches its full height.
'Raja Puri' and 'Blue Java.' Rajapuri was a bareroot pup, I think it was a water pup. Blue Java was a potted plant about 5' tall.
Blue Java is having a bit of trouble, the leaves don't come out all the way before opening and it isn't gaining any height. Rajapuri is doing well though and has already put out 3 leaves.
We will see if I can keep the stalks alive through the winter. We can get occasional freezes but I hope that the water heater, side of the house and the greywater system will help to keep them warm.
UPDATE: Both Rajapuri and Blue Java survived the winter. They lost all their leaves but the stalks survived! Blue Java is now leafing out from its original stalk. This is important because if I ever want to harvest bananas I must be able to keep individual stalks alive over the winter.
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Observations
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Day 0Planted
Frost danger starts soon
The usual first frost is 30 Nov, in 15 days. It has come as early as 10 Nov.
This banana planting against the frost season
- Usual frost danger
- Possible: as early or late as it has come
- Planting so far
Experimental: this feature is new and might be flaky. These dates are estimates from 25 km weather-model data, not readings from a station at your garden, so a cold spot can be colder. They may be wrong, so check your national weather service and ask local growers before relying on them.
Harvests
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Jobs
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Crop
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