My new hothouse came online in May. I had been anticipating this for 6 months, and so had bought various tropical and semi-tropical plants from Logee's Greenhouses. They survived 6 months in pots in my entryway and finally made it to the new hothouse. Two more bananas were added in May for a total of
2 Dwarf Cavendish bananas
1 Dwarf Lady Finger banana
1 Vente Cohol banana (also dwarf)
At this point the two early arrivals are 8' tall and the others are struggling to catch up. Who says you can't grow bananas in a climate that is hot and dry in the summer, cold and dry in the winter, and just plain dry the rest of the year.
This hothouse is temperature and humidity controlled. The idea is to have a place to garden in the winter when it is too cold to be outside. At the same time it will be nice to have some homegrown tropical fruit -- if everything works out. I have also planted starfruit, dragonfruit, sapodilla, 2 papayas, and passionfruit. There is one spot left for a Condo Mango, which will have to be ordered from Florida. If it will grow in a pot on a balcony in Miami, it ought to grow in my hothouse.
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