Cooling in the shade to hide from the sunshine!!

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;)

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As the sun breaks the horizon here it's a frosty -2C (feels like -5C), but 17C is expected today.

Cheers.

Very true!! :-)

Still basking in a balmy 25 deg C.

Feels much warmer due to the heightened humidity.

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Shady Characters ;-)

Cheers.

Good one! Just add solar panels?

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Bananas are solar powered, similar to house cats.

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Winning before work.

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With each crime and every kindness we birth our future.

Posting as the sun is about to disappear below the horizon, but we did make it to 18C (felt like 15C) here today, as a line of rain and small storms heads this way.

Cheers.

Yep, I'll go with that.

Strangely enough, been chomping my way through a bunch during this unusually tropical weather.

At this rate, might start growing my own!!

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Posting as the sun is about to disappear below above the horizon. A high heat warning has been issued and we are expecting 102f (38.8c) today. Tomorrow we are expecting 105f (40.5c). And the winds have died down.

Without a climate that is warm enough, you won't get any fruit, CA had a micro climate where fruit was grown at, but a landslide killed that off. A greenhouse is a possibility.

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The greenhouse and solarium trickery has been used since long ago with the aristocracy around here showing off growing the delicacy now taken for granted called: The Pineapple.

In earthy contrast...

The beautifully bright warm weather has caused some of my potatoes to sprout before suffering their chance for being cooked and eaten: They're now planted in a spare patch in the garden ready to multiply for later this year :-)

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Best Climate and Site for Growing Banana

Bananas grow best in humid tropical regions. In the United States bananas can be grown in USDA Zones 9 through 11. A few cultivars can survive in cold regions with protection, as cold as Zone 5.

The optimal temperature for banana growing is 78° to 86°F.

Plants require 10 to 15 months of frost-free weather to produce a flower stalk. Most varieties stop growing when temperatures drop below 57° Freezing temperatures will kill the foliage. Conversely, bananas will also begin to slow growth at 80°F and stop growing at 100°F. In very hot weather, bananas must receive ample water.

Bananas grow best in full sun, but the leaves and fruit will sunburn and scorch in bright sunlight when temperatures are high. Check the growing requirements of the variety you choose to grow; in some locations, some varieties are best planted in partial shade.

Plant bananas in compost-rich, loamy, well-drained soil.

Bananas prefer a soil pH between 5.5 and 6.5.

Protect bananas from wind for maximum yield. Bananas are susceptible to wind damage; they can be uprooted and blown over by the wind.

It is best to plant bananas in a block or clump of several plants. Block planting allows shallow-rooted plants to support one another; block planting also increases humidity around plants; plants in the center or blocks tend to fruit the best because they are protected from the wind. A block might be 5 rows of 5 plants in each row; each plant spaced about 5 feet apart.

Banana plants near harvest time

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Best Climate and Site for Growing Banana

... The optimal temperature for banana growing is 78° to 86°F.

With our present weather, that bit is easy.

Plants require 10 to 15 months of frost-free weather to produce a flower stalk. ...

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That's the killer for up 'ere!


Very much enjoying the tropical weather for the time being.

One good thing with the UK is that you can never get bored with the weather: It is always changing!

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Posting on a Thorsday morning as the jug boils with about 90mins to go until the sun rises, but it did get a bit wet here overnight giving us a very frost free 9C (feels like 6C) start today while just 12C is expected along with a gale.

Coffee time!

Cheers.

Here we have boiling mercury!

Into the night at 27 deg C, and no aircon other than the good British fresh(-ish) air...

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113 outside here and fair, 115 predicted. There are high clouds outside. And I'm all out of bananas...

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I was working on the boat. Even under the canopy, it's too hot to sand. It's 95f (35c) on the water and the air is still.

Hey! You can burn your feet on a sandy beach.

Too hot for dog walking.

(And I'm 'pescaterian' and so don't do hot-dogs...)

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