Hi.  I took my LSU gold that was in a pot and planted it in the ground today.  I might get one or two frosts around the end on January or February and I can just cover the plants when and if that comes. 
My question, even though it has already been done, is this a good time to plant?  The seasonal rains stoped about 3 weeks ago and the ground is drying up.  So the water now comes by hose.  My Celeste still has a dozen figs on it that are not ripe.  I think I have about one more month of growing season here.

Thanks for the feed back in advance.

-Bill

I generally plant 3rd week of October, here in San Diego, which gives the plants time to settle in and be ready to grow in the spring. We have been irrigating for the last 9 months. Plants (e.g. bananas) in pots often do not do as well as inground plants, over the winter, because the pots lose heat faster, with the greater surface area on the root ball.

Okay, then I think Im on a good track.  Im pretty sure the problem, which was minor, I had with this plant is the black pot heating up too much and hurting the roots.  I did get some help after I covered the pot with a plastic trash bag. 
I planted on the slope coming from the corrner of the house as my celeste did extreamly well on the slope.  I planted about 10 feet away from the celeste. 

I guess our wet season is your dry season and the flip flop in the winter. 
Im thinking if I water it about every week, it will keep putting out leaves.  Once the cold, 40 degree weather comes in January Ill quit watering till we hit 60s.  That should be the end of February.

(just a note to the northerners.  Im from western Pennsylvania, so yes, I do know what cold, sub zero F weather is about.  Ive only spoiled myself for the past 8 years and only have had my own yard for the past year.  Im 33 and have used the names bill_ftmyers_fl and botanicalbill on GW, currently use the later.  Perhaps I should introduce my self here and make a post for that.)

-Bill

When I dug the ground to plant, it was bone dry.  I went down about 2 feet and filled with wood bedding, peat moss and black kow mix.  I did this cause the soil is all sand and trying to remove the possibility of root nemotode. 

Just a quick question, nematodes are more of a problem in wet sand rather than dry sand?

I planted a banyan that I air layered from my dad which was a cutting from the Thomas Edison estate garden.  I dug down 2 feet but was not on a slope and hit wet sand about 18 inches down.  Dont know why Im sharing this, its just what I did today.

Welcom Bill  ; )
You moved from cold to warm area GOOD for you !
I cant wait to do similar but i dont want to rush things anymore.
I heard 1 reason parts of Florida use electric as opposed to gas supply for homes there was the sandy soil not good for gas lines underground maybe true maybe why you hit sand im not sure when digging.

Another reason why gas lines are not in the ground is in alot of places the ground water level is only 1-5 feet down during the summer.  It makes it hard to dig for repairs.

There are some of the older neighborhoods that have gas lines in the ground.

talk about getting off topic.