Re: M. basjoo in Zone 9a (Sunset 14)?
Hi Deb,
I'm also a newbie, and live in CA Z9/14 (with some marine influence, aka Delta breezes) just east of Sacramento.
I am planting edibles (CA Gold, Dw. Orinoco, Goldfinger, Dw. Brazilian) and plan to protect them overwinter (where they're planted) by using frost covers, bare ground/watering in the peripheral areas, black plastic ground cover around the p-stem to keep the cold and rain off the corms (as well as weed barrier) with a riverrock 'mulch' overlay for thermal mass/heat sink, Christmas light tree trunk nets around the P-stems for additional heat on the coldest nights. I'll have drip irrigation under the plastic for summer watering.
I'm also planting some of the more tender ones next to my south facing garage wall (large thermal mass) that I'll cover in winter to create an outdoor tropical 'room'/greenhouse.
Others have used large rubbermaid buckets full of water for heat sinks and various overhead and stem covers and frost protection.
The banana corms should survive as long as you plant in a good draining soil and let it dry out as they go dormant in fall. If you can keep the pseudostem from freezing/rotting, then your chances of getting fruit go up as well.
Good luck!
Jeff
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