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Old 12-30-2009, 12:43 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Cold Overwintering in Phoenix

I dug my DC's out with the method mentioned here on overwintering them bare root in a crawl space. but recently found out that bananas here in phoenix can typically sustain the cold winters, the P-Stem might die down but the corm almost always survives as the ground never freezes below the soil line...

my question is since I already have them dug up and have them drying out in my garage for the past couple weeks (garage is typically 58-62 degrees right now) should I just keep them in there dry with no water since the roots already died and the leaves dried up to a crisp. or should I try to bring them inside next to a window potted up with very very little water. Since the roots died already and the leaves are brown and crispy will this just cause the corm to rot?

What should I do?

I think next winter I will try to just mulch the ground heavily and see if they can take the temps.
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