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blownz281 · 08-07-2010, 11:08 AM

I dry stored several nanners here in a storage closet (NC zone 8b next to the ocean and a huge river. So we are warmer then the city folks.

Ice cream
Lateria
Velutina
Yellow
Sikk
Basjoo stayed outside on the balcony all winter and slowly grew. This was our worst winter since the 70's. Yellow did perfect in the closet,all the other were a lose. Then all of a sudden ice cream and orinoco came back. IC was tiny and never recovered,orinoco is 4ft with a 1ft pup. So I have not had good luck storing them,atleast dry storing them. So they will come inside in pots and sleep in our spare bathroom in the winter. I feel with the cold dry air they just shrunk to nothing and needed dirt to keep them from shrinking to nothing.

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blownz281 Location: Coastal NC Find me on the map! Zone: 8b coastal Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,373 BananaBucks : 509,401 Feedback: 6 / 100% Said "Thanks" 440 Times Was Thanked 756 Times in 534 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 14 Times	Re: Tips needed for overwintering a Dwarf Orinoco inside I dry stored several nanners here in a storage closet (NC zone 8b next to the ocean and a huge river. So we are warmer then the city folks. Ice cream Lateria Velutina Yellow Sikk Basjoo stayed outside on the balcony all winter and slowly grew. This was our worst winter since the 70's. Yellow did perfect in the closet,all the other were a lose. Then all of a sudden ice cream and orinoco came back. IC was tiny and never recovered,orinoco is 4ft with a 1ft pup. So I have not had good luck storing them,atleast dry storing them. So they will come inside in pots and sleep in our spare bathroom in the winter. I feel with the cold dry air they just shrunk to nothing and needed dirt to keep them from shrinking to nothing.