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Olafhenny · 11-09-2010, 12:13 AM

Now, that I have finally figured out with a lot of help from mango_kush, saltydad and finally Blake09, who helped to clear up my main problem ( thanks to all of you) I am ready to talk about my procedure of winterizing my beloved banana. It is rather elaborate and probably mostly unnecessary, but I want to get as much of my plant through the winter, as possible. Whatever parts of the M. B. I can help survive, will not have to re-grow next year and besides it is a dress rehearsal for my Siam Ruby, which I hope to have in the same shape next year. I understand, that it is not as hardy as the Basjoo.

It all began with putting a 1’ high fence around the plant with just under 4’ dia. Then I placed weeds and clippings around its base in a cone shaped fashion (See Pic. 1).

The idea of that was to provide the plant with air and weeds and clippings are a lot more porous than leaves. For keeping the draft out and for additional insulation I sprinkled some peat moss over that cone of weeds. The idea of the cone shape was to have the leaves fall into a pattern draining away from the P. Stem, sort of like shingles. (See Pic. 2 and Pic. 3)

Enough for this post. In the next one I will show, how I intend to protect the pseudo stem as much as possible.
Best,
Olaf
PS: Sorry about the interference between the BANANS.ORG logo and my text. When I inserted the text into the picture, I did not think about the logo.

11-09-2010, 12:13 AM	#6 (permalink)
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