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Originally Posted by ArchAngeL01
All of my bananas are fine except for the Siam rubies,which rotted out and died. Did yours survive? If so what was your technique? I kept mine in the unheated garage with no water and they still didn't make it.... unfortunately. >  |
I do NOT have good luck taking bananas into the garage in the winter. I take a few thousand plants in and out each time it's gonna frost, and 1/2 of the bananas STILL rot and die, even though I keep them dry and warm.....even all my weird variegates I paid a fortune for from Thailand. So, I don't know what else to do. I guess it was just meant to be! lol
However, I do have several all-lime-green/yellowish ones that I saved, and they all seem to be sprouting back from the bottom. All the large plants in the pots are a dried, dead mess, but there are new ones coming up from the base, and they are all the lime-green/yellowish solid color like the original plants were, so that's good. It appears that mutation is stable. They were solid-colored offsets from a Siam Ruby clump I had. I separated them and planted them in separate locations around the yard, and they all flourished and stayed the solid color. They are the identical color as the elephant ear 'Lime zinger'. Pretty cool!