I am not sure if Tastyratz was responding to my post, but I must not have made myself clear. Sorry. My bananas are on my deck in huge planters, not in the ground. I was origionally wondering if they'd have time to become established before cold comes, if I were to attempt to overwinter them outside. But then I read the post (and saw the pics) of someone (can't remember his member name but his name is Frank) of a bunch of bananas he'd dug up and cleaned off as one would canna or an EE. These he'd stored under his house.
I would like to get these out of the pots, as they are way way to big now to try to get into my studio (as I did last year ) and store them dormant in my cool basement. Last winter I kept 5 musa pups, origionally around 3ft tall, in pots, under several 4ft jump start grow lights, with no problem other than they started really growing tall by May!! My Ensete Murelii I also brought in and after having removed all but the center leaf, put her in the same room, in front of an east facing window, the only large window I have. At the time, she was around 10ft tall. By May, she looked a little ratty, but really exploded this summer on my deck. She's now at least 14ft, and way too big to try bringing in to over winter. But can I get these out of the pots, and store them bareroot dormant in a cool dark place??
