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Originally Posted by JuniPerez
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the most important thing is rootball... how well established and how much of a root system it has... if it's giving you pups, it should be fine... it's the newly planted basjoos I'd worry about... In a zone 5 I'd cover well with plastic and mulch very heavily though. I'm in z6 and I normally use about 6" of mulch out up to a 1' radius ( 2' wide over the corm )...
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I completely agree since an established plant should over-winter outside as long as it is planted deep enough,
and even better off if there is a filled leaf bag on top to provide further insulation.
I find that during winter, the deeper you go into the soil, the warmer it gets since I'm able to test it out
with a needle thermometer. I've found that with top protection, nothing below soil lvl was killed,
and even a lot of the top section survives.
Here's one of my musa mekong giant seedlings that I got a few weeks ago and after keeping it
in a pot for 2 weeks to finish growing another leaf, and grow a little bit fatter, I planted it a foot deep,
and it has since perked up even more with a noticeably fatter psuedo-stem than when this photo was taken
they day I bought mine.
Here's what you may find after deep planting, along with top protection.
Even if the top protection fails, having it planted deep will keep the bottom foot of the psuedo-stem alive so it's actually easier to plant smaller bananas.
