04-26-2013, 08:58 PM
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Location: Penticton, BC, Okanagan Valley, Canada
Zone: Hardiness Zone 6
Name: Olaf
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Re: Permanent banana shelter for winter and spring
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Originally Posted by pniksch
What a incredible bit of planning/engineering! (If you do this all winter, what do your plants do for light?)
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Hi Pinksch (?),
the purpose of this contraption is not to keep the bananas growing throughout the winter, but to
keep them from freezing, while they are dormant. It is just a replacement for piling up a lot of
mulch and it is hopefully a lot more effective, because it is even all around, lets warmth in from
the ground below and not subject to settling and displacement as leaf mulch is. Thus no light is
necessary
Best,
Olaf
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