Hi all,
I'm new to container gardening and bananas. I used to have a big yard and put almost everything in the ground. Now I can't do that - I just have a patio and a bunch of containers. The largest container has a dwarf cavendish that got about 2.5' this year, and I want to make sure it survives until next year because it is such an awesome plant!
I'm in Ottawa, Canada,
zone 4b. It's getting too cold and dark for the banana now. I'm not sure what I should do with it, even after reading other posts here.
I used to mostly just grow vegetables for myself, so I'm not very experienced at overwintering plants, never mind container plants. Are they more at risk for damage because they aren't in the ground?
If I were to bring them in, I have a basement, but it gets quite warm and humid down there (it's a rental and the furnace ducting is crap). When I moved here (in snowy March) my dormant plants started sprouting down there. Didn't know what to do so I put them in the sunniest window and let them grow. They didn't do too well this year.
I have east and west facing windows, but there isn't a lot of direct sunlight. Living where I am don't think there's enough overall sun for a banana in winter... not to mention the plant is quite large now. It got full sun all summer and it was quite hot and humid this year.
Not really sure what I should do. Please help me save the banana!
