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flaflowerfloozie · 10-17-2013, 09:43 AM

Questions:
1. Heard someone mention adding manure around mat as part of the winter protection? Would I pile that at the ground level with the mulch?
2. Someone mentioned folding leaves down around the plant, tying loosely before the fencing.

I realize after this season I may be able to relax on this some what, but this year I want to Protect more. Just hope I do not kill them with love...[/quote]

1. Personally I am not doing the manure for over wintering. Bananas stop growing much if at all after 40? Degrees. My fear is that it just sits there and has the ability to burn and is a waste for winter.

2. I thought about getting some burlap bags for the leaves but it was a fleeting thought, mine are so small anyway, I'm more concerned about the P-stem and the corms, our winters go from one extreme to another quickly we can be 30 one day and 70 the next ...I would go insane with fighting the leaf fungus because of the rains.

For my ginger and heliconia garden which are butt up against the neighbors fence I use that same green fencing, in the wood border I had the honey drill holes for the PVC stakes and I zip tie the fence to it and fill the "BOX" with leaves, some of my gingers are so intolerant to cold, but they fair really well with this system and then the bonus is I have suffocated the weeds I missed as well, by the time winter is just about over everything has settled down and I have to remove very little and all new shoots are coming up to greet spring.

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flaflowerfloozie flaflowerfloozie Location: Titusville, fl Find me on the map! Zone: 10 Name: Flaflowerfloozie Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 387 BananaBucks : 106,378 Feedback: 6 / 100% Said "Thanks" 372 Times Was Thanked 217 Times in 142 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 508 Times	Re: Second Annual Upper Gulf Coast Banana Meet 2013 Questions: 1. Heard someone mention adding manure around mat as part of the winter protection? Would I pile that at the ground level with the mulch? 2. Someone mentioned folding leaves down around the plant, tying loosely before the fencing. I realize after this season I may be able to relax on this some what, but this year I want to Protect more. Just hope I do not kill them with love...[/quote] 1. Personally I am not doing the manure for over wintering. Bananas stop growing much if at all after 40? Degrees. My fear is that it just sits there and has the ability to burn and is a waste for winter. 2. I thought about getting some burlap bags for the leaves but it was a fleeting thought, mine are so small anyway, I'm more concerned about the P-stem and the corms, our winters go from one extreme to another quickly we can be 30 one day and 70 the next ...I would go insane with fighting the leaf fungus because of the rains. For my ginger and heliconia garden which are butt up against the neighbors fence I use that same green fencing, in the wood border I had the honey drill holes for the PVC stakes and I zip tie the fence to it and fill the "BOX" with leaves, some of my gingers are so intolerant to cold, but they fair really well with this system and then the bonus is I have suffocated the weeds I missed as well, by the time winter is just about over everything has settled down and I have to remove very little and all new shoots are coming up to greet spring. __________________ I wanna buy your seeds...maybe??