BananaGrower1

Thanks to everyone for all of the great info so far. I did not cut the leafs off of the plants. So tonight I took the bubble wrap off and fortunately there were only a few small areas of rot on the PSs, which I removed.

I bought the Rajapuri in January of last year just before a few bad freezes. The plant made it though that freeze, with all leafs intact, but I had to cover it with a cloth and put a heat lamp nearby to keep it warm.

My hope for this year was to keep them all alive--leafs intact-- without having to go through the hassle of using a heat lamp. And unfortunately they are all too large for me to put a cloth over. I got the bubble wrap idea from a youtube video. A guy in Canada wraps his plants in bubble wrap every year and they always survived (the difference is that he did cut the leafs and some of the plants did die down. I though that if it works in Canada, it would definitely work great here. LOL. I guess not.

One of you guys should do a youtube video showing the right way to overwinter a banana plant for novices like us. Either way. Thanks again, I think I get the point now, and I will adjust my overwintering measure accordingly. If anyone else has any other good advice for desert dwellers growing bananas, I am all ears.