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Old 12-18-2007, 09:10 AM   #189 (permalink)
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Default Re: What did you plant today (bananas)?

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Originally Posted by CookieCows View Post
I ordered them before I found out that I won't get fruit without a green house but I have what?... 3 years to get that green house built? I'll get the ornamentals to plant in the yard.

Deb
Before you listen to them that say you can't get fruit from nanners in Zone 7, give this thread a gander:
Time to put the bananas to sleep for the Winter

You indeed can get nanners without a greenhouse. It takes a bit of work, but it's possible. Of course, don't plant your new nanner in the ground just yet - plant it out, if you want, in the Spring and give it a good year's growth. Then dig it up before the first hard freeze comes, and stow it in a cool place that stays fairly reliably around 55-57F and more often than not it'll overwinter there just fine. There is a percentage of loss - so get a few more growing in your patch.

Have fun,
Mike
Zone 8 - too warm for that trick...
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