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Originally Posted by SSP
But how would I deal with the height of a GM? I'd have to bring it in the house over winter, so the max would be 6 feet or so. Unless there are GM dwarfs this short? Or is it possible to time it so that the growth would still be under 6 ft. by June, (when it would be able to be taken outside), and able to complete fruiting by late September or so? Once outside, of course it doesn't matter how tall it gets, as long as fruiting is done before it gets too cool. Then I could cut down main stem and bring the container with the new sucker in over winter and repeat. I don't know if the mathematics on this is feasible with a GM though?
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Our zone 6 challenge is once the grow season starts rolling it is time to shut down for the fall/ winter. We just do not have the climate to see these plants all the way through the cycle, there are not enough consecutive hot days for this to reliably happen.
We (the bananas) need another 8 months of hot summer to fill out those plants .
You might get a flower or even some fruit but having it mature over the winter to quality tasting fruit is another task even with short cycle plants. But it can be done in a greenhouse or under grow lights.
Some of our other forum members in the tropical zones can go from pup to edible fruit very quickly.
Many forum members cut the banana stem in half to make it fit in their homes and start over the next spring.
And some pop them out of the ground and store them barefoot in their basements while others just keep them in a container all year.
All ways are acceptable, just do what you can afford and is easiest.