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You can grow it indoors the first year, especially if its a Dwarf, and if you can give it enough light, maybe from now on in the winter if you want, and then outdoors in the summer. It depends on how large the container is as well and how it restricts growth, and how tall your ceilings are. When a lot of websites say "This Banana grows to 6 feet" that usually is the height of the stem, not counting leaves. For example a lot of them say that Musa Zebrina in a pot grows to only 4 feet, that is actually the stem height, and my 4 foot zebrina stem which really is about 4 feet, plus pot height, plus leaves almost touches my ceiling lol, not exactly the 4 feet that most people are thinking of. I just store my bananas that are easy to store, under the house to save space, and the big ones that are impossible to keep indoors I store also. I keep the more cold sensitive stuff like Musa Zebrina indoors in front of a south facing window. This year I will have about 15 bananas ranging from 4 feet to 10 under the house. Some that store well this way (Cool, non freezing garage, attic etc. also works, just cant freeze) Are Orinoco, Tall and Dwarf, Namwah, Icecream, and Raja Puri. The Entsetes Maurelli, Glauca, and Musella or Golden lotus also store very well this way. Bananas like Cavendish do not, and usually die down to just the roots, but survive usually. This year I am experimenting with Musa Zebrina by wrapping the whole stems in plastic like I do my canna roots, and hopefully that will keep them from dying back, I am getting too many to keep indoors. Orinoco can be stored dry with no wrappings as long as they are not real small, they might dry out if too little.

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