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sputinc7 · 03-13-2016, 07:54 PM

I used to grow bananas in Illinois, and put them in buckets in a dark corner of the basement in winter. I tested having a couple upstairs getting light and water, and once returned outside it made no difference, and actually seemed like the basement ones did slightly better. Maybe their dormancy saved them energy the others spent attempting to grow.

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