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Originally Posted by MBindy2000
the cannas and elephant ears are little more hardier. We haven't had a frost yet. I was a little worried last night. it was suppose to get down to 35. It didn't get that cold thankfully. Anyway I generally dig mine up that way I can place them in different places. Now the bananas are different story because of their size. Although in the spring I will transplant a couple of my bananas to different areas of the garden. IF you are going do the bubble wrap do that after you mulch the bottom. I decided to not go that route this year. I cut my bananas down to about six inches and covered them with a couple of bags of mulch for each plant. A couple of guys on this site suggest getting away from the bubble wrapping. I was thinking about it and thought back to what the plant looked like after I unwrapped it. It was a sloppy mess all the way to the ground. So I might as well start from the ground.
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I bought some insulation to wrap it first. That way it can breathe, then maybe bubble wrap on the outside of the insulation.
From last year, I just did bubble wrap and it turned to mush down to the ground. What came back only grew to about 3' tall.
I haven't chopped mine yet. We've had a couple frosts, but most of the leaves survived. No temps predicted below 40 this week, so I'll leave it alone for now. Some elephant ear leaves were burned, so I cut them off. But still plenty left ok.