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Old 11-02-2016, 02:39 PM   #3 (permalink)
Steve L
 
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Default Re: greenhouse bananas and heating cables?

I've used heating cables occasionally when I am expecting an arctic front and the temps are going to be in the middle 20's at night and not above freezing the next day. Once every 5 or so years. I break all the leaves at the pseudostem and fold them down over the pseudostem, wrap the cable around that, and then wrap all of that in blankets. The only banana I've done this for is my AeAe. They survived 24 that night. I think it helped.

Steve
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