Island Brah

Over the winter about 35 miles northeast of Atlanta, Ga (7b/8a border), I kept all mine in 5 gallon pots in my basement workshop. Temps got down to about 47F-ish on colder nights but stayed mostly from 50F-60F. I used 1 6500K CFL light per banana plant and the do-it-yourself setup I have is the most adjustable, cheapest (materials and to run), and easiest I've ever seen. It's not a professional grade setup and it hands down exceeded expected results. It did awesome.

My Manzano never showed signs of slowing down/dormant and grew about 4 feet under my CFL light setup. The others did slow down.

Next in order I'd have to say Basjoo, Tall Orinoco, Tall Namwah, Veinte Cohol, & Golfinger. Zero fertilizer was used on any of them.

The Manzano really surprised me to how well it did against the rest of the cultivars I have. I thought it would have been Tall Orinoco or Tall Namwah if I had to make a wager before winter.

I've seen posts about which size pot to use and people using massive pots for their indoor overwintering bananas. the 5 gallon pot is hands down the best size if you're going to put them into the ground the next spring. When I planted my bananas in the ground this spring, all the root balls came out of the pot perfectly with zero effort in the shape of the pot. I lightly hit the sides of the pots, turned them upside down with my hand over the soil so it didn't plop out onto the ground, and the pot easily pulled right off the root ball. I literally lost a few crumbs of soil and that was it. They all didn't miss a beat and popped new leaves in a few days which made me very happy.

Bananas plants are even more addicting when you start to know what you're doing with them LOL!

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Growing: Basjoo, Blue Java (The Real One), FHIA-01 American Goldfinger, Manzano, Tall Orinoco, Raja Puri (USDA TARS), Veinte Cohol (USDA TARS), Patupi, & SH-3640 High Noon (USDA TARS)