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Old 09-13-2017, 11:56 AM   #532 (permalink)
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Default Re: Time to put the bananas to sleep for the Winter

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Originally Posted by Tytaylor77 View Post
If they used something like roundup you may be ok if the corms were good sized. I hit mine all the time on accident with roundup. It kills pups but never hurts even the smaller moms. Also a lot of herbicide is only absorbed through leaves. so hopefully the ground isn't effected! Give those corms a few weeks they may grow back or shoot some pups.
Well, everything grew back. The Elephant Ears and Bananas, but the Bananas are only 2 - 3 feet tall (as opposed to probably 8 - 10' by now if they hadn't been killed back by something). On the positive side, I can save all my elephant ear bulbs and start over next spring. For the two bananas, I guess I'm going to put them in pots and just let them grow inside all winter to try and get them back up to a respectable height.
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