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lloyd · 03-11-2008, 05:52 PM

I bought, thru ebay, a roof and gutter deicing kit. Mine has 100 feet of heating cable. Spiral wrapped the bananas with the cable (did five with one cable), the wrapped the pstems with cargo blankets (from Harbor Freight at about $4.50 ea), put a black plastic bag on their heads, and plugged those babies in about 12 hours before expected temps below freezing. Went to 19 one night and stayed below freezing for close to 12 hours. Two or three other PM's at about 25 and a few at 30. The dwarf O was too far away for the cable so I put a drop lamp with a 150 w bulb in the bottom of the blanket wrap.

All plants have been shooting new growth since the first of the month. Last year I lost all but the dwarf O.

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lloyd Location: Mobile, Alabama Find me on the map! Name: Lloyd Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 8 BananaBucks : 6,620 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 2 Times Was Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Over wintering experiment I bought, thru ebay, a roof and gutter deicing kit. Mine has 100 feet of heating cable. Spiral wrapped the bananas with the cable (did five with one cable), the wrapped the pstems with cargo blankets (from Harbor Freight at about $4.50 ea), put a black plastic bag on their heads, and plugged those babies in about 12 hours before expected temps below freezing. Went to 19 one night and stayed below freezing for close to 12 hours. Two or three other PM's at about 25 and a few at 30. The dwarf O was too far away for the cable so I put a drop lamp with a 150 w bulb in the bottom of the blanket wrap. All plants have been shooting new growth since the first of the month. Last year I lost all but the dwarf O.