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Old 11-07-2018, 11:11 AM   #1566 (permalink)
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Default Re: What's blooming in your garden? (bananas)

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Originally Posted by mari@adams.net View Post
You're farther north than I am here in Illinois...was this grown in a pot and stored inside for winter or was it left in the ground. I thought Orinocos would freeze out if left in the ground in the north. Congrats on a banana ripening in Iowa. How long did it take for this to produce?
These are planted in the garden in mid May and dug and put in the basement in mid to late Oct. Some are stored bare root, if they were in the ground. If in a pot stored in the pot. I have third year sometimes second year plants that bloom, always the one's in the ground. Here's a pic of last years dig, 4 of these are the one's that bloomed this year.

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