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I have a containerized nanner that's about at the limit for my greenhouse - if I plunge the container. And there's a couple more months to go yet in the growing season! I'll probably cut back on feeding, tho it's too hot to cut back on water. but, I wonder how well they do if... well... if they're crammed in a bit? Anything touching the glazing will likely die when it freezes, but the rest of the nanner should be fine. I guess I could cut it back a couple of feet - but I don't want to accidentally cut thru a flower stem if it's impending. That nanner may end up with a vertical tunnel greenhouse just for it... It doesn't stay cold here long enough to store the nanners, and wrapping them the winter because of only a handful of freezing nights just seems... wrong. So, I'll likely try to greenhouse it one way or another and keep it growing... When I get my saba's growing, then the winterizing adventure will really begin!
Be well,
Mike
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Mike,
no need to worry about it freezing if it touches the glazing... Mine touched it all winter long , with outside temps around 20-25f , and it didn't even bat an eye... kept on growing like crazy...no leaf-burn or anything. I had this little space heater in the greenhouse keeping it about 65/55 day/night respectively and they did just fine... grew -but not too fast - but enough to keep it going... when I took it out of the greenhouse I almost had to pry it out. I've found that bananas love to be constricted and feel like they have to bust out of something...