to cut or not to cut
Even though I am at still about 2 months from the first frost I wanted to pose this question. Do I cut my bananas back or just let them wilt over and let them be after the first frost. I have done both in the past and have seen both methods used around town with other peoples bananas. I am worried that if i cut them with the warm winters here and only a handful of nights with frost (zone 8 with the ocean 1 mile away and the river 1/2 mile on the otherside) they will continually resprout and then freeze, repeat all winter long draining them of energy. they also will be getting almost a full days worth of sun and reflected heat during the winter as they are on the south side. the annual avg low during the winter months (dec-feb) is upper 30's with avg highs around 60. any thoughts opinions experiences? the b's i have are red abys, saba, mysore, laterita, sikki's, basjoos. thanks.
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