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Old 09-13-2008, 08:16 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Default Re: overwintered pups in garage

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Originally Posted by man with the yellow hat View Post
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Thanks, I thought that's what they were. I'm thinking of digging a few of mine up, even though they are more than hardy here, to preserve the full pseudostem. I always hate loosing the top part of the banana to the frost/freeze. It's only my second year growing them, but I like to be able to put a growing plant out in the yard early in the spring.

Looks like you get most of yours in fairly modest sized pots for the winter; I was worried I'd need huge pots for them. I assume you split all the pups off when you dig them up too?
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