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Originally Posted by mtilton
Hello. I live in zone 7a. I just bought three dwarf Cavendish bananas and I was wondering if I should put them in the ground knowing I'll have to dig them up when it gets cold. I'm afraid digging them up will injure the roots. If I may ask, how do you are growing tropicals out of their natral environment grow your bananas, as a general rule? Thank you.
mtilton
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when the night temps in your area stay above 55 degrees go ahead and put the bananas in the ground. your bananas will grow dramatically bigger verses keeping the root system confined to a pot. the roots need to spread out to grow like a banana should. give the banana plenty of water and plenty of organic material like dry leaves from trees newspaper,home made compost or whatever.try to get the sucker as big as you can.that sucker will eat and drink and should be a big corm with suckers by the end of the summer. when the winter comes let a good frost hit the bananas before you dig them up..you want them dorm and not trying to push up new leaves after its out of the ground.
you cant really cause any serious damge to the root system just by digging it up if you listen to me. just insert the shovel in the ground and go straight down about 1 1/2 -2 feet from the stem. go in a circle and keep away from the stem dont dig just keep the pushing the shovel down like you are cuttin pie or cake. once the circle is complete grab the end of the shovel handle with the shovel in the ground and pop the corm out of the ground.
when the corm is out of the ground shake some dirt off the corm and put it somewhere cool,dry,and dark..too easy. a wet and or cold corm will die. a lot of corm rot or death is caused by keeping the corm wet,and or cold. bring the corm in during winter. or be sure to get a good sucker for insurance,if you try to over winter it outside.....why??
some of your fellow banana collectors hoard suckers and would rather let them rot in the ground than share. it is a good idea to give a sucker to anyone interested in bananas because if all of your corms ever get destroyed they may remember your kindness,and let you have a few to rebuild your collection.sharing corms is also a good way build your collection without paying $40-$50.00 and getting something that may not be what you asked for.there are bad suppliers out there only driven by profit,and wouldnt care if they sold you ragweed.half the people selling bananas online are not reputable,they sell common varieties and rename them and make outrageous claims about their super delicious rare banana. i have done it and its a real let down.its just good policy to give back.. if someone paid shipping fee what am i losing by giving an extra sucker?? im not in the business of selling bananas or corms. its no big deal for me to give one thats when and if i have an extra one... real talk.
good luck in sure you will have plenty sucker by the end of the summer..so give a few away..or trade em .
