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Old 07-18-2009, 11:35 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Default Re: Overwintering late blooms

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Originally Posted by sbl View Post
From the picture I can see a large plastic enclosure that looks like it was insulated with leaves--maybe that is how he did it.

I think anything short of a greenhouse would still mean the leaves would be lost, but if you can insulate the pseudostem and banana bunch/flower (ie bubble wrap) would the corm and the remaining pseudostem be able to mature the bananas in spring?
No, he grows edibles mostly in pots and he overwintered this one, as it was flowering too late to ripen. So he basically moved it into a cool place for winter.
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