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Originally Posted by cowboyup4christ
How much water in the winter if light from large windows s available will they continue to grow.
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If kept indoors & potted at temps of 75 F or better, I give them some water Only if the leaves begin to droop a bit but only feed them (lightly) once in the middle of winter (if at all).
If kept indoors & potted at temps below that, I give them no water or food at all.
In either case, this reduced watering is vital whether sunlight is sufficient or not. Water during the winter encourages corm-rot.
BTW, the amount of light I give them seems to have no affect on growth-rate. They always grow just as slow in the storage room as they do in the very-well lit & sunlit indoor atrium.
Brownz281: Even if kept at 75 F or better, Banana plants will typically grow Very slowly, putting out only 1 or 2 leaves during the entire winter. I've never found a way around that mild-dormancy problem.
For the past three years, I have kept 4 Blue Javas alive & well using these techniques. They are 12-16' tall and their pups are 6-12' tall.
I did finally lose 1 this year by accidentally storing it in damp soil at around 50 degrees F. It died of corm-rot.
For reference, here's some of those Blue Javas & Pups this year:
