wolfyhound
10-16-2013, 09:17 PM
While I'll be able to take in my smaller potted bananas, I have the really BIG namwah/fakeBlueJava in a giant pot and it won't fit into my house. I am trying to figure out the best thing to do...
I can take it to work where I would be able to roll it outside on good days and it would stay indoors at night and during cool days. But to get it there, I might have to dump it out of the pot, haul everything there, then repot it. Would that be okay? And will the AC be too much for it?
Or I could wrap it up with xmas lights or no xmas lights, but here it's often 80+ degrees during the day and I'm afraid the banana will get overheated, and I leave very early for work, so is that going to be dangerous?
Should I cut it down and cover it? Will the pot freeze? Should I cut it down and put it in the house? Will it start growing again inside?
Last year I just covered and uncovered the bananas 'as needed' until I had that unexpected freeze that got all of them. But those were maybe waist high. The namwah is like... 10 ft.
Any advice? A lot of the lower leaves are going yellow so I'm worried it's already unhappy with chilly nights, even though the OTHER(smaller) bananas aren't looking yellow at all.
The days still get up to mid-80s, but nights are starting to get chilly.(for Florida)
I can take it to work where I would be able to roll it outside on good days and it would stay indoors at night and during cool days. But to get it there, I might have to dump it out of the pot, haul everything there, then repot it. Would that be okay? And will the AC be too much for it?
Or I could wrap it up with xmas lights or no xmas lights, but here it's often 80+ degrees during the day and I'm afraid the banana will get overheated, and I leave very early for work, so is that going to be dangerous?
Should I cut it down and cover it? Will the pot freeze? Should I cut it down and put it in the house? Will it start growing again inside?
Last year I just covered and uncovered the bananas 'as needed' until I had that unexpected freeze that got all of them. But those were maybe waist high. The namwah is like... 10 ft.
Any advice? A lot of the lower leaves are going yellow so I'm worried it's already unhappy with chilly nights, even though the OTHER(smaller) bananas aren't looking yellow at all.
The days still get up to mid-80s, but nights are starting to get chilly.(for Florida)