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jfrye01@live.com
04-02-2014, 02:39 PM
Hello all, I'm new to the forum...Forgive me if this is a silly question, but I'm wondering...if you can cut Musa basjoo down to the ground and cover it, couldn't you do the same thing with an edible banana plant? I'd like to grow Musa ice cream, but how would I overwinter it? Thanks!
-Jacob in Kansas, right on the line between zone 6/7
Hammocked Banana
04-02-2014, 03:26 PM
The corms on edible bananas will turn to mush and rot when the ground freezes. It is in musa basjoos genetics to be able to withstand some cold temperatures.
Abnshrek
04-02-2014, 03:33 PM
The only Edible Banana's grown in Kansas (http://www.bananas.org/f2/my-semi-pit-banana-greenhouse-18518.html) that I know of.. :^)
jfrye01@live.com
04-02-2014, 03:33 PM
Thanks for enlightening me, sorry if this is also a dumb question, but would heat tape over the ground covered with mulch keep the ground warm enough?
jfrye01@live.com
04-02-2014, 03:45 PM
Wow, there's an idea! Thanks for the link!
Abnshrek
04-02-2014, 03:51 PM
Thanks for enlightening me, sorry if this is also a dumb question, but would heat tape over the ground covered with mulch keep the ground warm enough?
I would think you would need multiple heat-tapes and alot of water in the air.. You have James' thread and you can PM him (http://www.bananas.org/private.php?do=newpm&u=11871&p=231804) asking for the details.. It could be heater's as well.. I know that's not the most recent thread he has where the banana's are coming along. :^)
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