Dplaza
04-11-2015, 11:28 AM
Here's the pic from the fall when the bananas were doing well:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56975&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56975)
All wrapped up with burlap, plastic, and lights (the stem and a few of the leaves were nice and green throughout the winter):
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57679&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57679)
Here's after I cut the bunch down, as you can see it was rotting (the bananas stopped developing and/or just didn't have long enough to grow in warm weather):
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57680&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57680)
Anytime it warmed up above 40 F, I would remove the plastic, and anytime it got back in the 30s I would wrap it back up. We had a winter spell where it was stuck in the 20s-30s plus rainy weather :( The neighbors were amazed none the less! I will try again this year, with several Namwah pups, one that is already at 5-6 feet in stem. I kept these in the garage and just planted a week ago.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56975&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56975)
All wrapped up with burlap, plastic, and lights (the stem and a few of the leaves were nice and green throughout the winter):
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57679&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57679)
Here's after I cut the bunch down, as you can see it was rotting (the bananas stopped developing and/or just didn't have long enough to grow in warm weather):
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57680&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57680)
Anytime it warmed up above 40 F, I would remove the plastic, and anytime it got back in the 30s I would wrap it back up. We had a winter spell where it was stuck in the 20s-30s plus rainy weather :( The neighbors were amazed none the less! I will try again this year, with several Namwah pups, one that is already at 5-6 feet in stem. I kept these in the garage and just planted a week ago.