View Full Version : Moving bananas in Oct/Nov/Dec?
eken9966
10-02-2005, 05:05 PM
I am moving to a new home over the next couple of months and I have a choice to make as to when to move my bananas (Sabas, Orinocos, Velutinas, Ornatas). I am in zone 8, so I lose the top growth every winter, but the ground doesn't freeze. The plants are too large to move with the top growth, so I figure I have three options:
Option #1 Cut the bananas down and move them now(First of October) before first frost and replant in the ground.
Option #2 Move the bananas after first frost (Middle of November) and store in an unheated room until spring.
Option #3 Move the bananas after first frost and replant in the ground.
I would like to hear your opinions as to the best option of the three. Or if you have a better idea that I may not have considered, please let me know.
Ken
pitangadiego
10-02-2005, 10:54 PM
Either move now, when they will have the more time to get re-established. or store them till Spring.
Southern-Grower
10-03-2005, 05:48 PM
being in a southern colder zone 7b or 8
i do not like letting frost hit the growing leaf..
i pull my larger 5' + plants and cut off all leaves except the growing leaf.
then put them in squat pots in greenhouse for winter..
some go under our house..
this method is used when i hear chances of frost and has worked just fine here..
you'll come out in spring with a nice green leaf and most often the leaf will grow during winter, if larger plant..
if you let frost kill the growing leaf sometimes it'll be a problem getting going again in spring..
doesn't matter if your putting them in cold or warm storage..
for me here, i would not move and plant till next spring..
but keep in mind that none of my plants stay out during winter either..
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edwmax
06-15-2020, 08:34 AM
I am moving to a new home over the next couple of months and I have a choice to make as to when to move my bananas (Sabas, Orinocos, Velutinas, Ornatas). I am in zone 8, so I lose the top growth every winter, but the ground doesn't freeze. The plants are too large to move with the top growth, so I figure I have three options:
Option #1 Cut the bananas down and move them now(First of October) before first frost and replant in the ground.
Option #2 Move the bananas after first frost (Middle of November) and store in an unheated room until spring.
Option #3 Move the bananas after first frost and replant in the ground.
I would like to hear your opinions as to the best option of the three. Or if you have a better idea that I may not have considered, please let me know.
Ken
Option 1 ... the plants can start regrowing and establish themselves by next spring. Then next spring cut off the upper part of the pstem that froze (soft mushy) and leave the lower part that still feels solid in the middle. Don't cut to the ground if you want to fruit bananas.
The other options will work to, but they are more work.
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