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The cold is on it's way, 10-23-17 Musa 'Orinoco's on their way to the basement.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=62560&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=62560)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=62561&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=62561)
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Tytaylor77
10-25-2017, 01:07 PM
Wow! Plants look amazing! The work you put into them is awesome! Much respect!
obdiah
10-25-2017, 05:48 PM
to grow them that nice in Iowa is amazing!!
great work
duaneh
10-25-2017, 08:37 PM
very nice hope I can do as well I could really learn a lot from you
37.667910
10-25-2017, 08:50 PM
Damn. That's some serious dedication.
cincinnana
10-25-2017, 09:19 PM
Very nice looking Plantation you got going on...
Love the mix of plants, and the yard.....
Looks pretty easy to take care of:....ha::ha::
I feel your glory and fun..:08:
Great photos and post.
HMelendez
10-26-2017, 06:33 AM
WOW!.....Very nice 'Nana bed/garden!....
My respect for you guys zone pushers!.....:2723::bananarow::2723:
29vivian
10-26-2017, 05:13 PM
Can I ask if your basement is heated? I can’t decide if I should cut them to the ground or dig mine up? We had our first frost here last night.
Can I ask if your basement is heated? I can’t decide if I should cut them to the ground or dig mine up? We had our first frost here last night.
My basement is 60ºF in the winter, small windows allow a little bit of sunlight. In March I will start some Elephant Ear tubers and then I will start running some lights. It will be near the Bananas in pots, so they will get a little more light then. If they are bone dry they will get a shot of water, the bare root plants won't get water until it's warm enough to move them to the garage. I am going to try and winter a couple Banana plants over in the garden. I haven't had any luck the last 2 years but I didn't really protect them well. This year I will protect them better and see what happens.
duaneh
10-31-2017, 05:52 PM
great job a lot of work how long have you been storing your bananas like this do you have any problems with the p-stem rotting I really would love to try this method but afraid of losing everything to rot
duaneh
10-31-2017, 05:54 PM
have you been able to get fruit using this method or does it discourage fruiting
great job a lot of work how long have you been storing your bananas like this do you have any problems with the p-stem rotting I really would love to try this method but afraid of losing everything to rot
Got my first plant from my brother in 1993, some do rot and some choke. It's a process sometimes waking them up. I put them in the garage when it's warm enough but the nights are still cool. Put the bare root plants in a pot cut a few inches off the top and start giving them water. watch for growth. If not pushing out much cut them back some more. If they are choked I keep cutting back until I'm to the choke. They may split out the side before I get them cut back far enough. Some will rot, smaller ones especially, but I put 25-30 plants up, so I still have plenty. I had 2 rot this year that I cut off at the corm, they grew to 6' and had 5 pups each. Here's a pic of one I cut back last year. I have one or two fruit every year but don,t have a long enough season for them to mature.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=61052 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=61051)
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edwmax
10-31-2017, 07:48 PM
Hummm ... must be a new type of Dwarf. ...:08: ... If the pups will do that too, I want one.
duaneh
10-31-2017, 08:34 PM
that's awesome I will try this method next year when I have enough to experiment with this year I think ill leave them in pots in the house for winter
Hummm ... must be a new type of Dwarf. ...:08: ... If the pups will do that too, I want one.
Sorry, all the pups grew up, Mom had to be cut back to the choke. Mom was 8', cut six to eight inches at a time until till it started pushing. Then pop goes the Banana's. I used to be afraid to be to aggressive cutting them back until I had a few split near the bottom and put out Banana's.
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