funsocaltiger
08-18-2008, 12:56 PM
Hi All,
I am moving to a new house this weekend and want your advice/opinions on how best to move my bananas. First of all the plants I am concerned about are Ice Creams. The main two plants have p-stems of about 6' and 10' and both have suckers which are all at least a few feet tall.
1) Should I attempt to move the mother plants (6' and 10')? Or just the suckers (maybe 2-3' pstem). At the new house I will NOT be able to plant in the ground. These will have to be potted. FYI this is a (hopefully) temporary housing situation for about 6 months so I will be able to plant in the ground in the future.
2) If I attempt to move the mother plants, should I cut these down and just move the corm? If so, how low down on the pstem would you cut? These are definitely too tall to easily move with the leaves and all but I could definitely move the entire corm/pstem if necessary.
FWIW I'll be putting these in pots and try to preserve as much of the rooting/tubers as possible to minimize shock.
Laurence
I am moving to a new house this weekend and want your advice/opinions on how best to move my bananas. First of all the plants I am concerned about are Ice Creams. The main two plants have p-stems of about 6' and 10' and both have suckers which are all at least a few feet tall.
1) Should I attempt to move the mother plants (6' and 10')? Or just the suckers (maybe 2-3' pstem). At the new house I will NOT be able to plant in the ground. These will have to be potted. FYI this is a (hopefully) temporary housing situation for about 6 months so I will be able to plant in the ground in the future.
2) If I attempt to move the mother plants, should I cut these down and just move the corm? If so, how low down on the pstem would you cut? These are definitely too tall to easily move with the leaves and all but I could definitely move the entire corm/pstem if necessary.
FWIW I'll be putting these in pots and try to preserve as much of the rooting/tubers as possible to minimize shock.
Laurence