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mishko
11-14-2008, 09:14 PM
I've just found and joined the Forum - after putting my banana to bed yesterday! I put 2 or 3 layers of that insulation material around (see second photo below). Also I mounded some earth at the base of the structure. And I put rice straw around the base of the plant.

Here in the south of S. Korea we get about 3 months of nights at or below zero (seldom worse than minus 5 Celsius). Starting any day now but not yet. Anyway, please look at the photos and tell me what you think:

Photo 1:
Bananas ready to go to bed pictures from outdoors photos on webshots (http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2627887670102492006lNpkPA)
(the small plant I'll pot up today and take indoors)

Photo 2:

See you in the spring pictures from outdoors photos on webshots (http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2566738040102492006iZElsO)
Do you think I should water it at all before the spring? (I could push a hose in at the base).

Thanks in advance!

Chironex
11-14-2008, 09:39 PM
It's nice to have you join Bananas! The influences of banana culture from all parts of the world are fascinating. Good luck!
By the way, your photo links are not working correctly.

Tog Tan
11-14-2008, 11:18 PM
Hi mishko from a fellow Asian! Great to have you on the board.:goteam:

Chironex
11-15-2008, 12:20 AM
Very warm for the winter sleep. Thanks for repairing the link. Your photos are nice to see.

buzzwinder
11-15-2008, 01:08 PM
Welcome to the Org. mishko, nice pictures! Looks like you did a good job insulating! :bananas_b

dablo93
11-21-2008, 02:34 PM
welcome! your climate doesnt sound that bad, what is your zone? 9?
where are you located?
your photos are intresting, thnx for showing them.

mishko
11-21-2008, 06:48 PM
Hi Tog Tan! I wish I could grow rambutans and mangosteens here, but......it's too cold in winter!

mishko
11-21-2008, 06:54 PM
Hi Dablo 93

I've added my location to the map - it goes a few degrees below freezing here for a couple of months in winter max, spring and autumn are beautiful (20-25 deg C) and the summers are hot humid and rainy. Pretty dry the rest of the year, most days we get sun.
They used to grow bananas in greenhouses here, but cheaper imports put a stop to that.

I'm interested in (carefully) getting things to grow here which are not well known. I order seeds / bulbs from the UK and Japan. Actually a lot of the bulbs come from where you are, the Netherlands. I've just put a lot in the ground and am looking forward to seeing them come up in my half-acre field next spring (God-willing!).

mishko
11-21-2008, 06:59 PM
Hello Buzzwinder and Cironex

Thanks for your messages; actually my litle banana house wasn't that good as i found out when we had our first freeze this week!

The covered leaves promptly blackened, so I've cut them off and wrapped insulation around the banana plant's stalk as well as more rice straw on the ground. I've put the silvery insulation over the lowered "roof" of the house. I feel this winter may be colder than average, so hope this will be OK.