Oblofusc
12-02-2008, 10:49 PM
I have several banana plants, large and small, different species, and most of the leaves on the larger ones I can't cover are already fried from a few frosts.
Before winter's over, there will probably be a couple of hard freezes.
I'd really like to keep as much intact as possible so things get a good head start in spring, so maybe I can get most of them to start to fruit BEFORE September and October.
What to do? Just wrap as much of the stalks as possible before any hard freezes? Is there anything else to do?
Is it better to lop everything off at say five feet and just cover the entire group of stalks with a good insulating blanket before any freezes?
Before winter's over, there will probably be a couple of hard freezes.
I'd really like to keep as much intact as possible so things get a good head start in spring, so maybe I can get most of them to start to fruit BEFORE September and October.
What to do? Just wrap as much of the stalks as possible before any hard freezes? Is there anything else to do?
Is it better to lop everything off at say five feet and just cover the entire group of stalks with a good insulating blanket before any freezes?