magicgreen

Your yard looks GREAT!!!!
MG

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tikifarmer

Thanks to everyone for the compliments ...
Paula , the two clumps of orinocos were stored in the basement last year which is where I will keep the ensete this year as well as a few orinoco pups that I separated last fall and the musella . I kept the orinoco pups in pots near a window last winter . The blood bananas were kept in pots as well but , I think they could be stored dormant as well . The siam ruby will most likely go in a pot . The rest of the cannas and ee's are stored in a dormant condition in plastic grocery bags hung from the floor joists in the basement . I don't have a ton of room and it is pretty full . I sure could use a few more windows on the southside .

Here are the orinocos in storage .

JeffreyDV

Looks awesome.

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Magilla Gorilla

I don't know what is more amazing, you yard or the fact that you bring the plants in for the winter. Keep it up. It looks great!!

Andrew

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mskitty38583

oh man ive got to get to work on my yard.....looking at yours make me green with envy!!!!

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jen

Okay I was impressed before but now that I have seen the pictures of the plants in the winter inside. I'm AMAZED! You don't have a green thumb you have a green body. GEEZ, I know others here do things like that in the winter but I couldn't picture it. That is so cool to see.

Jen

tikifarmer

That is the one part I don't look forward to ...

paula

Thanks Tiki farmer ,
Could you tell me the temp. in the basement
in the winter.Your yard is beautiful ,
Thanks again Paula

tikifarmer

Paula , I had a thermometer hanging down there and it read around 55 - 60F most of the time . I brought them out late in April when it looked like the chance of frost was over , as I recall .
I really need to start writing this stuff down ...

raggedyredhead

After seeing your pics on storing, you're giving me ideas. I have a Ensete redleaf. It has a very fat Pstem. It is about 25" around and without leaves at least 4ft. Do you think this one can be stored? I might like to try what you did. Thank You Raggedy

magicgreen

Tikifarmer was'nt that awfully heavy? You just put them on the floor and thats it!!?????
You separate the pups in the spring?
Thanks.........

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paula

Thanks tiki farmer,
I keep my basement around 60.

tikifarmer

Raggedyredhead , from what I have read ensete can be stored the same way and that is what I am planning to do with mine this winter . This is the first year for my ensete so , I guess we"ll see .

Magicgreen , yes they are very heavy and yes I just put them on the floor like you see . I built a cart of sorts to move them and so far it has worked out ok . 2 of the pstems are blooming with bananas on them right now so , I am guessing I will cut those off prior to moving them ( to save some weight ) as I am assuming they will die anyway . Last fall I cut 2 pups off and kept them alive in the house over the winter . The one is probably 6' or so now and the other one a bit less because I kept it in the pot longer . I really don't think it would be prudent to separate the pups in the fall without potting them up , the better time would be spring . That's probably what I should have done but , the other thing I have heard is that the pups don't grow as fast after being separated , so I was trying to keep the clump in tact as long as possible . With that said I just remembered I did have one large pstem break off when I moved them out in the spring , I planted it and it is doing very well . It is probably 10' or so , but has not pupped yet .

paula

I separate them in the fall . Before I overwinter
and they do just fine. Am I doing something wrong?

Tropicallvr

Awesome yard, especially your deck layout.
Storing the whole mat seems like a better route, and would work great for some of the smaller sized Musa's.
Thanks for sharing pics.

momoese

I can't believe I just found this thread. Man that's amazing! It's scary to think what you could do in more tropical zone!

tikifarmer

Paula , it's good to hear that works for you (if it works it can't be wrong). I may have to try that with the one clump this year . It very well could be too large to move . We"ll see ...