Getting ready for winter 2010/11

51st state · 09-19-2010, 05:00 AM

Last Friday's weather news threatening an early air frost in Southern England prompted me to make some hasty preparations to bring the 'naners in for the winter. This year I've added a 200mm (8") layer of well rotten compost over the top of my heated coils. The idea being firstly to plant the garden plants direct into this medium rather than into pots (the outside's of which can be vulnerable to temp. fluctuartions and secondly to add to the thermal mass of the biosphere making it easier to carry the plants across a cold period. we'll see.

see pics

grub · 09-19-2010, 06:00 AM

My heads remaining firmly planted in the sand for now Kev.

Jack Daw · 09-19-2010, 07:03 AM

That's some bad luck. It's been a bad year with volcanos erupting etc... the last time volcano in Iceland erupted, it was one of the worst winters in the UK. We will see how the climate's affected by such eruptions this year. This year's average precipitation here: 800-1100mm (Typical 500-600) and temps way below what they should've been at the beginning of September...

Winter might be very harsh, so we will see. Good luck with your preparations. I might have one month to the first frosts, if the weather's stable.

palmtree · 09-19-2010, 10:48 AM

Its getting cooler here, but at least the bananas are still growing. Days in the 70sF and some in the 80sF, but in a few weeks we will be seeing a lot more 60sF. All my banana plants are going inside this year in there pots, but next year most of them will be in the ground so it will be harder to bring them in!

09-19-2010, 05:00 AM	#1 (permalink)
51st state many 'naners, little time 51st state's Photo Gallery Location: salisbury, UK Find me on the map! Zone: 8b ish Name: Kev Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 465 BananaBucks : 289,151 Feedback: 3 / 100% Said "Thanks" 202 Times Was Thanked 259 Times in 126 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Getting ready for winter 2010/11 Last Friday's weather news threatening an early air frost in Southern England prompted me to make some hasty preparations to bring the 'naners in for the winter. This year I've added a 200mm (8") layer of well rotten compost over the top of my heated coils. The idea being firstly to plant the garden plants direct into this medium rather than into pots (the outside's of which can be vulnerable to temp. fluctuartions and secondly to add to the thermal mass of the biosphere making it easier to carry the plants across a cold period. we'll see. see pics __________________ a>

09-19-2010, 06:00 AM	#2 (permalink)
grub Junior Member Find me on the map! Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 18 BananaBucks : 3,474 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 13 Times Was Thanked 18 Times in 11 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 3 Times	Re: Getting ready for winter 2010/11 My heads remaining firmly planted in the sand for now Kev. __________________ https://www.facebook.com/GrubsJungleHideout.

09-19-2010, 07:03 AM	#3 (permalink)
Jack Daw I think with my banana ;) Jack Daw's Photo Gallery Location: BA, SK, CEU Find me on the map! Zone: Dfa (Köppen-geiger) <-> 7b/8a? (USDA) Name: Jack Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 3,525 BananaBucks : 197,746 Feedback: 2 / 100% Said "Thanks" 2,771 Times Was Thanked 2,457 Times in 1,353 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 383 Times	Re: Getting ready for winter 2010/11 That's some bad luck. It's been a bad year with volcanos erupting etc... the last time volcano in Iceland erupted, it was one of the worst winters in the UK. We will see how the climate's affected by such eruptions this year. This year's average precipitation here: 800-1100mm (Typical 500-600) and temps way below what they should've been at the beginning of September... Winter might be very harsh, so we will see. Good luck with your preparations. I might have one month to the first frosts, if the weather's stable. __________________ Thnx to Marcel, Ante, Dr. Chiranjit Parmar and *Francesco* for the plants I've received. Zeitgeist - Corporatocracy 101 (~2hrs) Zeitgeist - Moving Forward (~2.5hrs) Last edited by Jack Daw : 09-19-2010 at 07:05 AM.

09-19-2010, 10:48 AM	#4 (permalink)
palmtree palmtree 's Photo Gallery Location: New York City Find me on the map! Zone: 7b Name: Alex C Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,016 BananaBucks : 94,053 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 1,492 Times Was Thanked 1,428 Times in 644 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 103 Times	Re: Getting ready for winter 2010/11 Its getting cooler here, but at least the bananas are still growing. Days in the 70sF and some in the 80sF, but in a few weeks we will be seeing a lot more 60sF. All my banana plants are going inside this year in there pots, but next year most of them will be in the ground so it will be harder to bring them in! __________________ Location: New York City, zone 7b

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