Potting bananas for the winter
 

can someone help me i wish to dig up almost all of my banana plants but the roots are so spread out now i know the rootball will not fit my pots ive got 30 gallon pots can i cut the roots back to fit the pot and in my pots im going to 20%perlite 20%petemoss and i am going to add some pinebark mix it all to gather and put it in the pot. if someone could hep i would appreciate.

Re: Potting bananas for the winter
 

Hey shannon,

What i would and i have done is i dig a root ball slightly smaller than the pot I'm going to put it in, in your case dig a 20 gallon rootball, then that leaves space for a little fresh mix for the plant and still reduces plant shock. I dug a musa basjoo and put it in a 15 gallon and added my mix of Pine bark fines and perlite and it took about a week or two to get adjusted.

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alex

Re: Potting bananas for the winter
 

Thank you thas what i needed to know.

Re: Potting bananas for the winter
 

Let me add that no matter how you aproach this you will loose most of the leaves to shock. The plants will recover with time and propper care though. Are you overwintering or moving?

Re: Potting bananas for the winter
 

Overwintering and thanks again.

Re: Potting bananas for the winter
 

I watched this video and it was very informative. It basically showed them chopping the corm completely bald and that was fine.


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Re: Potting bananas for the winter
 

Is the dvd growing bananas by scott nelson i have it my dvd player is broke and i have to get a new one thanks Chris.

Re: Potting bananas for the winter
 

He did have a hot link there you could download it. I don't see it anymore though.

Re: Potting bananas for the winter
 

Here it is



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