hammer

I was wondering about orincos if they put they fruit on in september i know frost will get them before the banana fruit matures . a women told me to cut the psteam bring the plant in and put it in a five gallen bucket and it would finsh develping the fruit i had another friend he let one go dorment in his house last year and in his house it bloomed and fruited i seen the pics of it i will try to post them. has anyone seen anyting like this before.

Jack Daw

Pretty much everyone, who stores bananas for winter must have come across this problem. Most of the people simply lost the harvest and continued growing the pups, but I've already seen some people, who overwintered the whole plant succesfully. Unfortunatelly it flowered right before the leaves were chopped and so the fruit development was slow and the taste bad (but this might have been thanks to the long sleeping period).
I've been thinking about many ways how to "cheat the death" and be able to pull the bananas out for winter and cultivate the banana plants with flower at home. There are some places in my house, that never go under 30°C (86°C) so the temperatures wouldn't be the least of a problem.

If you grow the nanas inground and then they fruit in september, you know there's a problem at hand. My nanas will be fruiting the next year or even the year after, but I definitely want to do something with them. Preparing the plant for a pull-out after they flower in september, october or even november (if I even let them out so long) is a matter of spring inground planting. I've come up with some ways, but never tried it so after I have the flowers and fruit next year, I might be able to try my theories out and then, if I am succesful, post some guides on "how to keep the winter harvest in harsher areas".

But in generally, I think that the plant can't really go dormant. Once it flowers, it's best conditions and requirments have been fulfilled and so the fruit needs to develop as fast as possible. Any delay could only mean bad thing: losing the bunch, worse fruit quality...
So my ideas are only about "safely pulling the plant out and keeping it in perfect conditions until the fruit ripens. And then, if it is longer than 40 days til the end of the winter, I will put it to sleep."

I've been thinking about it, but since I only have small plants, it's all just theory. Will post more, when there's more to talk about.

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my friend the ons that went into his house for the winter bloomed and put on mature fruit i will go to his house soon and get the pics.

Jack Daw

If you can, please ask him to detailly describe how he handled it.

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