Windowsill growing.

john_ny · 11-30-2010, 03:40 PM

My basjoos, in the ground, get covered up for the winter. The basjoos that were in pots, outside, are stored, bare-root, in garbage bags, in a room that gets to about 50° F. Everything else is kept growing, either under lights in a warm cellar, or on windowsills.
Here's a Dwarf Cavendishgrowing happily in the dining room bay window.
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Shortly after bringing it in, it gave me two nice little pups.
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The Hollyberry Lady · 11-30-2010, 04:15 PM

Very cool, John!

Here are some of my windowsill banana plants...

Siam Ruby:

Super Dwarf Cavendish puppies:

SDC that grows in my windowsill:

Here's my Orinoco plant from Texas and my Veinte Cohol in behind it, both getting huge in my living room:

Here's the two pups:

: )

Jananas Bananas · 12-01-2010, 01:20 PM

Yipee! I have a bunch of these - Especially this time of year!

All of my African violets are in the bay window!

All of my seedlings are in the bay window too:

~JaNan

cactus6103 · 12-01-2010, 02:18 PM

Every plant looks happy in their winter home. My banana plants are bare root in rubber maid bins in a corner of the garage in front of a window. I keep dry compost over the roots to keep things from drying out too much.

Red

Jananas Bananas · 12-01-2010, 06:12 PM

I fill up the bay window for the winter, and the floor in front of it.

I am still adding plants everyday to it also!

~JaNan

The Hollyberry Lady · 12-01-2010, 06:21 PM

What a cute room with all your plants, Janan!

: )

Jananas Bananas · 12-01-2010, 06:48 PM

Thank you! My rooms kind of all have themes, I guess. This one is called the stuffed animal room! HA! HA! And of course I have horses in ALL the rooms. I will try to take a shot of it tonight when I get all the lights on. All those little bananas seem to love it in there. Each one has put out one and sometimes two leaves since I brought them in there early last week. ~J

john_ny · 12-02-2010, 10:00 AM

My cats would have the ones on the floor shredded by now.

tastyratz · 12-18-2010, 12:28 AM

Lucky you glad its working!

I have been keeping all of mine in my warm basement (65f or so) near a casement window with 2 overhead 2 foot fluorescent grow lights on long timers and Mine are really fading fast... I am thinking it might be too warm for them with not enough light. I certainly cant afford to run a 400w hps during the day all winter.

The Hollyberry Lady · 12-19-2010, 07:38 PM

What do you do when your window is overrun with plants and your bird thinks he's in a jungle?!

: )

The Hollyberry Lady · 12-29-2010, 04:45 PM

Here's my Siam Ruby plant, growing in my south window. It's suprisingly red for this time of year...

: )

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