Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
01-17-2013, 07:22 PM
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Re: Overwintering
Terri,
I remove them from the pots and plant them out in the Garden in regular composted soil in May. This is the first year I've tried the pea gravel over the winter. They are still looking pretty...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
12-31-2012, 12:38 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 3,057
Re: Overwintering
For what it is worth...I'm up here in upstate NY. Very, very little sun from Nov-March and long lasting winters. I have SDC and Sikkimensis that I pot up every year in October, and then stick back...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
01-18-2011, 07:20 PM
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Replies: 24
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Re: Indoor large banana problems in Wisconsin
I'd just cut it down to below muck. Actually if it was me I'd probably pull it from the pot so it is bare root, cut it down, put on the copper, and put it in my basement in a paper bag where it is...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
01-18-2011, 07:18 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 6,860
Re: Indoor large banana problems in Wisconsin
You can get it at any garden shop. Stuff I got is marketed by Bonide and called Copper. Looks to me like that is what your problem is. If I were you I'd cut all that mush off the stalk and cover...
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
01-16-2011, 11:38 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 6,860
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Forum: Container Grown Banana Plants
01-16-2011, 11:23 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 6,860
Re: Indoor large banana problems in Wisconsin
I had a similar problem with one of mine. Plant was turning to mush where the new leaf was coming out. I figured it was fungal and I think I must have been correct. I sprinkled a bunch of copper...
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