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sandercohen · 04-03-2007, 12:52 AM

Hi there, I am new to the forum. I have been growing sikkimenisis and basjoo here in zone 6 in farmington hills michigan and i would love to hear from other banana folks that have succeded in growing and overwintering them.

All the plants i tried to overwinter in the crawl space died this winter, but the cold hardy plants in the ground look great, i uncovered them and found the root ball firm. (i have covered them back up for the upcoming freeze)

I have 2 big basjoos in pots in the greenhouse and i am really hoping to get my plants over 10ft this year as last year my plants never reahed over 6 ft. I used nothing but 5-0-0 fish fertilizer on them and this year i think i will go with a 21-0-0 to try and get more growth.

i would love to hear from other northern folks about ferts, your overwintering techniques and how to speed up the process of growth this spring.

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sandercohen Junior Member Location: Farmington hills Michigan Zone: 6B Name: sander Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 9 BananaBucks : 23,092 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 0 Times Was Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Other Michigan Banana people? Hi there, I am new to the forum. I have been growing sikkimenisis and basjoo here in zone 6 in farmington hills michigan and i would love to hear from other banana folks that have succeded in growing and overwintering them. All the plants i tried to overwinter in the crawl space died this winter, but the cold hardy plants in the ground look great, i uncovered them and found the root ball firm. (i have covered them back up for the upcoming freeze) I have 2 big basjoos in pots in the greenhouse and i am really hoping to get my plants over 10ft this year as last year my plants never reahed over 6 ft. I used nothing but 5-0-0 fish fertilizer on them and this year i think i will go with a 21-0-0 to try and get more growth. i would love to hear from other northern folks about ferts, your overwintering techniques and how to speed up the process of growth this spring.