jbclem

I've finished the box, and looking at it from a banana's perspective it doesn't look that big, especially if the bananas to survive and grow for a few years. It's a good idea to make the box longer across the hill, if I make another box I'll try to do that. But this will have to do for now, it is after all an experiment to find a way to get one plant to survive the winter here without the roots rotting.

For the cold nights I'll build a tent(frost cloth and heavy moving blankets) around and over the box...do you think that'll keep the ground warm enough? Last year it was enough to keep a dwarf Brasilian alive (one night was 26.5F), until the corm rotted in the spring. I wasn't too worried about the ground temperature(I assumed that if the trunk of the plant was protected, the roots would also be). And now I think the 2" thick sides of the box should keep the cold from penetrating from the sides.