Yeah this thread is pretty long now and with a lot of comments likely to stray off topic ( I should go back and check my own "contributions"
) Still for me growing in a colder zone its one of the greatest ever on the org and one I occaisionally.... like at this time of year when I'm about to turn my spine in to a pretzel shaped gelatinous mass... go back and read it in it's entirety and just skim over the fluff. I always reccomend it to newer members to read from first to last post.
For the record I'll be posting with pics in a couple of weeks when I try to cram all the bananas and ensetes into my tiny root cellar.
Not sure if it was mentioned in here but there was a web site posted around the org from Germany the past few years and I lost it when I got my new computer this year. Anyway this guy Roland had posted in it over the years a giant E. Maurelii and it turned out that it did much better stored upright so I did mine that way last year when my two foot tall plant turned in to this 6 ft monster ( it's about 14 overall):
I'm planning on modifying the "Bigdog" technique to try and store these and the bigger bananas at least tilted upwards if not straight up and down and see if that helps improve survival and promote earlier growth than those left prone.
If anyone wanted to collaborate I'd be interested in helping prepare the most important points for the wiki.