JoeS475

Dan and Tara,

I'm in NJ, and the winters here are brutal. All of my bananas are currently potted. I personally find this easier for northern climates, because in the spring I can get the plants outdoors in the warm days, but bring them in overnight if its going to be too cold. In the fall this doesn't really apply, since the plants are too big to be dragged in and out of the house frequently. Also this saves you the back breaking work of digging them up from the ground.

For your banana to survive the winter growing indoors, like bigdog said, make sure they are very dry before watering. It is so easy to kill a banana that is indoors with too much water. They will also need a south facing window, the biggest and brightest you've got.

I lost my super dwarf cavendish, and high colour mini variant this winter, despite their small size. My regular dwarf cavendish and other larger bananas actually did better, even though their leaves were dusting the ceiling.

Best of luck with the plant! I use mine simply for the tropical look, since getting bananas in the north is very tough. But you never know, one or two of my survivors might possibly (with a little luck) bloom this summer...

Be careful, soon you'll end up buying random banana plants when and wherever you see them, its addictive!

Enough rambling from me, take care!

~Joe

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