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Old 12-15-2013, 06:47 PM   #430 (permalink)
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Default Re: Time to put the bananas to sleep for the Winter

I have a dozen Basjoo and Mekong Giant bananas dormant in a basement crawlspace bare root. Its been about 9 weeks since I put them in dormancy. So far they have dried out without any signs of mold or rot on the corms or P-stems. The corms and root balls are BONE dry now, yet the p stems have held most of there green color excluding the outer layers, which have dried forming a husk. I estimate I have about 15 or so weeks left till I will put them back outside. I recently gave the corms and roots on each plant a quick misting just enough to be damp, but I see the forums split on whether or not to water at all bare root stored bananas during the winter. Should the plants be good to go for the rest of the winter till spring?

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