Time to put the bananas outside for spring!
I'm sorry if this has been asked before, I don't seem capable of formulating an appropriate search string to find my desired results;
however, I was wondering how you are supposed to plant your bananas back in your garden when you have overwintered them with the BIgdog method, once you decide that temperatures are high enough. I wonder if there's a special method to plant them back, or there are some suggestion and/or observation i should be aware of.
Two years ago i planted carelessy a Dwarf Namwah and a "Comune di Sicilia" and both of their pseudostem rotted (the "comune di sicilia" rotted to the corm). I planted both in the middle of march and two weeks later there was the wettest aprile ever, with cold temperature (but well above freezing) and they suffered a lot i guess.
Moreover, here the soil get very cold during winter, so i was wondering if i should open an hole in advance to have te sun heating the deepest layer of the soil, or if i should mix the amendants in advance. The plant, as for now is really wihout roots, and half leaf, so i guess that once I plant it outside, it will have a big transpiration, but leaving half leaf seems the standard in the plants overwintered with this method.
Any suggestion? Should i be worried? I have always seen picture of people bringing their plant inside for winter, i've never seen picture of people bringing their bananas out for spring.
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