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Iowa · 10-31-2017, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by duaneh

great job a lot of work how long have you been storing your bananas like this do you have any problems with the p-stem rotting I really would love to try this method but afraid of losing everything to rot

Got my first plant from my brother in 1993, some do rot and some choke. It's a process sometimes waking them up. I put them in the garage when it's warm enough but the nights are still cool. Put the bare root plants in a pot cut a few inches off the top and start giving them water. watch for growth. If not pushing out much cut them back some more. If they are choked I keep cutting back until I'm to the choke. They may split out the side before I get them cut back far enough. Some will rot, smaller ones especially, but I put 25-30 plants up, so I still have plenty. I had 2 rot this year that I cut off at the corm, they grew to 6' and had 5 pups each. Here's a pic of one I cut back last year. I have one or two fruit every year but don,t have a long enough season for them to mature.