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RRedBBeard · 11-01-2017, 07:34 AM

Cincinnana--you spray edible bananas with a systemic, or are these ornamentals you're talking about?
Frost was forecast for this morning, so I chopped the leaves off of my potted bananas yesterday, and dragged them into my basement. We had had a near-hurricane here the day before, 8" of rain in <48 hours, and sustained wind of (?) 60mph, and the plants were absolutely soaked. I removed some of the soil from the root balls, and they are standing off the floor in the basement, hopefully drying out. I have active pups of each one, just in case this turns into a disaster.
It was painful cutting the nice, lush leaves off of these, especially Truly Tiny--short of course, but the ps base was close to 6" wide. Could flowering have been far behind?
My basement may become a zoo, since I didn't have time to get rid of pests. Are there any critters that are particularly destructive to bananas? My main concern is keeping them off the floor, because I assume that there are mice that would like to munch on these.
My basement won't get really cool for another couple of weeks, so hopefully these will be ok until then.
Any comments will be appreciated!

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RRedBBeard banana wrangler wanabee Location: New London, CT Find me on the map! Name: Rick Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 66 BananaBucks : 30,372 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 83 Times Was Thanked 73 Times in 36 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 3 Times	Re: Cool winter storage of banana plants? Cincinnana--you spray edible bananas with a systemic, or are these ornamentals you're talking about? Frost was forecast for this morning, so I chopped the leaves off of my potted bananas yesterday, and dragged them into my basement. We had had a near-hurricane here the day before, 8" of rain in <48 hours, and sustained wind of (?) 60mph, and the plants were absolutely soaked. I removed some of the soil from the root balls, and they are standing off the floor in the basement, hopefully drying out. I have active pups of each one, just in case this turns into a disaster. It was painful cutting the nice, lush leaves off of these, especially Truly Tiny--short of course, but the ps base was close to 6" wide. Could flowering have been far behind? My basement may become a zoo, since I didn't have time to get rid of pests. Are there any critters that are particularly destructive to bananas? My main concern is keeping them off the floor, because I assume that there are mice that would like to munch on these. My basement won't get really cool for another couple of weeks, so hopefully these will be ok until then. Any comments will be appreciated!