This year has been pretty mild compared to last year, although we have more frosty nights and higher chilling hours this year.
There are no protection at all for the inground bananas. The only protection is their own leaves and their own dried outer sheaths. As has been since the beginning, it is only their leaves that protected them.
Last year when there was arctic blast, I placed floating row cover on top of them, and then wine barrel filled with hot water near the base of the trunk.
This last season, there was none at all.
I remove the leaves and everything non-green or dead portions when the lows were consistently above 38 deg F.
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Originally Posted by asacomm
Hi Joe,
It seems to me that you don't touch about your overwintering methods, if
they were protected by some material or if they were just left unprotected.
Thanks in advance.
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