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*Dearly Depotted* · 10-27-2020, 07:46 PM

Now since (as I have said before) I from Ohio. So I have to bring in my plants for the winter. You might think oh brother, why are you telling this? You won’t believe what I had to do. By the way I have to do this all my by myself. No help form anybody!

First I had to buy tons of huge bags of soil. Throw them into the back of my car and drive them home. After I get home I had to drop them in my garage. I also had to keep going back to buy more soil. I would like to say I’m not a wealthy person and it was costly! After that I had to go online and buy up a ton of different sized pots. I then wait to get the stuff delivered. Once I’ve received the pots I drag them out in to my garage as well. Oh, wait there’s more...

I then have to start by digging up each individual plant. One plant at a time. I then have soak each plant in a bucket of water. After that I have to use my hose to spray and clean off all soil, bugs and such off each plant. Sometimes I had to do that several times in a row just to make sure everything was cleaned off. Literally check each individual root and corm. I mostly do that because I hate bugs! I refuse to let them come inside my house with the plants this year. After I am sure I have properly cleaned it off I bring the plant into the garage. Go back and do that again with each plant. I have to have 100 ‘s of them.

I then go back to the garage to open up each 2.5 cubic foot of bag of soil. I then open up the pots. After that I have to start shoveling dirt into one bucket at a time. Fill it up half way then grab the plant. Stick it in the pot and start shoveling more soil on top. Making sure to keep the plant standing up straight. I did have to redo that several times on a couple of the plants. Once it was okay I would take it and put it front of my garage. Go back and do as many as I could. Once I had several ready to go I had to get my wheelbarrow and put at least 2 plants in it. Push or drag it to my gate. Pick up each individual pot and haul it up to the deck. I then had to quit for the day and wait for the next day or so to be able to bring them in.

I then have to drag them into my house. Take some of them up a flight of stairs to go a bedroom. Take the other ones down another flight of stairs down to the cellar. I then the next day start this all over again!

I had to keep doing this for a week or more. It really almost killed me! It was such hard work to do! I got so tired of it I honestly almost considered giving all my plants away for free! I couldn’t even stand to look at my plants after all this! Seriously I hated them. I still have at least 20 or so sitting on my deck now that are constantly being rained on but I just can’t get the nerve to bring them in!

I had to have been crazy to do this tropical thing! Yes they are pretty and gives you a tropical feel even here in Ohio in summer! Once fall comes around not so fun. I am seriously getting tired just writing this!

So for those of you living in warmer climates, just be thankful you don’t have to do this! If you’re like me living in a colder climate and want tons of tropical plants for your yard, think long and hard about it! It can be fun but it’s really hard work!

Thanks so much for taking the time to read this! I think I just mostly wanted to complain about it! So, any thoughts or comments?

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Dearly Depotted Find me on the map! Zone: 6A Name: Mary Join Date: Sep 2020 Posts: 646 BananaBucks : 133,095 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 607 Times Was Thanked 443 Times in 302 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 8 Times	A story about bringing in plants for winter.... Now since (as I have said before) I from Ohio. So I have to bring in my plants for the winter. You might think oh brother, why are you telling this? You won’t believe what I had to do. By the way I have to do this all my by myself. No help form anybody! First I had to buy tons of huge bags of soil. Throw them into the back of my car and drive them home. After I get home I had to drop them in my garage. I also had to keep going back to buy more soil. I would like to say I’m not a wealthy person and it was costly! After that I had to go online and buy up a ton of different sized pots. I then wait to get the stuff delivered. Once I’ve received the pots I drag them out in to my garage as well. Oh, wait there’s more... I then have to start by digging up each individual plant. One plant at a time. I then have soak each plant in a bucket of water. After that I have to use my hose to spray and clean off all soil, bugs and such off each plant. Sometimes I had to do that several times in a row just to make sure everything was cleaned off. Literally check each individual root and corm. I mostly do that because I hate bugs! I refuse to let them come inside my house with the plants this year. After I am sure I have properly cleaned it off I bring the plant into the garage. Go back and do that again with each plant. I have to have 100 ‘s of them. I then go back to the garage to open up each 2.5 cubic foot of bag of soil. I then open up the pots. After that I have to start shoveling dirt into one bucket at a time. Fill it up half way then grab the plant. Stick it in the pot and start shoveling more soil on top. Making sure to keep the plant standing up straight. I did have to redo that several times on a couple of the plants. Once it was okay I would take it and put it front of my garage. Go back and do as many as I could. Once I had several ready to go I had to get my wheelbarrow and put at least 2 plants in it. Push or drag it to my gate. Pick up each individual pot and haul it up to the deck. I then had to quit for the day and wait for the next day or so to be able to bring them in. I then have to drag them into my house. Take some of them up a flight of stairs to go a bedroom. Take the other ones down another flight of stairs down to the cellar. I then the next day start this all over again! I had to keep doing this for a week or more. It really almost killed me! It was such hard work to do! I got so tired of it I honestly almost considered giving all my plants away for free! I couldn’t even stand to look at my plants after all this! Seriously I hated them. I still have at least 20 or so sitting on my deck now that are constantly being rained on but I just can’t get the nerve to bring them in! I had to have been crazy to do this tropical thing! Yes they are pretty and gives you a tropical feel even here in Ohio in summer! Once fall comes around not so fun. I am seriously getting tired just writing this! So for those of you living in warmer climates, just be thankful you don’t have to do this! If you’re like me living in a colder climate and want tons of tropical plants for your yard, think long and hard about it! It can be fun but it’s really hard work! Thanks so much for taking the time to read this! I think I just mostly wanted to complain about it! So, any thoughts or comments? __________________ It’s long been a dream of mine to be able to grow real bananas off my own plants! So, please wish me luck on my quest to fulfill that dream!