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Originally Posted by Petey
I have a five month old double mahoi growing in a 5 gallon bucket on my parents' deck. Soon evening temps will be dropping down (this is in USDA zone 4, in central NH), so I want to move it inside.
I have two options for moving it inside. One, in the family room, where I have a corner behind a couch where it will get indirect light from two nearby windows, and where the thermostat should keep it at a minimum of 50F all winter (this is a lake house, they're not up there all the time).
The second is in the basement, in front of a super-sunny window, where it shouldn't ever drop below 40F at night, but might get down there on cold nights, and then warm up in front of the sunny window during the day.
How should I think about these options? My first attempt at overwintering in a room that is not my own living room where it's kept at conventional temps.
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There are a few good youtube videos which have some good takeaways.
For keywords use "how to grow/overwinter a musa cavendish/bananas indoors.
Many of my plants are in a basement at 60+ degrees with low light conditions.
Under these conditions the plant stops growing and just rests for the 6+ months indoors.
Water is minimized and no fertilizer given.
The plants become low maintenance at this point.
On the other hand a few of my banana plants are under grow light conditions and are actively growing.
This requires alittle more attention and room to accommodate the grow area.
Plan ahead for next year.....your plant will be 2.5x bigger
Your plant will have a larger footprint.
Leaving small pups attached will not harm your plant at all you may do that next spring at the next growing season.