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vt999 · 11-20-2021, 02:55 PM

Hi,

I have a Dwarf Cavendish that someone was throwing out that I rescued. I wanted to try overwintering it, I live in the NYC area. They are in a 12 inch pot and I kept them in this pot. I cut off all the leaves and about the top inch of each plant, they are about 12-14 inches tall each now. I put the pot (did not touch the soil at all) in a garbage bag and surrounded it with the leaves I cut. I put it in a garage whose lows are about 38- 40 F in the dead of the winter. Will this work, or must I remove the soil?

EDIT: For some reason the gallery is not accepting my photo, even though it is saying the photo was uploaded. It is just a picture of a garbage bag with leaves in it. The plant itself is just a potted plant with no leaves on it.

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vt999 Join Date: Oct 2020 Posts: 21 BananaBucks : 5,412 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 7 Times Was Thanked 13 Times in 6 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Overwintering a potted Dwarf Cavendish in Zone 7b Hi, I have a Dwarf Cavendish that someone was throwing out that I rescued. I wanted to try overwintering it, I live in the NYC area. They are in a 12 inch pot and I kept them in this pot. I cut off all the leaves and about the top inch of each plant, they are about 12-14 inches tall each now. I put the pot (did not touch the soil at all) in a garbage bag and surrounded it with the leaves I cut. I put it in a garage whose lows are about 38- 40 F in the dead of the winter. Will this work, or must I remove the soil? EDIT: For some reason the gallery is not accepting my photo, even though it is saying the photo was uploaded. It is just a picture of a garbage bag with leaves in it. The plant itself is just a potted plant with no leaves on it.