I'm not aware of your architectural layout, but a bright sunny window trumps electric lights any day. Tho - the lights can be used to suppliment the shortest days of winter. Nevertheless, nanners won't grow much during the winter so keeping them in front of a bright window and keeping them on the dry side of moist will work fine. If you have a cool room - it will just sit and you can let it dry out even more. Say around 50F. Warmer and you'll get a leaf here and there but it'll still for the most part just sit tight - which is a still Good Thing (tm). A sunroom is even better if you can manage it. By concentrating on getting it thru the winter rather than getting vigorous growth during the winter, you'll save yourself a lot of money and still have a pretty healthy nanner that'll kick back into high gear in Spring when it warms up and the photoperiod increases. Just remember - don't give it more watering unless you can simultaniously provide more light and more warmth. TLC can kill a nanner. Don't let it get bone dry if it's getting some light and room temp - but avoid water-logging like the plague.
Be well,
Mike
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Originally Posted by JoeS475
Thanks for the advice Bobby
I'd been wondering about a small greenhouse, but had written off the idea after imagining it sitting in 2 feet of snow, thinking there's no possible way it would stay warm enough, even with a heater. I was figuring lights would be a cheaper alternative... but then again I have an awful lot of plants. Did you get your greenhouse online, or from a retailer such as Home Depot?
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