Re: red leaf bananas
When I lived in St. Louis I overwintered some of my bananas in my basement. I only had a couple back then but it can be done. My basement was a split in two with one side finished and the other unfinished-the two sections being divided by a wall. I put the bananas in the unfinished and unheated portion. There was a window but they got very little light and very little water all winter. Like Nate said, you won't need to water them much, if at all. The goal is to induce dormancy or semi-dormancy. You want them to remain alive, but not grow.
I tried this with my Siam Ruby last year in our house here in the Houston area and it was tough. I had to water it because it was warm inside so it kept wanting to grow but the growth started getting lanky. I was really worried about it but it pulled through and is back out in the ground now.
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