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xyzzy · 01-23-2009, 11:14 AM

Mine doesn't get marks on it's leaves until about -3 degrees C, but -9 degrees C kills it's leaves completely, even the midribs. -6 C kills leaves but not the midribs. It has been very wet all summer and thrived in it and the leaf bases have been full of water all year and it seems to be doing OK at the moment - so far at least.

I suspect the advice given is more crucial for small plants. Mine is not quite as big as the very big one on the website, but is bigger than all the other smaller ones he shows.

I have no way of bringing it in because it is too big - in summer the leaf tips reached 16ft high, but it is just the 6ft stem at the moment, with I new leaf pushing out the top.

Mind you, they say Monstera Deliciosa needs 10 degrees C and it doesn't. It doesn't get leaf damage until -3 C. Most years mine flower in the garden in january. They also say bilbergia nutans is a tropical indoor plant, but that is unmarked by -12 C!

Anyway, I'll try to cover it from the rain more as it looks like they don't like wet too much. Best not to give it a harder time than necessary!
- not if I want it to get as big as the biggest one on the German website. Slightly cautous though, because it may prefer fresh wet and well aired, than stagnant damp and poorly ventilated due to being covered???????????? Any ideas???? Could the good ventilation be why it is not having a problem being damp?????????? I think most fungi/bacteria don't like continous changing fresh water with each rainfall, nor fresh moving air.

After all, clothes washing in a washing line does not go smelly if out all week, but indoors it is infested with bacteria which make it pong quite rapidly.

I have never tried growing Ensete glaucum though. E Superbum does not overwinter out doors here either.

01-23-2009, 11:14 AM	#23 (permalink)
xyzzy Tropically Bonkers Location: Devon, UK. Find me on the map! Zone: 9b, but UK so no sun, always raining and infested with slugs. Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 120 BananaBucks : 48,317 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 0 Times Was Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Re: Anyone growing Ensete outside in the UK? Mine doesn't get marks on it's leaves until about -3 degrees C, but -9 degrees C kills it's leaves completely, even the midribs. -6 C kills leaves but not the midribs. It has been very wet all summer and thrived in it and the leaf bases have been full of water all year and it seems to be doing OK at the moment - so far at least. I suspect the advice given is more crucial for small plants. Mine is not quite as big as the very big one on the website, but is bigger than all the other smaller ones he shows. I have no way of bringing it in because it is too big - in summer the leaf tips reached 16ft high, but it is just the 6ft stem at the moment, with I new leaf pushing out the top. Mind you, they say Monstera Deliciosa needs 10 degrees C and it doesn't. It doesn't get leaf damage until -3 C. Most years mine flower in the garden in january. They also say bilbergia nutans is a tropical indoor plant, but that is unmarked by -12 C! Anyway, I'll try to cover it from the rain more as it looks like they don't like wet too much. Best not to give it a harder time than necessary! - not if I want it to get as big as the biggest one on the German website. Slightly cautous though, because it may prefer fresh wet and well aired, than stagnant damp and poorly ventilated due to being covered???????????? Any ideas???? Could the good ventilation be why it is not having a problem being damp?????????? I think most fungi/bacteria don't like continous changing fresh water with each rainfall, nor fresh moving air. After all, clothes washing in a washing line does not go smelly if out all week, but indoors it is infested with bacteria which make it pong quite rapidly. I have never tried growing Ensete glaucum though. E Superbum does not overwinter out doors here either. __________________ There is no such thing as can't grow it - but the determination required may lose you your partner, family and friends - but does that matter?. Last edited by xyzzy : 01-23-2009 at 11:35 AM.