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sbl · 07-31-2009, 07:42 PM

Our sandy soil might help prevent rot, but I did sort of an experiment last winter. I had 4 large stalks, 2 on the west side of the yard -fully exposed to cold winds--I wrapped one with landscape cloth, the other was unprotected.
The other 2 were in back on the north side, but protected from north winds by a heavily wodded lot, I protected one of those with landscape colth, but the other was on it's own.

Results--the 2 that were protected survived (with no leaves since leaves were not wrapped). The unprotected one on the west side was killed to the ground--I tried cutting it back part way, but it never put out a leaf. The unprotected one in back was the first to put out a new leaf in the spring and then bloomed in June. The protected one in back bloomed in July, and I still have hope the protected one on the west side is about to bloom--if it does, I will have to try some ideas for getting the naners thru the winter.

Bottom line --here with mid 20s several nights, wrapping did seem to help the pseudostem survive, but they were slower to start growing in spring.

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sbl sbl's Photo Gallery Location: Pensacola, FL Find me on the map! Zone: 8/9 Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,013 BananaBucks : 91,907 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 177 Times Was Thanked 733 Times in 395 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 154 Times	Re: Unknown Musa Our sandy soil might help prevent rot, but I did sort of an experiment last winter. I had 4 large stalks, 2 on the west side of the yard -fully exposed to cold winds--I wrapped one with landscape cloth, the other was unprotected. The other 2 were in back on the north side, but protected from north winds by a heavily wodded lot, I protected one of those with landscape colth, but the other was on it's own. Results--the 2 that were protected survived (with no leaves since leaves were not wrapped). The unprotected one on the west side was killed to the ground--I tried cutting it back part way, but it never put out a leaf. The unprotected one in back was the first to put out a new leaf in the spring and then bloomed in June. The protected one in back bloomed in July, and I still have hope the protected one on the west side is about to bloom--if it does, I will have to try some ideas for getting the naners thru the winter. Bottom line --here with mid 20s several nights, wrapping did seem to help the pseudostem survive, but they were slower to start growing in spring.