Time to Dig

Iowa · 10-25-2017, 07:51 AM

The cold is on it's way, 10-23-17 Musa 'Orinoco's on their way to the basement.

Tytaylor77 · 10-25-2017, 01:07 PM

Wow! Plants look amazing! The work you put into them is awesome! Much respect!

obdiah · 10-25-2017, 05:48 PM

to grow them that nice in Iowa is amazing!!

great work

duaneh · 10-25-2017, 08:37 PM

very nice hope I can do as well I could really learn a lot from you

37.667910 · 10-25-2017, 08:50 PM

Damn. That's some serious dedication.

cincinnana · 10-25-2017, 09:19 PM

Very nice looking Plantation you got going on...

Love the mix of plants, and the yard.....

Looks pretty easy to take care of:....ha:

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I feel your glory and fun..

Great photos and post.

HMelendez · 10-26-2017, 06:33 AM

WOW!.....Very nice 'Nana bed/garden!....

My respect for you guys zone pushers!.....

29vivian · 10-26-2017, 05:13 PM

Can I ask if your basement is heated? I can’t decide if I should cut them to the ground or dig mine up? We had our first frost here last night.

Iowa · 10-26-2017, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by 29vivian

Can I ask if your basement is heated? I can’t decide if I should cut them to the ground or dig mine up? We had our first frost here last night.

My basement is 60ºF in the winter, small windows allow a little bit of sunlight. In March I will start some Elephant Ear tubers and then I will start running some lights. It will be near the Bananas in pots, so they will get a little more light then. If they are bone dry they will get a shot of water, the bare root plants won't get water until it's warm enough to move them to the garage. I am going to try and winter a couple Banana plants over in the garden. I haven't had any luck the last 2 years but I didn't really protect them well. This year I will protect them better and see what happens.

duaneh · 10-31-2017, 05:52 PM

great job a lot of work how long have you been storing your bananas like this do you have any problems with the p-stem rotting I really would love to try this method but afraid of losing everything to rot

duaneh · 10-31-2017, 05:54 PM

have you been able to get fruit using this method or does it discourage fruiting

Iowa · 10-31-2017, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by duaneh

great job a lot of work how long have you been storing your bananas like this do you have any problems with the p-stem rotting I really would love to try this method but afraid of losing everything to rot

Got my first plant from my brother in 1993, some do rot and some choke. It's a process sometimes waking them up. I put them in the garage when it's warm enough but the nights are still cool. Put the bare root plants in a pot cut a few inches off the top and start giving them water. watch for growth. If not pushing out much cut them back some more. If they are choked I keep cutting back until I'm to the choke. They may split out the side before I get them cut back far enough. Some will rot, smaller ones especially, but I put 25-30 plants up, so I still have plenty. I had 2 rot this year that I cut off at the corm, they grew to 6' and had 5 pups each. Here's a pic of one I cut back last year. I have one or two fruit every year but don,t have a long enough season for them to mature.

edwmax · 10-31-2017, 07:48 PM

Hummm ... must be a new type of Dwarf. ...

... If the pups will do that too, I want one.

duaneh · 10-31-2017, 08:34 PM

that's awesome I will try this method next year when I have enough to experiment with this year I think ill leave them in pots in the house for winter

Iowa · 10-31-2017, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by edwmax

Hummm ... must be a new type of Dwarf. ...

... If the pups will do that too, I want one.

Sorry, all the pups grew up, Mom had to be cut back to the choke. Mom was 8', cut six to eight inches at a time until till it started pushing. Then pop goes the Banana's. I used to be afraid to be to aggressive cutting them back until I had a few split near the bottom and put out Banana's.

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obdiah obdiah's Photo Gallery Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 307 BananaBucks : 107,248 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 162 Times Was Thanked 576 Times in 186 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 22 Times	Re: Time to Dig to grow them that nice in Iowa is amazing!! great work

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cincinnana container grower cincinnana's Photo Gallery Location: Southwest Ohio U.S.A.🇺🇸 Find me on the map! Zone: HZ 6/5 Microclimate - Elevation 750 feet- 228.60 meters Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 8,891 BananaBucks : 64 Feedback: 7 / 100% Said "Thanks" 3,930 Times Was Thanked 11,813 Times in 4,924 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 1,958 Times	Re: Time to Dig Very nice looking Plantation you got going on... Love the mix of plants, and the yard..... Looks pretty easy to take care of:....ha:: I feel your glory and fun.. Great photos and post. __________________ Cincinnana/Hostafarians Photo Gallery 🌴

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29vivian Location: Florence KY Find me on the map! Zone: 6-7 Name: Kyle Join Date: Jun 2017 Posts: 10 BananaBucks : 3,870 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 12 Times Was Thanked 30 Times in 10 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Re: Time to Dig Can I ask if your basement is heated? I can’t decide if I should cut them to the ground or dig mine up? We had our first frost here last night.

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duaneh Location: northern ohio Find me on the map! Zone: 6 Name: duane Join Date: Sep 2017 Posts: 42 BananaBucks : 5,067 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 242 Times Was Thanked 75 Times in 29 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 219 Times	Re: Time to Dig great job a lot of work how long have you been storing your bananas like this do you have any problems with the p-stem rotting I really would love to try this method but afraid of losing everything to rot

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duaneh Location: northern ohio Find me on the map! Zone: 6 Name: duane Join Date: Sep 2017 Posts: 42 BananaBucks : 5,067 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 242 Times Was Thanked 75 Times in 29 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 219 Times	Re: Time to Dig have you been able to get fruit using this method or does it discourage fruiting

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edwmax edwmax's Photo Gallery Location: Cairo, Ga Find me on the map! Zone: 8b Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 2,891 BananaBucks : 115,417 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 1,740 Times Was Thanked 4,439 Times in 2,094 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 414 Times	Re: Time to Dig Hummm ... must be a new type of Dwarf. ... ... If the pups will do that too, I want one. __________________

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duaneh Location: northern ohio Find me on the map! Zone: 6 Name: duane Join Date: Sep 2017 Posts: 42 BananaBucks : 5,067 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 242 Times Was Thanked 75 Times in 29 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 219 Times	Re: Time to Dig that's awesome I will try this method next year when I have enough to experiment with this year I think ill leave them in pots in the house for winter

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