the standard protection that I did is to leave all the leaves and outer pseudostems intact, never top off nor cut anything the entire winter.
On the night of the coldest temperature, I draped a floating row cover on top of the bananas. The floating row cover is made of breathable polyester fabric and are very cheap. I then took it off after the coldest night is over.
Come spring time when there is no more frost, that is when I cut off each dead leaf individually and peel off the dead outer sheaths to expose the green sheaths for photosynthesis.
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Originally Posted by asacomm
Hi JoeReal,
Stan is here again.
I forgot to ask you a very important question as to mode of overwintering
of those bananas.
Were they left umprotected or protected by some materials?
Your answer helps me a lot and thanks in advance.
Stan
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