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sandy0225 · 10-30-2010, 05:10 PM

I had mine in the basement over the winter, I overwintered two. It's not totally dark down there because some of the light from the grow light on the light mover gets over there. I just dug mine up, didn't cut off anything, stuffed the root ball into a plastic pot that it would fit snugly into, but didn't add any soil. I checked the plant from time to time and when it seemed very dry, would soak it with water from the watering hose down on the root ball. It actually pushed out a few leaves over winter and I sold them this spring. They were about 4 feet tall and very stocky when I brought them in and now they're more like 7-8 and being overwintered again in another location by an interiorscaper at a large office building. They didn't lose any size at all when overwintering and came through quite nice at 50 degrees with a little light.

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sandy0225 Northern Tropics sandy0225's Photo Gallery Location: Muncie, Indiana zone 5 Find me on the map! Zone: zone 5 Name: Sandy Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,718 BananaBucks : 362,835 Feedback: 31 / 97% Said "Thanks" 38 Times Was Thanked 1,801 Times in 682 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 9 Times	Re: Question about storing dormant? I had mine in the basement over the winter, I overwintered two. It's not totally dark down there because some of the light from the grow light on the light mover gets over there. I just dug mine up, didn't cut off anything, stuffed the root ball into a plastic pot that it would fit snugly into, but didn't add any soil. I checked the plant from time to time and when it seemed very dry, would soak it with water from the watering hose down on the root ball. It actually pushed out a few leaves over winter and I sold them this spring. They were about 4 feet tall and very stocky when I brought them in and now they're more like 7-8 and being overwintered again in another location by an interiorscaper at a large office building. They didn't lose any size at all when overwintering and came through quite nice at 50 degrees with a little light. __________________ Sandy Burrell Northern Tropics Greenhouse 1501 East Fuson Road Muncie, IN 47302 www.northerntropics.com specializing in bananas, heirloom tomatoes and water gardening plants~ check out our new online store at our website!