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lcweber69 · 10-07-2011, 08:37 AM

I haven't posted for a while, but I'm (as usual) getting anxious and (as always) overwhelmed with the yearly process of overwintering my tropicals, several of which are ornamental bananas. I'd received replies on questions about overwintering my ensete ventricosum, but none really definitive.

So, should I take it out of the pot and store it 'bare root' in my cooler basement? And how exactly do I deal with the root bound issue?

Or is it a better idea to try to get it into the house under a T5 light set up, as I have with my ensete maurelli? Speaking of which, one of them is so big now I can't possibly get it into my house as a potted plant as I had done in the past. I wish I could watch a video of someone going through the task of overwintering huge potted nanners. Even videos on overwintering elephant ears are a joke, as the plants shown in them that dI have seen are not 10 ft. tall and 8ft wide. as mine are...they're only showing people preparing plants that can be picked up and put on a table for the process.

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lcweber69 greenpassion Location: Vermont Zone: z5 Name: greenpassion Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 25 BananaBucks : 17,089 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 30 Times Was Thanked 16 Times in 8 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 2 Times	Re: Overwintering a potted Ensete Ventricosum - decent video?? I haven't posted for a while, but I'm (as usual) getting anxious and (as always) overwhelmed with the yearly process of overwintering my tropicals, several of which are ornamental bananas. I'd received replies on questions about overwintering my ensete ventricosum, but none really definitive. So, should I take it out of the pot and store it 'bare root' in my cooler basement? And how exactly do I deal with the root bound issue? Or is it a better idea to try to get it into the house under a T5 light set up, as I have with my ensete maurelli? Speaking of which, one of them is so big now I can't possibly get it into my house as a potted plant as I had done in the past. I wish I could watch a video of someone going through the task of overwintering huge potted nanners. Even videos on overwintering elephant ears are a joke, as the plants shown in them that dI have seen are not 10 ft. tall and 8ft wide. as mine are...they're only showing people preparing plants that can be picked up and put on a table for the process.