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Originally Posted by Olafhenny
If they were mine, I would keep them for a while together and then raise them, if I had room
(which I haven't). But I would keep them anyway for experimentation: Will they survive the
winter in Vancouver with minimal protection or do you have to upgrade the protection as
compared to the Basjoo? There really appears to be little known about that in this forum.
I think you indicate, that you have them in a pot. Do you raise bananas outdoors at all?
Olaf
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They are currently in a 5 gallon pot and I actually have several options for the winter. I can either:
1) bring them in the house with a few of the really tender tropicals fruits trees that I have
2) move them into my newly erected covered "garden" which will be dry and frost free (I suspect this one would be more stable temperature wise because of its size - 16ft x 9.5ft x 7.5ft in height)
3) move them into the heated greenhouse, but it tends to be on the humid side.
Being their first winter I'm leaning towards bring them into the house but we will see what happens.
As for Vancouver winters, I do have another 4ft e. maurelii that is inground in my front yard that I'm going to try wrapping to see how it handles the winter. And I currently have the following variety of banana inground: m. basjoo, m. 'caligold', m. 'mekong giant', m. zebrina 'rojo', m. 'grand nain', e. glaucum and musella lasiocarpa (as well as the 4ft e. maurelii)......and I also have some more tender varieties in pots. Of those inground some require extra protection and the others do not. The potted ones will now be moved into the "garden".....beats trying to keep them
and us happy in the house for all those months
