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Originally Posted by Olafhenny
Hi Jeanne,
since the season is already advanced, you’ll have no choice but bring your plants in, either as
Banna suggests growing them by the window or do the bare root wintering thing. For wintering
outside they would have to be in the ground. In the pot the corms (and they are the only part
of the basjoo, which are hardy to HZ5, provided they are planted deeply enough) are much
too exposed. That will go also for the pot you heeled to the compost. I.e. survival is highly
unlikely.
For bare root wintering, there are also some precautions to take, which I do not want to get
into here, unless you chose that method.
You may get some idea about wintering bananas from my post here:
frustrated by winter, musa bajoo
There is a lot more information available, but the process is better started earlier in the
season (next year).
Dumping out the soil at this close to the winter is not advisable, unless you want to go the
least desirable bare root way. Get yourself some help to haul them in and/or borrow a hand
truck.
Good luck,
Olaf
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Well, darn. All my windows are already taken by the 4 multiyear Dwarf Cavendish I have in pots, but the huge array of other plants I bring in for the winter. For these pots, even if I could haul them in, they are too huge to put anywhere that doesn't require stairs
so not gonna happen - hubby's having rotator cuff surgery Monday and I can't lift more than about 40-50 pounds. So my only choice is bare root. These all started from bare root/corm only and all got over 6 feet tall. Given I hadn't a clue what I was doing, I figured that was success.
The one I heeled in I mis-stated... I took them out of the pot, but all the pups off with corm and planted really deep in the compost. That was my "experimental" one since I had 4 of the pots to start... figured I had plenty to spare if it was a total loss.
I killed all my bananas I tried to save bare root last year because I got some bad advice and wrapped them in plastic and left them in my garage which was way too cold. I've since learned that is a no-no. I have cardboard boxes and peat moss and a few spaces in the basement I can store them in. So I guess my question now is can I cut the pups off the corm (with some corm of course) so I can carry it or do I have to leave it all together?