It helps a lot! Thanks! Feb is also our coldest month too.
We have 2.5' of crawlspace under our house too - can easily fit a saba down there.
It's not quite sealed up yet tho - one side is open. More work...
I'll have to try several methods and just see which one works best in my area. And then decide - crawl-space or shed. I like the digging up method because, well - if it just gets just freakishly cold (like we've actually had a white Christmas once!), you have more control over the environment than if they were just wrapped. I think the record here is -3 but that was loooong ago. But wrapping seems easier especially when dealing with 9' orinocos and 20' sabas! The hay method would work with the dwarfs I have, and a trashbag of leaves plunged over my SDC's would work too (the ones that stay in the ground anyway). I need to work out the logistics now while the large nanner bed is still in the preparation phase...
But, that's what I love about trying to grow tropicals here - it really forces one to get inventive!
Thanks,
Mike
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Originally Posted by Frankallen
Mike,
Sorry Mike, I don't know anyone raising Bananas in Zone 8.......But I think this will work for you also!
If the Bldg. is Insulated pretty good, I really don't think you will have a problem with the Plant getting too hot??. Sometimes here in Dec. and Jan. I work out in the backyard in a short sleeve shirt! Remember, I am right on the edge of Zone 7-B. so we have a lot of warm weather during the Winter.....Feb. is our coldest Month usually!!.
Hope this Helps,
Frank
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