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bigdog · 09-12-2006, 07:06 PM

nucci60, my name is Frank (not Joe). Glad you enjoyed the post! To answer your question: No, the pseudostems do not lose much weight at all come Spring. This is because they don't dry out appreciably. The orinocos don't anyway. Musa basjoo dried out considerably though. Not all bananas respond the same being stored dormant. Some lose almost no pseudostem to dessication, some lose all pseudostem, and all ranges in between.

Jeff, I am growing musa itinerans still. Check a few posts up, and you will see I listed it there.

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bigdog ******* bigdog's Photo Gallery** Location: Gainesville, FL Find me on the map! Zone: 8b Name: Frank Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 2,003 BananaBucks : 749,837 Feedback: 7 / 100% Said "Thanks" 213 Times Was Thanked 1,788 Times in 503 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 131 Times	Re: Time to put the bananas to sleep for the Winter nucci60, my name is Frank (not Joe). Glad you enjoyed the post! To answer your question: No, the pseudostems do not lose much weight at all come Spring. This is because they don't dry out appreciably. The orinocos don't anyway. Musa basjoo dried out considerably though. Not all bananas respond the same being stored dormant. Some lose almost no pseudostem to dessication, some lose all pseudostem, and all ranges in between. Jeff, I am growing musa itinerans still. Check a few posts up, and you will see I listed it there.