Help! First time banana owner and winterizing

Brioli · 10-11-2018, 04:18 PM

Hi all! I have a 1st year ice cream Banana and a dwarf Cavedish in its 2nd year. I live in zone 8a. I'm so confused on the best way to winterize them to get *fruit* .I keep reading and reading but mostly find info about keeping them alive. They are in the ground right now.

Can someone give me a guaranteed way of winterizing to get fruit eventually? It can get into the teens here sometimes but we have long and hot summers about 7 to 8 months out of the year. Please help and thank you!

beam2050 · 10-12-2018, 03:56 AM

guaranteed way; try, try again.

Brioli · 10-12-2018, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by beam2050

guaranteed way; try, try again.

Maybe I shouldn't have used the word *guaranteed*. I mean the best way to make it more likely. Thank you.

Jp3975 · 11-10-2018, 04:54 PM

Disappointed that no one answered this.

beam2050 · 11-11-2018, 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Jp3975

Disappointed that no one answered this.

think somebody did. do what I do spend a lot of time here. take them out of the ground, probably your best bet. pot them and keep them warm.

Richard · 11-11-2018, 03:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Brioli

Hi all! I have a 1st year ice cream Banana and a dwarf Cavedish in its 2nd year. I live in zone 8a. I'm so confused on the best way to winterize them to get *fruit* .I keep reading and reading but mostly find info about keeping them alive. They are in the ground right now ...!

Neither of those plants can survive a winter in the ground in zone 9a, let alone 8a.

10-11-2018, 04:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
Brioli Location: Evans, GA Find me on the map! Zone: 8a Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 10 BananaBucks : 4,498 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 3 Times Was Thanked 5 Times in 3 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Help! First time banana owner and winterizing Hi all! I have a 1st year ice cream Banana and a dwarf Cavedish in its 2nd year. I live in zone 8a. I'm so confused on the best way to winterize them to get fruit .I keep reading and reading but mostly find info about keeping them alive. They are in the ground right now. Can someone give me a guaranteed way of winterizing to get fruit eventually? It can get into the teens here sometimes but we have long and hot summers about 7 to 8 months out of the year. Please help and thank you! __________________ Lover of all plants but especially tropical ones whom have my heart! I talk to my plants and it works beautifully!

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beam2050 banana cereal killer Location: middleburg fl. Find me on the map! Zone: 9b-8a Name: walkinbeam Join Date: Sep 2016 Posts: 2,432 BananaBucks : 528 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 10,754 Times Was Thanked 3,364 Times in 1,545 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 816 Times	Re: Help! First time banana owner and winterizing guaranteed way; try, try again. __________________ ................................................... npk of wood ash 0/1/3 to 0/3/7 npk of banana leaf ash 1.75/0.75/0.5

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Jp3975 Join Date: Nov 2018 Posts: 21 BananaBucks : 5,585 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 7 Times Was Thanked 20 Times in 11 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Re: Help! First time banana owner and winterizing Disappointed that no one answered this.

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