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growing through uk winter
hi all, Im starting to prep the garden for winter at the minute (not that our summers being much better!) normally i have a frame (like a bottomless green house i dig in around my colocasias and alocasias and use a green house heater to keep them growing through winter (incredible plants by the next year!!) but ive never used it on my bananas, if i put one over them aswell and keep the temps up will they continue to grow slowly or will the lower light levels send them dormant?
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Re: growing through uk winter
Good question and it will depend on a combination of the light levels and temps. For instance my greenhouse has polycarb windows and i line it with bubble wrap to store our non hardy plants overwinter. My nanas still tend to grow albeit at a much slowed rate as long as the temps are in double figures. Once they are down to 4°c or less then the more tender nanas will start to suffer.
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Re: growing through uk winter
I'm just hoping the winter is mild. it cost me a fortune to heat the polytunnel last winter. I need to finish the work on my solar greenhouse heater
 what a summer, did we have one? or did i blink and miss it
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