ZONE5

hi.i would like to know if some one can id my banana plant.it was a plant i bought at reno-depot it's like home depot.it was sold as winter bananas,so i presume it to be musa basjoo.this was a year and a half ago.i planted it next to the house and grow big fast so i built a geen house just for it and grow all winter.last week i was deciding what to do,give the plant one more year,or replace it with dwarf cavandish that i had bought from an importer here.i cut all the pups and left the mother plant,after looking at the beautifull tree for an hour.i decide to cut it and replace it with the cavandish,since every one said i will never get bananas especially my wife who is thai and been laughing at me for over a year.after i cut the tree i cut the top to see and 2 leafs in i saw a big flower.i pulled the flower out unwraped it and saw the bananas or banana flowers.i believe it was 2 weeks away from flowering.i can't even remember the last time i was so upset.i but the photo's in my gallary,can someone Id it as musa basjoo. thank you

natej740

Im not sure what kind it is but i was wondering how you overwintered it and if you fertilized it cuz it got huge!

ZONE5

i built a green house out of 2x4s and double plastic cover.since the green house was useing one wall of the house i keep the basement window open to go in and out of the green house plus a portable oil filled heater.it work very well if you don't mind the heating costs

hammer

Welcome to the site

ZONE5

thank you

natej740

So all you did was put a greenhouse over it for the winter and this year it got that big? Did you fertilize it at all? I think it looks like a basjoo but i cant be certain without it blooming...

ZONE5

yes.i build a house you see back part of the green house on the wall ,the piece of foam that fell is hideing the basement window.i even had to make modifacations in the middle of winter i will post a picture.as far as fetilize go's i put general all purpose 20,20,20.put the best is natural every time i would take some thing from the garden fruits vegabales i would put it as compost.