Fall Approaches in PA- now what to do??!!

nanasnanax3 · 09-16-2011, 07:49 PM

Hi All, this is my first post and I hope someone can help!
I started growing my banana babies early spring indoors(they arrived in 3" pots and have grown qute well). As they grew too large for my window and the weather got warmer I transferred them to larger pots and moved them outside to my front porch where they have lived happily up until now. LAST NIGHT THE TEMPS DROPPED TO 47 DEGREES-total shocker. It is supposed to warm back up to the 70s tomorrow but I know it wont be like this for long. If I bring them indoors how do I care for them without direct sunlight? I suppose they are too young to overwinter aren't they?
They grew so well this summer, I don't want them to die (there were three but the basjoo died when I transplanted it :-(
So I have 2 beautiful Chiquita Gran Nain Banana Babies and I want dearly to save them from this PA winter!! PLEASE HELP
The pics are from July, they've started to yellow(some of the leaves at the bottom, I'll send pics later)

sunfish · 09-16-2011, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by nanasnanax3

Hi All, this is my first post and I hope someone can help!
I started growing my banana babies early spring indoors(they arrived in 3" pots and have grown qute well). As they grew too large for my window and the weather got warmer I transferred them to larger pots and moved them outside to my front porch where they have lived happily up until now. LAST NIGHT THE TEMPS DROPPED TO 47 DEGREES-total shocker. It is supposed to warm back up to the 70s tomorrow but I know it wont be like this for long. If I bring them indoors how do I care for them without direct sunlight? I suppose they are too young to overwinter aren't they?
They grew so well this summer, I don't want them to die (there were three but the basjoo died when I transplanted it :-(
So I have 2 beautiful Chiquita Gran Nain Banana Babies and I want dearly to save them from this PA winter!! PLEASE HELP
The pics are from July, they've started to yellow(some of the leaves at the bottom, I'll send pics later)

Time to put the bananas to sleep for the Winter

Christian Rieger · 09-17-2011, 04:49 PM

On an optimistic note, move to Key West and south.

But more realistically, how tall is your plant and what kind of a building do you have to move it into?

TalyMon · 09-17-2011, 08:01 PM

Hello PA from PA, I have a large DC that is quite old the plant is wintered near a Southern window, which has worked well for years, I now reside away from the farm and only have Northwest lighting. I recently took the grow from seed route, so I definably don't want to loose all my effort, I will be using indoor lights this season. There are a lot of good posts out there on lighting and as one prior suggestion, links to overwintering.
I found it helpful to place a plant dolly under large plants and now that the party buckets with handle are readily available it making things even easier for the winter moves.
Good luck and keep us posted with pictures and so forth, it's seems a lot of northerners' have adapted to tropical s and every bit off information helps build this great community.

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nanasnanax3 nanasnanax3's Photo Gallery Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 5 BananaBucks : 2,593 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 3 Times Was Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Fall Approaches in PA- now what to do??!! Hi All, this is my first post and I hope someone can help! I started growing my banana babies early spring indoors(they arrived in 3" pots and have grown qute well). As they grew too large for my window and the weather got warmer I transferred them to larger pots and moved them outside to my front porch where they have lived happily up until now. LAST NIGHT THE TEMPS DROPPED TO 47 DEGREES-total shocker. It is supposed to warm back up to the 70s tomorrow but I know it wont be like this for long. If I bring them indoors how do I care for them without direct sunlight? I suppose they are too young to overwinter aren't they? They grew so well this summer, I don't want them to die (there were three but the basjoo died when I transplanted it :-( So I have 2 beautiful Chiquita Gran Nain Banana Babies and I want dearly to save them from this PA winter!! PLEASE HELP The pics are from July, they've started to yellow(some of the leaves at the bottom, I'll send pics later)

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Christian Rieger Junior Member Location: Fort Lauderdale Find me on the map! Zone: 10.5 Name: Christian Rieger Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 37 BananaBucks : 15,766 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 1 Times Was Thanked 25 Times in 12 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Re: Fall Approaches in PA- now what to do??!! On an optimistic note, move to Key West and south. But more realistically, how tall is your plant and what kind of a building do you have to move it into?

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TalyMon TalyMon's Photo Gallery Location: Lehigh Valley PA Find me on the map! Zone: 6-7 Name: Ron K Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 71 BananaBucks : 9,660 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 74 Times Was Thanked 42 Times in 20 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 129 Times	Re: Fall Approaches in PA- now what to do??!! Hello PA from PA, I have a large DC that is quite old the plant is wintered near a Southern window, which has worked well for years, I now reside away from the farm and only have Northwest lighting. I recently took the grow from seed route, so I definably don't want to loose all my effort, I will be using indoor lights this season. There are a lot of good posts out there on lighting and as one prior suggestion, links to overwintering. I found it helpful to place a plant dolly under large plants and now that the party buckets with handle are readily available it making things even easier for the winter moves. Good luck and keep us posted with pictures and so forth, it's seems a lot of northerners' have adapted to tropical s and every bit off information helps build this great community. __________________ Ciao! "Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana" - Bill Gates - Last edited by TalyMon : 09-17-2011 at 08:06 PM. Reason: miss wording

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