Winter Banana

Red we can grow figs with no protection, but we dont get the summer heat that you do.

As I say it would be good to see that Ensete next spring after the unwrapping.
I'm not doubting what you say just did not realise it was possible.

What is you winter daytime minimum, does it remain below freezing on many days?

 

Im not taking any chances :D

 

I lost mine last winter Dee, not sure if it was too cold or too dry.

But I see your is living in luxury.

 

ill treat it as a houseplant Pete and the radiator is on the other side of the room So fingers crossed..
Sorry you lost yours, What a Bumma

 

Dee watch the drips on the furniture, the leaves like to weep at night.

 

For the day time it is sometime below freezing but not for a lengthy stretch, maybe one or two days here and there.
I will see if I can find the banana tree again come spring, it happened to be on a house tour of several houses on Chester County day. I still have the map and notes, but they don't place address on the map, there are signs on the tour day but taken away soon after--guess for security of the hosts.
As I recall the position of that banana plant was out in the open to the sun, in the winter the sun warmth probably assists with it. And they did say "because its so thick at its base" it can survive out doors in the winter with the coverage mentioned.

 

Would like to see the protection. Bails of straw brick stylee would keep it very warm indeed I guess but then that's akin to bringing it in rather than surviving minus temps.

 

How right are you :thmb: ill have to wipe it every day, its weeping allready..

 

Thanks guys for all the advice, I contacted the helpline from where I brought the Banana and they say should be OK if moved to sheltered spot and covered with fleece & water a little bit. I do live in a milder area of the country on Kent coast 100m from the sea and do not suffer with too much frost...must be the salt air...I did think about bringing indoors but don't fancy the weeping leaves as posted by Youngdaisydee...I didnt know Banana's cried. Fingers crossed it will survive...

 

Its very different from bringing it in BM.

To bring it in you would either have to pot grow or uproot it.

If it can be allowed to survive insitu I'm sure growth would be massive the next year.

 

Large straw bails built around it brick style would be as good as a green house, which is what I meant by bringing in, undercover as such.

 

Gosh -----really----. Hummmm.

 

^ lol whatever....-22 is still a No from me !

 

If it is decorative, then just cut it off about 6" from the ground and cover with pine straw to protect from the ice and freezing. It will come back each year. If you want to eventually get bananas from it, then it really needs to be transplanted into a greenhouse or something similar for the winter and then replanted outside each year.