Covering your Hardy Banana ( Musa basjoo) for the Winter
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- čas přidán 2. 07. 2024
- Learn how to put the hardy banana to bed for the winter. Once there is a hard frost. Learn how to cut down your banana, how to cover it, when to uncover it and other tips to protect your banana until spring.
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I saw someone in Cincinnati had one unprotected in a -8 freeze that winter, next spring they came back amazingly!
Thanks very much. Great video and no nonsense. Live in Texas and needed to understand how to winter the plants.
Very helpful video! This will be the first winter for our banana. We planted it in the spring and it grew beyond our expectations. Very healthy and vigorous plant!
I live in Ky Zone 6, I put 8 musa bajoos in the ground this year, I ordered 4 Grand Nain and put in pots, plan to bring them indoors. Our neighbors recently moved and let me dig up their musa bajoos, adding another 6 to our landscape. I really want all of these to make it through winter but know I have my work cut out for me. If I winter them right, Im really hoping it changes the landscape and feel to our yard. Thanks for the video.
Thank you for the video. I jut got new plants this year and wanted to make sure they made it until the next. :)
Thank you for letting me know to over mulch. I wouldn't have put enough to last until spring.
Followed your video exactly here near the Canadian border in Vermont. It worked! When uncovered in mid-May Central trunk had turned to mush and one or two tiny, feeble looking side shoots were present. Now 2 weeks later and the shoots are almost doubling in size every 24hours. 😳
Mines are growing back this spring. I only covered them with the fallen leaves from fall. The winters in Virginia Beach normally don't get as cold as way up north. I started up with one plant, now I have eleven.
Great video! I plan on buying some for next year!
Great Video I learned I learned so much. I needed this instruction!
very informative and well made video
Thank you very nice video
that machete is so sharp
Nice!!!
Thank you for the video. This is my 4 year with banana trees. Last year I didn’t cut the down or cover and I regretted it. When you cut them down low does that help them to grow taller
Nice job
Hi , could you possibly show a small video of the uncovering in spring .
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Got a few of these here in the UK, inddors and out! #MusaFan :)
All the videos I've seen about the banana tree, no one has one like mine. I got mine last May, it was two to three feet tall. As it grew, the trunk got huge until it finally topped out at 15 feet tall with a trunk as thick as a foot. It produced 13 shoots. I cut the tree down to a foot, wrapped it and all the shoots in bubble wrap with mulch coving the base. Now, in Ohio, we are seeing night time lows of 10.
would one of these survive in Utah? It's very dry here.
What dwarf banana species to produce edible bananas, would you suggest I grow in zone 6b? I can overwinter them inside the house, in a greenhouse or Walipini, if necessary.
How do you manage the bananas so that you don’t get a huge spread like that? I have a manzano banana, and I have it in a pot without holes so that it doesn’t become invasive. My dad has them, and he hates them because he can’t get rid of them. They’ve taken over a large area, and even when he cuts them down, the stump is so unsightly, and you can’t plant anything nice there. Thanks.
They make their own mulch ; ) just chop them down and leave the stems and leaves on the spot.
Yes, we don't usually do that, as the diseases could persist. But in New England, typical banana diseases can't survive the winter.
And in case there's a diseases, we need to dig up the bulbs and replant farther away.
Take a tarp and cover them works fine here in Kentucky.
Nice plants🍌🌴😉👍
Do you get any bananas from your trees every year
I just got a very nice Basjoo pup from you ( as well as a Super Dwarf Cavendish that will stay in a pot). Do you recommend overwintering in a pot the first year or should I go ahead and give it a go in the ground ? I'm in zone 6A in northern Jersey.
You can put the basjoo in the ground. Just make sure at the end of the season to follow the directions listed in the video.
Thanks so much for your reply , I'm going to go or it. Just got a Logee's catalog in the mail today !@@LogeesPlants
what is the best way to prep the soil were I will be planting these banana trees
Needs a well drained spot. Adding compost can help but they will need add fertilizer in most soil. Just don’t overdo it.
Is it possible to plant it a little bit deeper into the ground to make sure that bigger part of the stem survives and grows faster next season, or the rhizome can't live if planted too deep?
Won't really make a difference. The plants grow so rapidly you don't really have to plant it any deeper to promote faster growth for the next season.
Here in East Tennessee I do better by not cutting them back. They seam to rot more by doing so.
Thank you so very much for info on covering my banana. That looks like a mighty nice warm bed though. Would mice and other critters get under there and do any damage to the covered banana?
Never had any problem with mice or moles
How do you think these would do in central Kentucky?
Yes easily. You would need a mulch for winter.
Can you use the old banana leaves to cover the mulch or is it better to throw them out ?
It's best to dispose of the old banana leaves.
You can sell the trees in the summer
I live in zone 8a. If they are hardy to -10°F, and we rarely get below 10°F, can we just keep it as is, planted without trimming it down and still be ok?
We would still suggest covering the plant to protect the root system.
Yea you can leave them as they are in zone 8a. I’m in Memphis, TN. I had some that I covered, and some left bare. There was no difference in between the plants. They all were mushy at the top, and they all grew back the next season. We’re 3-4 weeks into the growing season now ands my plants are about. 3 feet tall already. Expecting a good summer. I also have elephant ears and canna’s that were not covered. They all are doing great.
I've seen some sites advise wrapping the cut trees with burlap or plastic before mulching. I'm in Ohio, zone 6. Is this good advice or will it just cause root rot? This will be my first winter with my banana trees. Thank you
We don't generally advise wrapping the plants with burlap or plastic before mulching. We are in a zone 6 here as well and our video is exactly what we would recommend. :)
Yes it will mold. The stems are 90% water, and you’ll get a foul smell with gnats around the plant
Would it matter if I cut the stem right to the ground and mulched over it? I would prefer not to leave the stem sticking out.
It's better to leave some of the stem sticking out so that once winter is over, it can make a full come back.
@@LogeesPlants thanks.
This is assuming it doesn't rain right? Rain would rot the leaves and straw and in turn the trunks.
no, rain would be ok for it. We also get the rain here too during the winter months. It's more to protect the roots from the cold.
Is there a dwarf banana plant that produces viable seeds or 'suckers' for growing in a greenhouse?
Not that we sell. All of the ones we sell will produce pups but the bananas won't have plantable seeds.
What do you suggest to do for potted bananas? Zone 9A
Please see the following article for more information on potted bananas www.logees.com/growingandfruitingbananas
What would be the reason why a Basjoo Banana plant won't grow nor produce baby one? I have 2 in separate pots. But almost died on me during the transfer (my mom gifted them to me from her garden). Now 1 of them is growing good even has a new growth within the pot. However, the other one has not budged. Still has 1 leaf. No new growth. I'm in GA. Trying to get ready for cooler temps. New at this. Amy advice would help.
We would suggest checking the root system of the plant. If it hasn't grown, it may be a root issue.
does is it works in the oposite way .
i mean the summer when it goes over 50 c degree
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LogeesPlants thanx its realy helpfull
I'm in zone 5 Ohio, can I use bags of actual Scotts wood mulch?
We generally suggest several feet of mulch in order to protect the bananas roots from freezing over the winter. We generally suggest straw, hay, or leaves.
I'm in ohio aswell. I actually cut mine down to just a trunk then dig them up and store them somewhere that will stay above freezing but below around 50 degrees or so. but it can be alot of work.. especially when they get big.
Is it possible to bury the banana plant into a covered trench and if so will it survive without rot, I do this with my fig trees and they do exceptionally well. It's a trench dug beside tree and covered with plywood then plastic then soil, I'm afraid banana may rot with humidity and lack of light. My goal is to be able to raise the banana plant upright and have it continue its growth until fruiting
It might rot in the trench, unfortunately :(
Would grass clippings be a good alternative to straw?
+Adam Capwell -Yes but you need a lot of them depending on how far north youare.
Yes, bag the grass clippings and pile it on top, very thick and heavy. Make a mound out of it💪🏽
What part of New England are you?
Northeast Connecticut.
I lived in south texas nov 11 it got down to 23 my banna tree is dead will it grow back
If you scratch the base of the stem of the plant, just above the soil line, is there any green underneath?
What if I layered plastic in between the layers of straw?
It would most likely cause the plant to rot.
zone 6 will this really work to over winter?
Absolutely!
2:59 I cant use hay Because I’m allergic to hay
Can you grow banana indoors?
Yes, but to fruit them you do need a sunny exposure and you would want a short growing variety.
yes I got Basjoo, Ensete, Ventricosa and red tiger indoors here in the UK ;0)