How to overwinter a banana 🍌🌴 (The coolest plant I've grown)
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- čas přidán 12. 10. 2022
- Forgive me while I continue to gush over this wonder of a plant, a red red abyssinian banana, which grew from about 3 feet tall to more than 9 feet tall in just four months.
But sadly it's time to deal with it for winter.
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Okayyyyyy. How many people found themselves clapping when she removed the banana plant by herself? Great job!
Not me
Laughter.... the very best method for anything. I laughed all the way through this video! You make it so very interesting and attainable. Not that I'd EVER tackle a 12' banana plant... but for anything else... ;) And btw... I've never thrown away a towel either. Piles.. everywhere! I hope this works. It's a beautiful plant... and so very cool.
I went through the same dilemma with my banana plant. It wasn’t as big as yours, but I dug it out with minimal roots, cut off the leaves and stuck it in a plastic garbage bag. No water during the winter. It worked out just fine. Got even bigger and better the following year.
Ok going to try your method this year ,we lost ours from last year my husband did try one drying it out upside down
Well, after this video I have officially declared you... INSANE! :) :) If I were doing this, there would have been "bleeps" throughout the video! Keep going Erin!!! :) :)
I am laughing so hard right now I have tears running down my cheeks. 😂 You looked so tiny compared to that banana plant and the musical background was just perfect! Thank you for the best laugh I’ve had this month. Hugs, Jan
You are unique. Nobody else is doing videos like yours.
Those leaves you unfurled were just gorgeous!! I've never grown a banana, and don't have any plans to do so, but this may be my favorite video you have ever done! Fabulous!!
Erin, you called it, high jinx indeed-I was right there laughing with you as you woman handled that banana out of its pot. Well done! It was funny because if you’ve gardened for any length of time, then you’ve run into a similar situation, and you just have to laugh when you are in the middle of it. Thanks for sharing it all-the good, the bad and the bananas :)
I live in zone 4A and I have a banana plant I have not put it outside yet but next year it will go outside it is now four and a half feet tall and I watched a lady put one inside and outside for almost 7 years and it was so humongous and inside in the winter time I could see the last year that they were in that house before they moved that it did have bananas on it but I noticed she had other banana plants also. You are amazing entertaining and such great information I like how specific you were about showing each part and the way the leaves grow it's very very interesting especially for people that maybe have never seen how tropical plants grow. Thanks for making such great information so entertaining ✌️❤️🤣😆😂🌿Mandan,ND
Erin, you are a hoot! You made this so enjoyable to watch. Laughed along with you.
Good luck , can’t wait to see
the results next year.😂
I usually just cut mine off at about 2 feet high and cover with plastic surrounded by straw and covered with straw. Than i take a 55 gallon black trash bag and bungie cord around it through the winter . I uncover it all when last chance of frost pass. It get;s bigger every year, and spreads . I had about 4 extra trees this year. Mine is in the ground and next to my house it get's the morning sun and most of the daily sun. It's about 13 ft high this year , by the way i'm zone 7B. Great video banana wrestler !
I'm 7b too! I picked what I think is a dwarf cavendish off of a person who's plant made pups and put it in the ground a few days ago.
I kept waiting for it to start singing "Mean Green Mother from Outer Space." 😄
Erin, I can’t believe you tried lifting that by yourself! They’re all water (as you found out!) So the hardy bananas can grow in zone 5b… the year I planted my first one (2014) it got down to -15°F. All I did to protect was dump a few bags of mulch over it and shovel snow over it. And yes, the more stems/ clump you allow to grow, the hardier they’ll be.
Last winter mine continued to grow with ZERO light and bare root in my workshop. It shot out about a 5 foot center leaf. Such impressive plants, I will always have on out in my Metro Detroit garden 🍌
Did you water it?
OMG! How Beautiful! I just picked up my first banana tree from a local nursery. I’m soooo excited! I would have had a hard time cutting it like you did! Good job!
Thanks for this lesson because I've wondered how to overwinter a banana plant, and it's held me back from getting one. Also thanks for making it real- what we gardeners go through for our plants!
This is not a banana plant tho its the banana palm totally different
O wow! Enjoyed this soooo much! I howled! Little you hoisting that thing. What a caper!
OMGOSH! I was crying laughing! You go, girl! 🤣🤪🥰
Erin, that banana!!!! Amazing, impressive and funny video! Have a great weekend everybody!
That was hysterical ! Truly entertaining. You’re the best Erin.
This made my day…hilarious! I hope this bad boy makes it through the winter because I can’t wait to follow the saga of this plant!!😂👍
Oh wow!!! This is a cliffhanger if there ever was one in the gardening world. Can’t wait to see if this experiment is successful. So cool!!
Erin, that was definitely worth the wait. I laughed so hard and when you got to 6:12, that darn Banana looked just as big on the ground as it did sitting in the pot to me! That is a glorious specimen and one honkin’ big Banana plant! I hope it makes it through the Winter safely because wherever you plant it next year (hopefully), it will look fabulous. Thanks so much for sharing, and for the laughs. Much needed with the thought of impending hard freeze here in 6a early next week on my mind. Stay well.
🍂~LOL!! 🤣 ~This was the funniest & saddest thing I've ever watched on your channel! How beautiful this bananna performed!! 🌟~Thank Heaven you are trying to save it!! 🙆It was absolutely the star of your pots!! 🤗👍
Oh my goodness!😳😳 I’m only a few minutes in and I’m think a cement casting of one of those leaves would make an amazing planter or water trough. 😍
You are truly an amazing horticulturalist. I am 72 years old, I have been growing plants since I was a child, studied horticulture, have managed large greenhouse and nursery projects and find you are spot on with your methods and am watching your videos because you are teaching me some new tricks. Viewers, you are watching a world class plant person.
I love my banana plants. This is my second year in NC growing banana plants and pups are growing.
In winter here I heavily mulch since I am in zone 8a. I never have bananas, but I bought for the beauty and reminds me of my childhood.
My first time growing a banana too! I was shocked at how much growth they put on in a single season! Was googling overwintering tips yesterday so this video is perfectly timed! Thanks Erin!
You are one committed gardener doing all of this to keep the plant over the Winter. It was amazing to see how you got the plant out of the container. I never could have done that alone and I am much taller than you. I hope it survives in your basement. Ours is about that temp in the Winter and I keep unplanted tulip bulbs there and plant them in March and they do just fine in my garden. I am truly hoping that yours comes through happy and healthy! I did have to laugh when you were removing the plant and getting it to stand up. I think we all have had those moments and laughter is the way to get through them! Thanks so much for sharing this with us and also....I really like the wheel barrow you have. It's hard to find ones like that and when I do, I'm getting one!!
Yet another entertaining video. You make the most fun videos ever!
I can't imagine having to overwinter a banana cause it gets the size of a tree where I live. Kudos to you Erin!!
BTW we use the leaves as a wrap for roasts etc when we smoke meat/veggies and it gives it an amazing flavour.
That is one cool plant for sure! Really enjoyed this video!
Erin vs. Banana Plant. Erin wins! Well, Banana wins too. You know that thing is only going to get bigger next year!
What a magnificent plant!
Such a beautiful plant! Thanks for sharing your, sometimes hilarious, process. You’re the best, Erin. Can’t wait to see how it overwinters. I really appreciate your willingness to try new things and take us along with you as you figure things out.
This was fascinating! I can't wait to see how it does (and what you do with it next year). I love seeing you geek out over a very (very) cool plant, because I totally would too!
Thank you for answering my question about over wintering the banana. I really want one!
OMG - that plant was absolutely beautiful!! Thank you for sharing it’s journey in your garden.
I’m so impressed you got this out by yourself!
I can’t wait to see how it does. Wow!
Erin. You're my kind of people. I would have done it the exact same way, bread knife included.
I always use my bread knife, too!
That plant is amazing! Oh my gosh! I hope we see it next summer full again! Good luck!
Loved the video - started my day off with a smile.
That was so very entertaining, but also informative! Thank you for sharing with us your duel with the banana.
Oh my goodness I can't imagine how big it's going to get next year!!! It's truly spectacular.
Ahhh, adventures in gardening! What a great way to start my day - cheering you on and laughing all the way! Well done, Erin!
This is one of the coolest overwinter videos ever! I'm getting a banana plant next year for sure!
This has grown huge!!!
I absolutely loved this, it is one the most fun gardening videos I've watched! That is an amazing plant to be proud of and even more-so for getting it out of that planter! Seeing it in the Spring will be so fun. I grew Ginger this year for the first time because of you and it has been fun. I'm still holding out on harvesting even though it's getring chilly. I have it in a little pop up greenhouse.
Great video! I've enjoyed watching it grow over the summer and have been amazed! Such a beautiful plant! I hope it survives the winter in your basement. Thanks for taking us along for the process of putting this banana plant/tree to bed for the winter!
What a happy plant!!!!!!!!
What fun! I loved seeing the new leaves unfurled and look forward to spring for the banana!
Wow! That is impressive. I will be super interested in how this ends up wintering over.
How Amazing! Such an Awesome Banana tree! 🍌 🌴
Thank you for sharing this experience!
She was a gorgeous plant Erin, good luck storing her ! 🍁🍂🍁💚🙃
That's amazing. Words escape me. Just, that's one happy banana plant!
That thing is insane! I really hope you can bring it back for an encore next year! I will be patiently waiting for spring now.
Kudos for your determination!
Good luck!!! I’m still in awe that it grew that big in your area! Common plants here in Charlotte, NC but zone 8a is obviously VERY different. Can’t wait to see how it turns out in the spring.
Well, this was HILARIOUS!!! Both totally fun and funny, and great information. I especially appreciated the comment about getting multiple suggestions on how to proceed with a project.. meaning that none are the only way. Best of luck with your Banana.. can't wait to see her next spring!!!
All I can say is wow. The photos didn’t do it justice until you pulled it out of the pot. Im curious to see how large it grows next year!
So interesting!! Just ordered that book. Thank you for the suggestion. I’ve found that recently I have more & more tropical indoor plants!
I'm so glad that you found a way to keep that lovely banana plant. Looking forward to spring already. 🍁🙄
That thing is beyond amazing, just gorgeous. That huge leaf reminded me of the surf board, can't imagine what it'll grow to next yr.
Oh wow that is huge! I never in a million years thought to grow one but now Im intrigued. You crack me up Erin. I love your down to earth sense of humor and personality! 🧡❤️💜💙💚
This was so much fun. I always have to get my pic 📸 with my tallest plants a biggest leaves.
😂 you crack me up!! 😂 watching you get that thing out of that pot was priceless!! Good luck, I hope it survives and we can see it go out in the garden next spring. Thanks so much for sharing this video it was great 👍
This was so hilarious, I rewound and watched the banana plant wrestling several times! Sorry, not sorry!!🤣🤣🤣 That plant is amazing and fabulous. Thanks for sharing!
What an amazing plant!!!!!!!!!
Great video, love watching you and I will purchase the book about tropical plants and how you love them. Thank you for the info.
That is an amazing plant!!!
Thank you for the comic relief!… That is inspiring as it is funny!… Might have to give this a try!
What a hoot😊best video, you should be so proud of the giant growth on that plant. Prize winning🎉
Well that was fascinating! And it looks like your sailing expertise came in handy when tying that knot 🙂
Omgee thanks for the awesome laugh!! This video was too funny :) wishing your banana a happy sleep!
Enjoyed you taking this banana down. I’ve Ben growing this same banana for 3-4 years and just love them so beautiful and majestic
This is a documentary and I love it🥰 Thanks for sharing.
What a rock star you are! I'm so amazed you could wrangle that banana plant all by yourself. Woo Hoo!
Absolutely loved every bit of this video….so fascinating! Even loved your blue shoes😊
Super cool video!
Those leaves are beautiful as well as humongous!!
This looks like a page from Believe it or Not, Erin! I laughed out loud with you wrestling with this Jurassic Park banana tree! Thank you for a very impressive, entertaining, and informative episode! Can't wait to see what
happens next!
So happy you are giving it a go. My son stayed at a BnB in Wisconsin, that had a huge banana plant, and they do what you are doing every winter. We have a small banana plant, given as a gift,and in a smaller pot it didn't grow like yours. We just take it in and put in a bright corner in winter. I will have to figure next year if I should pot it up or not!
This was very entertaining. And educational of course. I bought one of these after seeing yours. But mine is just a baby. Gorgeous plant!!! And be sure to Keep us posted on how it does this spring. Win or lose 😉
Great job! I think it will overwinter well in your basement area. A red Abyssinian banana is the top of my plant wish list for the garden next year!
Beautiful colors
Respect Erin for your muscles! I got sore stiff just watching this and I might have giggled a bit when you wrestled that banana out of the pot. You are hilarious. 🤓
Wow, wow, wow! Pretty cool!
This plant is amazing. I'm going to look for one in my area in the spring. I'm hoping I can plant it in the ground in my zone 8 garden.
Thanks for sharing.
Really glad I took time to watch you....I had some good laughs and learnt something interesting...Thank you...
The leaf looks as big as a surfboard! Amazing
I love that gorgeous banana! It really shot up in the past couple of months. It's a gorgeous color. The tree dwarfs you! It's huge!!! I hope it makes it through the winter. I'd love to see how your Lotus plants are doing. I hope to grow a Lotus someday.
All I can say is WOW!
I felt every cut!!! lol. I'm sure it broke your heart but hopefully it will winter over and be even bigger next year!!
What an entertaining video about wintering over a beloved plant. The size of this banana plant was ginormous and a big "wrestle" for such a petite lady. I will be eagerly waiting to see how this beautiful specimen comes to life in the spring. Congratulations on being brave?
Erin and her banana 😂 love your videos ❤
This is the most amazing and hilarious video!!
Awesome video! Please keep us posted on how it turns out; the good, the bad and the ugly!
This was me...two years in a row, but digging out of the ground and hoping neighbours were not witness to the whole comical display. Smile. Zone b too and same, too big to bring inside (plus high risk of spider mites for sure!). Some tears were shed to send to plant heaven. This year, literally in one week, I will be digging up this year's specimen and try to over winter for first time. Fingers crossed. You made this video and I giggled most of the time. Thank you. No pretentious gardening video here
Loved this! So interesting!
Such a fun video!!!
Loved watching you getting the plant out of the pot!😀😂 I had a similar situation with canna that got enormous in a very large pot. I loved tropical plants and always try to winter over a few of them in my basement. Thanks for the tip on the book. I ordered a copy of it. Enjoyable and interesting video as always Erin. I live in zone 5 central Illinois.