Protecting Banana Trees During Winter
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- In this video I am discussing how to protect banana trees during the winter season. There are a lot of ways to overwinter banana trees and shelter them when it is cold out, but I'm only going over a few simple methods. The banana trees in this video are Musa basjoo, the japanese fiber banana. There are a lot of "cold hardy" banana trees that everything in this video would apply to. Protecting bananas in the ground really isn't very difficult even though there are some intense degrees people will go to protect their pseudostems from the cold. As long as the corm underground is sheltered, the plant should be just be fine and return when warm weather shows up the following spring.
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Being doing this for 15years. Great points, and a great seller when split early. Mine get much taller than my roof. Have about 50 in the ground, 15 in the house and sold about 40 this year. It's best by far one of my favorite plants. Thanks for your thoughts!
I’m in zone 6B. I cut my banana trees down in early November. I leave about a foot of growth. As I add the mulch around the plants, I insert a large white heavy sock over each stalk. Adds another layer of protection against the cold.
thank you for sharing your way of saving this beautiful plant
Always my pleasure!
In india we used banana leaf as a plate for food on dining table. After cleaning with water. Dont waste them. U can steam ur corn meal with ur meat and vegies in banana leaf.
I live in Oklahoma, I dig mine up every year, bring them inside, put them in cool dark closet, they get bigger every year!🌞
Don't you just love them! Such rewarding plants!
@@TropicalPlantParty I absolutely do!
I can't watch you video on overwintering banana trees right now because it's the last nice day forecast this year so I'm moving mine from the wetland to a hole in the ground... Fingers crossed. So far as I can tell, bringing yourself to cut through the giant stem is the hardest part. It cries when you cut it!
New rule: nothing that can't survive the winter goes in the wetland without a pot.
I know! What a beautiful day! I'm glad you got yo spend some time outside and enjoy it/get some work done. My phone just updated the forecast and the lowest temp next week now says 29! Urgh!
@@TropicalPlantParty What I find helpful, is once I see a weather forecast that works for me, I stop looking. Still get caught off guard, but for a few days I'm sure the weather will cooperate. Reduces stress. :)
Hi Jeff I cage mine and put mulch and maple leaves on mine and have not had a problem with mine in zone five. But have had some rot in some places but not a lost to big to deal with. Thank you and have a great strong week keep on growing.
Oh yeah, rot happens, mine normally push their new growth right up and through it. Thank you, kit! Hope you're having a great day!
I have had these for at least 20 years. They keep dying on me. I used to cut all the leaves off, dig them up and take them inside, but I would lose most of them each year. I started digging them up with the leaves on and taking them inside and I would still lose many of them each year. I also have had problems with moles eating the roots off and killing them. They usually thrive really well in the summer months, but I always end up having to buy more in the spring since most of them die. I will try your method next time. Thanks for the tips.
Great video! Its giving me a lot of new ideas. I was thinking of placing a clear garbage can upside down to protect them from the wind and snow. Do you think that will keep the stalk protected enough till spring? My goal is to keep a 30 in stalk In order to achieve a heigher growth height. I live in jersey where the winters can be brutal. In years past I Usually cut them down to 6 inches, mulch with dirt, then place a black construction bag over it
Thanks Jeff, another great video with tons of information.
Thank you Barbara!
I don't do a thing but I'm zone 9!
Haha! Must be nice! 🤣😂
Great video. We are in the Philly area which is zone 6b-7a and all we do is cut down close to the ground and mulch over top.
Your cameras ridiculously awesome
I LOVE my camera! Thank you!
Wow those banana trees get that big every year? That is so impressive!
Oh they get massive, we had a cool spring and horrible winter, normally they would actually be much bigger than this.
Hi Jeff! Another very informative video! I don't have a banana tree, but I love your videos! Thank you for sharing!
Very informational thank you 🙏🏽
Thank you!
Hey Jeff!
Definitely some solid tips! That’s fine that you didn’t have a ton of clips, it’s nicer to look at the plant anyway. My first winter I cut the bottom of a garbage can off and filled it up with mulch... I called it the banana can... I do mix my tree leaf mulch with the banana leaves (yup I’m one who thinks it’s a great idea...) and then mulch on top of that. My region of zone 6a has temps at or below freezing for a few months so water is consistently frozen anyway. Using their leaves recycles the nutrition they took up and kickstarts them in spring. But, I’m overwintering a 2 year old Musa velutina seedling in the ground this year... you think I should go nuts protecting it because this will be it’s first winter? Will velutina even overwinter? I also got hundreds of seeds, so I’m likely to get some more seedlings. That’s a close second favorite banana species.
Thanks! You know how it goes with cold protection, can talk forever about it since there are so many options. Great use for the trash barrels, I used to do that with my windmill palms when they were in the ground. I cut the bottom and would tie frost cloth over the top with a stake in the middle to keep it sloped so the snow would roll off. Worked really well! Velutinas are awesome! They are surprisingly hardy too, definitely worth giving them a try in winter. I had one that came back for me for about 3 years until we had a horrible winter where it stayed below 30 for about 8 weeks. ... and that's how most winters have been ever since that year. Have you read, "palms wont grow here and other myths" but david a francko? He was a professor at Miami university in ohio and the book is my all time favorite since I was a kid. I'll send a link on instagram, cant send it here or else it will go to spam.
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Yes, there are definitely a lot of options. I never thought of that for windmill palms... 🤔 I haven’t read that, thanks for sending!
I just ordered this plant! Is it ok to plant it by the house? How close or far should it be from the building? Thanks!!
I love your banana trees, their beautiful. Do those make good indoor plants, I wonder?
They can be tricky indoors, depends on the conditions in the house. I actually did a video last week about growing them indoors during winter.
What are the benefits of maintaining a banana tree through the winter as opposed to just restarting after winter
Totally off topic but what are you going to do with that big queen palm this year?
No idea. I'm focused on the potted plants and will deal with that beast when I have those inside and safe. I'm going to try and pull it down and lay it on its side then wrap it up and keep my fingers crossed.
@@TropicalPlantParty Oh lord... you know that thing is going to be way too heavy!
what about wrapping it where it stand in heat coil and burlap? Im not sure how your winters are. I could probably get away with that being in 8a.
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Hi heather!
Hi Jeff 😁
Did you never dig them out and keep them inside?
Nah, too much work to go through when I can just leave them outside and let them be. I did talk about how to do that in last week's banana video though. There are some bananas I have to lift and bring inside that are not as hardy.
i havent cut my banana trees yet and its January - I live in birmingham AL.
Hi Jeff, do you let the frost cloth completely dry before you use it on the plant? Thank you
Very jealous that’s you can still keep your tropicals out, took my banana in next week and supposed to get snow next week so not happy :(
They were calling for snow here next week and lows around 29 or 30, I feel your pain
Where do you buy your banana bulbs
I've been thinking this is what I need in a spot near my house. How old are yours and how big is the root ball?
I've had these since I was teenager. They have been moved and replanted all over the place. They have been in this spot for about 6 years I think.
What zone is Washington DC???
7a
What do u use for mulch?
You can do the same with a small plant ?
Am I blind? Where is the cat hair?
And I don't know why this just struck me, do you not have a Golden Lotus/Chinese Yellow Banana (Musells lasiocarpa)?
I had one for many years, honestly I wasn't that into it. Super tough and cold hardy plant, but just wasn't very exciting. I redid a lot of the video this morning when I saw the cat hair. It's still in some frames but only briefly.
Hi!!!are your musa bajoo situated in a south or west wall?
Southwest. 😊
Add an anti perspirant like Nowell? Can you spell that please, as search results are just for deodorant :/