How to Winterize Banana Plants - 6 methods (Musa basjoo and others)
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2024
- Welcome to the ultimate guide to winterizing banana plants! We're diving deep into six methods for protecting musa basjoo and other banana plants in cold climates. Let's get your banana plants through the winter with finesse!
0:00 - Winterizing Musa Basjoos and other types of banana plants
0:48 - Understand what's important about winterizing bananas
1:37 - Method 1 - Do Nothing
2:35 - Method 2 - Chop and Drop
3:22 - Method 3 - Pot them up
5:40 - Method 4 - Store them dormant
7:24 - Method 5 - Wrapping the Stems
9:32 - Method 6 - The Cage Method
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Method 1 - The Natural Approach:
This method is as simple as it gets. Let nature run its course without adding any protective measures.
Waste Reduction: No plastic or other materials needed, making it an eco-friendly option.
Climate Limitation: Best suited for hardy banana types in milder climates.
Method 2 - The Trim and Tidy Method:
Chop down the plants to a height that suits your aesthetic or leave as is.
Winter Appearance: Keeps your garden looking neat during the off-season.
Spring Impact: Expect shorter plants come spring, but don't worry-they'll grow back.
Method 3 - The Potting Strategy:
Excavate your plants carefully, starting from 6-12 inches out from the base, and pot them in containers with good drainage.
Winter Growth: Allows plants to continue growing over winter in a controlled environment.
Space and Effort: Requires space for storage and some heavy lifting.
Method 4- Dormancy:
Trim the banana plants, dig them out, and hang them to dry in a cool, dark place, like your garage. Once dry, move them to their winter sleeping quarters.
Conservation: No waste produced and conserves space.
Maturity Delay: This method takes a bit longer for the plants to reach maturity in the spring.
Method 5 - The Wrap Technique:
Use bubble wrap, burlap, or horticultural fleece to insulate your banana stems. This gives extra protection to the stems but does not provide extra protection to the corm.
Stem Protection: Especially beneficial for protecting taller stems.
Environmental Impact: While effective, this method does create waste due to the wrapping materials.
Method 6 - Cage Method:
Build a cage around the trimmed plants using materials like chicken wire or hay bales, and fill with leaves for insulation.
Real Protection: Of all methods, this one provides the most protection to banana plants in cold climates.
Labor Intensity: This method is more labor-intensive than the others.
Remember, the best approach for you will depend on your specific climate and space limitations. After arming yourself with these methods, continue your banana plant education with our next video, which breaks down the different parts of the plant for a comprehensive understanding of its care and needs. Let's get winterizing!
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I have 12 plants and after the first winter I was happy to see they are all alive! Thanks for all the info. I used fall leaves with a cage. It's going to make great soil too after I mulch it.
Glad it worked out!
Great video! I didnt knew u could store them over winter like with canna or dahlia! Def gona try it next year thx!😊
It's a good way to do it, especially in colder climates.
I haven't done this myself (yet), but I have seen others that have gotten dessert quality bananas to fruit in USDA zone 7 using this method.
I am going to put some blue javas in the ground in the spring and use this method to overwinter them.
Hey I loooove that you grow bananas, I wanna have a fruiting banana in zone 9b Osorno, Chile, but I don't know which variety to have
My first answer is whatever kind you can get 😂.
If you can get blue java(ice cream), namwah, or orinoco, those should do well in 9b in the ground.
I keep double mahoi, Manzano, dwarf cavendish, super dwarf Cavendish, and Puerto Rican Plantains in pots that all do well inside for the winter.
@@vibonitatropics thank you very muchhhhh, the thing here is even tho the hardiness zone is 9b we don't have warm summers because of oceanic wind (no more than 20°C in summer)
Understood. We have similar conditions on the Washington State coast near me.
If you can find somebody local that is already doing it, that's going to be your best advice. Otherwise, it's up to you to carve a path with trial and error.
hi have learned so much from your channel i have three musa basjoo trees that i ordered and there doing great in pots because i rent and they go with me i ordered the plant food you use great stuff but pricey but would probabally last a couple of years thanks for that tip! my question is i live in prescott az similar wheather as washington i am going to bring them in for the winter will they do better under a grow light or just by a window and second when do they start growing suckers and or clones next to the main body and to clarify would you want your light on veg or bloom hope to here from you thanks!! sorry wanted to ad the plants seem to thrive in smaller pots being root bound is that accurate? came back to ad again sorry the window i have is the sunset side only so i wanted to ad a grow light for added light only not as the primary light
Extra light will help, but might not make a material difference depending on other conditions. Personally I don't give plants extra light when they're indoors for the winter.
Grown inside, the leaves will be weak in comparison to it being outdoors. It's not a problem as long as the plant stays indoors, but expect the leaves to suffer when you move them back outside. It's not a big deal other than the plants will look rough until a few new leaves pop out.
On the pups, I've seen it after 6 months and I've seen it take 2 years. Continue to treat the plant well to improve your chances of it happening sooner rather than later.
If you wrap them for winter, are u wrapping them for the whole winter season? Or just the days there is freezes?
Most people that wrap bananas do it for the whole season.
Thank you so very much for this video this is so helpful and I am so grateful for it!!
I just bought 2 Basjoos we live in southern Indiana in zone 6b. Last year the county next to us changed to 7a due to it getting warmer. What method or methods would u recommend for our area? I really cherish them and want to take good care of them. Bought them to remind us of our former home in the south.
If anything is unclear, just shout! Fortunately you don't need this info for a few months 😀
is that windmill palm in cantainer
The large pot around 3:20 is a pindo palm
Hey so I have a few musa basjoos under straw. One had a mushy black stem and it pulled out easy but it sent out one shooter that year, I had 3 others with I think still green stumps or even one has a 2 foot stem. I just overwintered with more big pine branches. Are they okay?
From what you've described, it sounds like they are OK.
Mine turn to mush on top usually and even the sides can be very mushy most of the way down. I'm near Seattle so we see little sun from October to May.
@@vibonitatropics dude if these survive I have 30 Helen’s hybrids and Mekong giants I’m gunna cross breed them
@@vibonitatropics hey man also wondering, if my musa basjoo have been in ground for 3 months but have been overwintered and dormant, will they produce fruit in the spring or summer? I know it takes 9-12 months for them to fruit but just let me know. Wondering if dormancy period disrupts that process….
Mine generally fruit in year 3 although if I wrap the stem, sometimes they fruit in year 2.
@@vibonitatropicsohhh that’s very very interesting. I live off the grid and will be buying more basjoo if these survive and planting them along my creek. Would you say about 10 feet from the running water, 5ft in elevation up the hill slope is okay? I will also be germinating Helen’s hybrid I just can’t find viable seeds online as of right now. The website I ordered from hasn’t sent anything or emailed me yet so. But yeah the creek runs then it’s 10 ft of flat and damp, strawberries grow crazy there. Then it goes up hill.