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.
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!!! :) :)
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!!
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 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
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!
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
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 🍌
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.
What a gorgeous plant! I grew a banana tree this year and it is huge, too! I’ve been wondering what I should do now. I think mine may be able to make it through the winter. It has a couple of pups, so I thought I may pot those up and bring them in. And if the big one dies, at least I’ll have the other ones. Thank you for this timely video!
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.
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.
So so funny yet such a happy gardener .. I live in Pensacola fl where they grow in ground and tips may freeze abit but come back... I wonder why you did not chop off another foot of top growth?? I’m sure you know the deal.. my 15-20’ purple cana’s are about to be sawed to ground level then I plan to dig up the very large bulbs and divide and replace to other areas of yard we are in bad drought so the leaves are brown crispy ugly.. love this video however not a big fan of the banana plants probably because they are all over here..😆 I would just like to grow weigella and will plant soon and hoping they will survive here and hope we get enough of a winter chill for them lol... GOOD LUCK 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!!
We have Mexican neighbors. They always want any leaves I take off our trees. They use them to wrap their homemade tamales in while cooking. They always bring me some, and they are INCREDIBLE!!!
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!
I don't know if it's been suggested, but you could borrow or rent a car engine hoist if you want to try and drain the water when you bring it in later this year.
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.
Thank you for this! I will try your method this year. Last year I chopped the tops off and stored them lying down in a cardboard box.They survived, but partway though winter one of them started sending out leaves right through the side of the box and they grew very crooked indeed in the spring, though they did straighten themselves out eventually. Lesson learned, will definitely be storing upright this year.
That's a beautiful banana plant iam in uk have a musa basjoo banana plant leave in ground just cut back and wrap it in gardening fleece help get throw winter .
“I have never thrown a towel away in my life…” of course not, I think; she has Newfoundlands! “I keep them around for the dogs.” Big dog people know other big dog people 😂 Solidarity from a couple hours north, in a house full of big dogs and old towels
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!
I was just watching your video on removing your Annabelle Hydrangea and noticed your gorgeous plant in the large pot....Was that this banana this year? Curious as to how it did for you over wintering. I have tons of Japanese Fiber Bananas that I am able to leave in the ground over winter...(a relatively easy process to overwinter) But, I have probably about 15 that I bring inside in pots that come back year after year. They stay on the smaller side in pots and I'm able to leave them in a dark, cold garage. Some come inside just to experiment with and they all grow the same come spring/summer. The ones outside in the ground that overwinter get close to 20 feet tall and that's just one season of growth because I cut them to the ground every fall after the first frost. Now I want a Red Abyssinian banana!
I cannot WAIT to try this plant in my landscape down here in Central Texas!! It should just LOVE the humidity. (Then, at least SOMEBODY at my house will love it!) I've got the perfect spot where the setting sun will shine thru those glorious leaves!!! Thank You Erin for writing the name of it in the description! For my "Gotta Have It File" I made a special compilation of your dated pics too!! So great!!! SO BEAUTIFUL!!!
Omg this is beautiful!!! Was it in a part of the garden that gets all the deer? I have a deer problem and I would love to try a banana in a pot like this!!! Absolutely gorgeous!!!
Get it Erin 💪🏽 i am so impressed and encouraged me with how you managed that banana. I’ll be moving mine (5) in the spring and I am not looking forward to it.
I have a Nepalese banana 🍌 plant it survives -7 in the garden here in the uk 🇬🇧 I’ve just left it in the ground . Now I have the plant you have to give it a try
I’ve never done the towel method but my Musa bajoo goes right into a giant plastic lined nursery container and straight to the basement that doesn’t get below 60. Not ideal, but somehow it works.
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. 🤓
This is amazing I so impressed this plant and just the fact that your gonna give it a shot at overwintering in your basement👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️❤️❤️❤️hope we get to see the end results next year👏🏻👏🏻❤️❤️❤️🥂🥂🥂
Erin while you were wrestling with this ginormous banana I heard it laughing at you and going nananer nananer nananer....lol...that is the most fabulous banana plant I have ever seen. I wonder how big it would get here in 7b. We can leave ours in the ground so I can only imagine how super ginormous it would get here. God bless and give your self a pat on the back getting that booger out of the pot by yourself.
Yoooo MMa'am! WOW....Just Wow!! I just saw one of these at my local grocery store for 25 dollars. I nearly brought it home. I have an 8.7ft ceiling, and just from watching this, it seems that it would be growing out the roof of my house by May! 😲😲😲😆 That is incredible Ma'am, and I would had never thought about how heavy it got. I would have to pass just from the height and weight!! Subscribed From Iowa I would love to see how you replant it for the early summer! 😁
I was screaming at the tv like a nut telling you to stop. I wanted to jump through the tv and help you take that banana out of the pot 🤣 please be careful. It will be interesting to see how that banana turns out next year.
😂 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 👍
I really hope your overwintering process works! If it does, I might just try one for my Southeastern Wisconsin garden. I never throw away the towels, there are always big spills, water leaks and wet dog paws that need to be cleaned.
I absolutely love this video. You are just like me! “Where there’s a will there’s a way. “ Maybe banana wrestling can become a new ‘thing’ 😂 And yes, dog people never throw away a towel. I can’t wait to see it in the Spring. Thanks for the smile with my coffee this morning.
We bought a dwarf cavendish this year luckily in zone 8 we can leave it outside. I planted it in the ground. We’ll wrap it and put straw around it . Hope for the best 😍 cutting that would have hurt my feelings 🤪 can’t wait to see how they do 😍
Ouch! Hope your back is OK. However, very interesting video for me who lives in tropical Queensland, Australia. Have common banana palms, but not one as beautiful as yours. Do hope all your effort is rewarded, I'm sure it will be OK, they are pretty hardy (here).
OMG ERIN ! Lmao thinking about the movie, 'Little Shop Of Horrors '. If it grew that big in a pot, I can't imagine how big it would get if you dropped it in the ground.
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!
Erin, I love your adventurous spirit! You made me laugh while watching you wrestle that banana out of your huge planter and I supplied some accompanying commentary, ahem, colorful language, I would have been adding at that time (I did notice that a. you edited out your comments or b. the audio wasn't working), lol! I sure hope this works because that is a beautiful and very impressive specimen of a plant! Have a wonderful weekend! ~Margie🤗💐🐝🦋
I've got one variety of banana that gets about 20 ft tall and produces bananas. I've learned how to wrap it so it can survive during the winter even if it snows. Here in NW Georgia it can snow and get very cold but not normally too cold. I hope it works this winter. My dwarf and truly tiny banana plants will just get brought inside. That's a beautiful banana plant ma'am. How did it work out ?
I live in California where the temperature doesn't usually go to freezing will it be ok if I just leave it outside? Will I need to cut the leaves every winter?
Yeah, for sure. Packing away your tropicals and other exotics for overwintering is quite sad. But it will be warmer again. :) I am so pleased tha i am not the only one cutting the leaves off my banana with a bread knife 🤣🤣🤣
I think the hardy green banana (Musa Basjoo) may overwinter in some surprising areas in the US. I saw a clump growing in zone 6a in someone's yard last year. I don't know if it made it through our super cold winter, but it is possible if they mulched it well. I have planted 2 here and will see how it goes. In Houston, I just left the leaves on it and they folded down after a frost and protected the stalk. Here in TN, I will have to mulch it and maybe cover it during super cold temps. Mine like morning sun and look "wilty" if you they get too much hot sun. In Houston, they grew in high shade. However, voles love to eat the roots, so I lost one to that. Deer have left mine alone (so far).
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 noticed that you cut the leaves at an angle. I've had banana trees in pots for over 10 years here in Columbus Ohio, zone 6a - I just cut them straight across and put the plant/pot in a heated ( 50 degrees) garage for the winter. Now I'm wondering if I should be angling the cuts?? I have not repotted - the plants seem to be thriving at being root bound ... I just add some Osmocote in the Spring. Several have flowered...
We just dug up our banana plant i think for the 4th or 5th time..we plant in the ground. It measured 11ft. Put in a half of 55 gal. Barrel with potting soil and put in potting shed south facing sliding glass door. Took off outside leaves and trimmed others in half..bye bye till spring you monster plant.
OMGoodness! What a fun video! You are fearless and very strong. Even if it doesn’t overwinter, we have had more than $45 worth of enjoyment and entertainment. You are sow(pun intended) inspirational! 😊
I just got my red banana today and came across your video during my plant care research. And OMG I am amazed by this plant and how well you did with it. I am excited to see how big I can get mine. I am in California so I think the weather should be fine. Do you recommend the book for a plant noob?
Incredible!! Did it smell like banana? Truly enjoyed this. I hope it stores successfully well. I can only imagine how much larger it will be next season. Speaking of a cart and horse, that's what you'll need to get that into the storage area.
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!
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!!! :) :)
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.😂
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!!
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.
hi , but it will not be a ensete maurelli , because they don't "spread".
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.
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
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
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?
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.
What a gorgeous plant! I grew a banana tree this year and it is huge, too! I’ve been wondering what I should do now. I think mine may be able to make it through the winter. It has a couple of pups, so I thought I may pot those up and bring them in. And if the big one dies, at least I’ll have the other ones. Thank you for this timely video!
Bananas make great house plants before they get too big
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.
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.
That was hysterical ! Truly entertaining. You’re the best Erin.
So so funny yet such a happy gardener .. I live in Pensacola fl where they grow in ground and tips may freeze abit but come back... I wonder why you did not chop off another foot of top growth?? I’m sure you know the deal.. my 15-20’ purple cana’s are about to be sawed to ground level then I plan to dig up the very large bulbs and divide and replace to other areas of yard we are in bad drought so the leaves are brown crispy ugly.. love this video however not a big fan of the banana plants probably because they are all over here..😆 I would just like to grow weigella and will plant soon and hoping they will survive here and hope we get enough of a winter chill for them lol... GOOD LUCK 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!!😂👍
Wow...If I ever get lost in a jungle, I'll know where to find my water.🤣
OMG! Your poor back. WOW! What a beautiful plant! 🤞 next year just as pretty.
I kept waiting for it to start singing "Mean Green Mother from Outer Space." 😄
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!!
Wow beautiful video🌹🌹🌹🌹👍👍👍👍
We have Mexican neighbors. They always want any leaves I take off our trees. They use them to wrap their homemade tamales in while cooking. They always bring me some, and they are INCREDIBLE!!!
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. 😍
just wondering why you didnt cut off the leaves before yo pulled it out, you kow it would have been easyer.
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!
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!!
You certainLy love to nurture things in a BIG way. Dogs and plants!
I don't know if it's been suggested, but you could borrow or rent a car engine hoist if you want to try and drain the water when you bring it in later this year.
🎶 Day Oh, Day Oh, day light come and where does this plant go?
We dig ours and cut off the leaves and put them under the house in a crawl space and they survive
The music!!!!!! lol Brilliant thanks so much for sharing
You need a Hori Hori.
I have three.
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!
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.
I have grown a banana and over wintered for 3 years. You can cut down at base and it will reshoot 👍🌺
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.
I'm back to watch this again, and I can only describe this process as "diapering" the banana tree. I have laughed and laughed.
What do you mean? You can't take a 15 foot tree into the house for the Winter? 😄😄😄
She was a gorgeous plant Erin, good luck storing her ! 🍁🍂🍁💚🙃
Thank you for this! I will try your method this year. Last year I chopped the tops off and stored them lying down in a cardboard box.They survived, but partway though winter one of them started sending out leaves right through the side of the box and they grew very crooked indeed in the spring, though they did straighten themselves out eventually. Lesson learned, will definitely be storing upright this year.
O wow! Enjoyed this soooo much! I howled! Little you hoisting that thing. What a caper!
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!
Omg! Your poor back!,,
That's a beautiful banana plant iam in uk have a musa basjoo banana plant leave in ground just cut back and wrap it in gardening fleece help get throw winter .
I had a rotten day until I watched you wrestle a banana tree!! Thank you so much for the laughter!! I watched the video twice!
If there's a way to preserve the leaves, they'd make a cool wall art : )
Yes they would!
How Amazing! Such an Awesome Banana tree! 🍌 🌴
Thank you for sharing this experience!
“I have never thrown a towel away in my life…” of course not, I think; she has Newfoundlands!
“I keep them around for the dogs.”
Big dog people know other big dog people 😂 Solidarity from a couple hours north, in a house full of big dogs and old towels
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!
You are really strong 💪
I was just watching your video on removing your Annabelle Hydrangea and noticed your gorgeous plant in the large pot....Was that this banana this year? Curious as to how it did for you over wintering. I have tons of Japanese Fiber Bananas that I am able to leave in the ground over winter...(a relatively easy process to overwinter) But, I have probably about 15 that I bring inside in pots that come back year after year. They stay on the smaller side in pots and I'm able to leave them in a dark, cold garage. Some come inside just to experiment with and they all grow the same come spring/summer. The ones outside in the ground that overwinter get close to 20 feet tall and that's just one season of growth because I cut them to the ground every fall after the first frost. Now I want a Red Abyssinian banana!
I cannot WAIT to try this plant in my landscape down here in Central Texas!!
It should just LOVE the humidity.
(Then, at least SOMEBODY at my house will love it!)
I've got the perfect spot where the setting sun will shine thru those glorious leaves!!!
Thank You Erin for writing the name of it in the description!
For my "Gotta Have It File"
I made a special compilation of your dated pics too!!
So great!!!
SO BEAUTIFUL!!!
Oh, and that thumbnail is priceless!!
That plant is amazing! Oh my gosh! I hope we see it next summer full again! Good luck!
Omg this is beautiful!!! Was it in a part of the garden that gets all the deer? I have a deer problem and I would love to try a banana in a pot like this!!! Absolutely gorgeous!!!
Get it Erin 💪🏽 i am so impressed and encouraged me with how you managed that banana. I’ll be moving mine (5) in the spring and I am not looking forward to it.
Wow! That is impressive. I will be super interested in how this ends up wintering over.
I have a Nepalese banana 🍌 plant it survives -7 in the garden here in the uk 🇬🇧 I’ve just left it in the ground . Now I have the plant you have to give it a try
I’ve never done the towel method but my Musa bajoo goes right into a giant plastic lined nursery container and straight to the basement that doesn’t get below 60. Not ideal, but somehow it works.
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. 🤓
What a magnificent plant!
Holy crappers 😳.....that was something 😳 Holy crappers 😳 🤣
EXACT same problem, here, in midstate New York. Thank you for this valuable information ... though I think I will be crying as I remove the leaves.
WOW...What did you feed that banana tree..I can't believe how much it has grown 😳 😅..Erin you make gardening funny 🤣😂😂🤣
I live in south Texas....those things are ALL OVER THE PLACE.
Thank you for the comic relief!… That is inspiring as it is funny!… Might have to give this a try!
This is amazing I so impressed this plant and just the fact that your gonna give it a shot at overwintering in your basement👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️❤️❤️❤️hope we get to see the end results next year👏🏻👏🏻❤️❤️❤️🥂🥂🥂
Should have cut the leaves first!!
That’s wouldn’t have been any fun though!
Erin while you were wrestling with this ginormous banana I heard it laughing at you and going nananer nananer nananer....lol...that is the most fabulous banana plant I have ever seen. I wonder how big it would get here in 7b. We can leave ours in the ground so I can only imagine how super ginormous it would get here. God bless and give your self a pat on the back getting that booger out of the pot by yourself.
Yoooo MMa'am!
WOW....Just Wow!!
I just saw one of these at my local grocery store for 25 dollars. I nearly brought it home. I have an 8.7ft ceiling, and just from watching this, it seems that it would be growing out the roof of my house by May! 😲😲😲😆
That is incredible Ma'am, and I would had never thought about how heavy it got. I would have to pass just from the height and weight!!
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I would love to see how you replant it for the early summer! 😁
I was screaming at the tv like a nut telling you to stop. I wanted to jump through the tv and help you take that banana out of the pot 🤣 please be careful. It will be interesting to see how that banana turns out next year.
😂 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 👍
I should not have laughed, but I couldn't help myself! 😂Great job!! Where was Mr. Much More Patient?
Great video, love watching you and I will purchase the book about tropical plants and how you love them. Thank you for the info.
I really hope your overwintering process works! If it does, I might just try one for my Southeastern Wisconsin garden. I never throw away the towels, there are always big spills, water leaks and wet dog paws that need to be cleaned.
I absolutely love this video. You are just like me! “Where there’s a will there’s a way. “ Maybe banana wrestling can become a new ‘thing’ 😂
And yes, dog people never throw away a towel. I can’t wait to see it in the Spring. Thanks for the smile with my coffee this morning.
Or cat people. Never throw away old blankets either
We bought a dwarf cavendish this year luckily in zone 8 we can leave it outside. I planted it in the ground. We’ll wrap it and put straw around it . Hope for the best 😍 cutting that would have hurt my feelings 🤪 can’t wait to see how they do 😍
Ouch! Hope your back is OK. However, very interesting video for me who lives in tropical
Queensland, Australia. Have common banana palms, but not one as beautiful as yours.
Do hope all your effort is rewarded, I'm sure it will be OK, they are pretty hardy (here).
OMG ERIN ! Lmao thinking about the movie, 'Little Shop Of Horrors '. If it grew that big in a pot, I can't imagine how big it would get if you dropped it in the ground.
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!
Erin, I love your adventurous spirit! You made me laugh while watching you wrestle that banana out of your huge planter and I supplied some accompanying commentary, ahem, colorful language, I would have been adding at that time (I did notice that a. you edited out your comments or b. the audio wasn't working), lol! I sure hope this works because that is a beautiful and very impressive specimen of a plant! Have a wonderful weekend! ~Margie🤗💐🐝🦋
I've got one variety of banana that gets about 20 ft tall and produces bananas. I've learned how to wrap it so it can survive during the winter even if it snows. Here in NW Georgia it can snow and get very cold but not normally too cold. I hope it works this winter. My dwarf and truly tiny banana plants will just get brought inside. That's a beautiful banana plant ma'am. How did it work out ?
I live in California where the temperature doesn't usually go to freezing will it be ok if I just leave it outside? Will I need to cut the leaves every winter?
I do like your video. I am planning on purchasing one of these plants. I was wondering what type of fertilizer you used for that plant ??? Thanks
Yeah, for sure. Packing away your tropicals and other exotics for overwintering is quite sad. But it will be warmer again. :) I am so pleased tha i am not the only one cutting the leaves off my banana with a bread knife 🤣🤣🤣
I think the hardy green banana (Musa Basjoo) may overwinter in some surprising areas in the US. I saw a clump growing in zone 6a in someone's yard last year. I don't know if it made it through our super cold winter, but it is possible if they mulched it well.
I have planted 2 here and will see how it goes. In Houston, I just left the leaves on it and they folded down after a frost and protected the stalk. Here in TN, I will have to mulch it and maybe cover it during super cold temps.
Mine like morning sun and look "wilty" if you they get too much hot sun. In Houston, they grew in high shade.
However, voles love to eat the roots, so I lost one to that. Deer have left mine alone (so far).
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!
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.
You're hilarious, I'd of been on my butt for sure lol. Fingers crossed, can't wait for spring update
Well this deserved a follow! 😅 i bought 2 cavendish, now Im going back to get this red banana 😂
I noticed that you cut the leaves at an angle. I've had banana trees in pots for over 10 years here in Columbus Ohio, zone 6a - I just cut them straight across and put the plant/pot in a heated ( 50 degrees) garage for the winter. Now I'm wondering if I should be angling the cuts?? I have not repotted - the plants seem to be thriving at being root bound ... I just add some Osmocote in the Spring. Several have flowered...
We just dug up our banana plant i think for the 4th or 5th time..we plant in the ground. It measured 11ft. Put in a half of 55 gal. Barrel with potting soil and put in potting shed south facing sliding glass door. Took off outside leaves and trimmed others in half..bye bye till spring you monster plant.
OMGoodness! What a fun video! You are fearless and very strong. Even if it doesn’t overwinter, we have had more than $45 worth of enjoyment and entertainment.
You are sow(pun intended) inspirational! 😊
This is a Abyssinian ornamental banana. Love sun love cold. Works on bulbs so light and super fast growing
Not a banana tree
I just got my red banana today and came across your video during my plant care research. And OMG I am amazed by this plant and how well you did with it. I am excited to see how big I can get mine. I am in California so I think the weather should be fine. Do you recommend the book for a plant noob?
Incredible!! Did it smell like banana? Truly enjoyed this. I hope it stores successfully well. I can only imagine how much larger it will be next season. Speaking of a cart and horse, that's what you'll need to get that into the storage area.
Thanks for your guidance on how to do this. Hopefully there’s a follow on video.
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!