Nice information. I am planting 2 as soon as they come in the mail. I am in zone 8a near Dallas. It is Nov. 7, 2023. Subbed, liked, black belled. I have mostly animals on my channel.
It's interesting to see your banana plants near the end of October, especially as the first winter frost approaches. The lower leaves appear more cold (chilling) stressed, while the upper ones look mostly still lush and green.
That all changed this morning as it hit 32.3° as a low and had about two hours of 32° in total. That’s all it took to cook them. What’s sad is that we don’t have any more frost predicted for at least two weeks. Irritating but life dealing with plants haha.
Zone 6, Dwarf Cavendish Bananas. Tarp and pegs evenly on four corners up to just below the leaves and stuff it with straw. Preferably a straw that isn’t prone to mold or you just chop and drop and cover them with an entire hay bales worth broken up and placed in a chicken wire fence surround over it and cover with a frost blanket in both methods. It’s once a year so it’s not hard to do. Remove after any chance of frost or if it stays around 10 degrees or more.
@@JustMakinDoFarms Great, for transplanting in the height of the summer, be sure to water them like crazy to get started. I don’t even water mine anymore at this point even during prolonged dry spells and they still do great. Thanks!
Been growing Musa basjoo for many years but I have never managed to grow them tall like yours. Mine grow to about 4 or 5 feet max. I dont know why. They get about 6 hours full sun.
I live in Yorkshire in the UK. I have tried in the past, moving them to different locations and tried with different soil types. They get watered regularly in the summer. I often wonder if they were mis labelled when I bought them. I wonder whether they might actually be something like a dwarf Cavendish, but I'm not sure how to check. They survive the winter here ok so they are definitely a hardy variety. I have just bought a new Musa Basjoo today from a trustworthy source so it will be interesting to compare the growth next year. I've planted the new one in a large container. The old ones are currently planted in the ground. They died back to the ground last winter and are currently only about 2.5 feet tall.
@@njw1383 Oh okay, interesting! You could absolutely be right in the mis labeling! I also think you may struggle with lack of heat and high dew points in the summer. I think UK is pretty far north, so that might be a part of it as well! Let me know how your new one does for you and if it’s any different than the others!
I’m in growing zone 8b and just got one of these. It’s currently in a pot on my patio. I haven’t had it long enough to figure out what it likes but I’m keeping it watered and I’m having an issue with it bouncy back and forth from healthy to then dropping leaves. Any tips? We get direct sun in late afternoon through evening.
Hi Lisa, thanks for checking in! While they do best in full sun (at least here in the Midwest), they also sag and droop in the afternoon on sunny and hot days. It’s perfectly common for them to fold down almost like they are frowning and abused in the heat of the day. Once the heat relents and the sun dims, they perk back up and look more full and healthy again. As for being in a pot, that makes things a little tricker, as they do love water even more so in pots. I’ve only ever had two experiences with them in pots and one time it was horrible and like yours I kept on thinking it was dying, but the other time it did great. My recommendation is, if you can, give it morning sun and afternoon shade, and keep it watered, and maybe a little fertilizer, and see if that doesn’t do the trick!
