thank you for the video … My banana tree bunch consist of 10 trees the tallest of which grew to 18 feet this year. I follow a slightly different approach . i cut all trees even with ground and cover with 2 a cu ft bag of cedar mulch that is all i have done for years . Works for me
I planted mine about the end of May 2021. It was around 2 feet tall, now it's between 15 and 18 feet tall with a trunk mass of 8 to 10 inches. I'm gonna cut it down to 6 feet and bubble wrap it and mulch it at the base. The tree also sprouted 9 shoots. I plan to wrap the taller ones but will cut the smaller ones flush to the ground and mulch up real good.
I would cut it lower then 6 feet cause in the early spring it starts to grow very fast and you will need to mulch it up to 10-12 feet to keep it from growing out. Also I would rethink the bubble wrap because the tree won’t receive any water. From everything we learned you should take everything you cutoff of the tree on top of it the. Cover with mulch or chopped up leaves. We put a fence around ours and learned that we should have made that fence around 6 feet tall They are so fun to watch grow because they grow sooo fast. Ours is at least 20 feet right now have fun. Thanks for watching
If you haven’t already done it I would mow the leaves first to make the leaves more dense and also when you cut back the banana tree put the leaves over the stock first as the leaves break down it sends nutrients to the stock If you’re just putting a bag of leaves on top you need to make sure that it gives you good enough coverage
Can you bring banana plant in like cannas and elephant ears I'm in same zone this is my first time growing them done very well ! First time I've seen your show will definitely subscribe! Love it. Happy Halloween 🎃
We have a red one that we take into our pool house in the winter. Believe it or not, we cut it all the way down before we bring it in. In the spring it is huge again. We just water weekly.
I usually just separate the bulbs from plant put them in basement I may do it you way maybe enjoy them alittle longer ? We have windows in it's a walkout basement but not on the sunny side 😊
Great video! I use to do it that way more than 30 years ago until I discovered bubble wrap. Banana plants are actually giant herbs. I have lots of Musa basjoo banana vids. on my other YT channel Bananajssi
Zone 5-6? Wow. And we worry about our banana trees getting some freeze burned leaves here in zone 9b. You folks are brave. Too bad you don't get to enjoy the fruit which can take up to 18 months to be ready for harvest.
@@gardeningwithme7690 I do! I'm estimating to have about 150+ banana trees at the moment and about a dozen different varieties. I'm a tropical fruit tree collector.
thank you for the video … My banana tree bunch consist of 10 trees the tallest of which grew to 18 feet this year. I follow a slightly different approach . i cut all trees even with ground and cover with 2 a cu ft bag of cedar mulch that is all i have done for years . Works for me
Yep zone 8 you can get away with that
I planted mine about the end of May 2021. It was around 2 feet tall, now it's between 15 and 18 feet tall with a trunk mass of 8 to 10 inches. I'm gonna cut it down to 6 feet and bubble wrap it and mulch it at the base. The tree also sprouted 9 shoots. I plan to wrap the taller ones but will cut the smaller ones flush to the ground and mulch up real good.
I would cut it lower then 6 feet cause in the early spring it starts to grow very fast and you will need to mulch it up to 10-12 feet to keep it from growing out. Also I would rethink the bubble wrap because the tree won’t receive any water. From everything we learned you should take everything you cutoff of the tree on top of it the. Cover with mulch or chopped up leaves. We put a fence around ours and learned that we should have made that fence around 6 feet tall They are so fun to watch grow because they grow sooo fast. Ours is at least 20 feet right now have fun. Thanks for watching
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Great job, it’s always a sad day at my house when I winterize my bananas and palm trees 🥶
We should be able to unveil ours in the next couple of weeks Soooo excited
@@gardeningwithme7690 Oh yea!
First time banana tree grower here.
How often do u water them while winterized?
Wha month would take them out of the mulch bed
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Actually in the summer the leaves push up a foot each day, not week. They grow 1/2 inch an hour.
Yay
I'm thinking about putting a large bag of leaves and grass clippings over the stalk of the banana tree. Zone 5. I'm hoping this would work.
If you haven’t already done it I would mow the leaves first to make the leaves more dense and also when you cut back the banana tree put the leaves over the stock first as the leaves break down it sends nutrients to the stock If you’re just putting a bag of leaves on top you need to make sure that it gives you good enough coverage
I gave up Even trying to grow a banana tree you gave me hope
We are in zone 6. Used to be 5. We will share a video in the spring
Here’s the new video as we are reveal how the tree made it through the winter thank you so much for watching ua-cam.com/video/TXT-DqA_zS4/v-deo.html
Can you bring banana plant in like cannas and elephant ears I'm in same zone this is my first time growing them done very well ! First time I've seen your show will definitely subscribe! Love it. Happy Halloween 🎃
We have a red one that we take into our pool house in the winter. Believe it or not, we cut it all the way down before we bring it in. In the spring it is huge again. We just water weekly.
I usually just separate the bulbs from plant put them in basement I may do it you way maybe enjoy them alittle longer ? We have windows in it's a walkout basement but not on the sunny side 😊
Great video! I use to do it that way more than 30 years ago until I discovered bubble wrap. Banana plants are actually giant herbs. I have lots of Musa basjoo banana vids. on my other YT channel Bananajssi
I’ll have to check that out. Tnx for watching
@@gardeningwithme7690 Cheers
You are ambitious
did u cover the temperature outside when to winterize them ?
What ever happened to the red one, I'm trying to over winter one thus year
What are the benefits of maintaining a banana tree through the winter as opposed to just restarting after winter
It’s free 😊. And it gets bigger every year. Also gives you pups you can separate and creat new trees
Could I use grass clippings?
Did it come back??
Oh yes. And we have got pups from it too that we have transplanted
Zone 5-6? Wow. And we worry about our banana trees getting some freeze burned leaves here in zone 9b. You folks are brave. Too bad you don't get to enjoy the fruit which can take up to 18 months to be ready for harvest.
Yes it’s fun to watch them grow. Adds a nice tropical element to our garden. Bananas would be amazing. Do you grow them?
@@gardeningwithme7690 I do! I'm estimating to have about 150+ banana trees at the moment and about a dozen different varieties. I'm a tropical fruit tree collector.
@@MasterKenfucius oh my goodness. Want to trade places???? Lol.
@@gardeningwithme7690 Trade places? There's plenty of land in Florida! Come on down!
@@MasterKenfucius what is your best producer n taste
I live in zone 8 in Texas
MAKE MORE OF MEEEEE
Lol. We’re trying
Update on Banana tree
We just recorded a video yesterday on uncovering it. I will post it tomorrow...... very exciting
@@gardeningwithme7690 trying to find that video. How did it do?
@@Elaine-br4lw we made the video then went on vacation. It will get posted tomorrow. 😊
part 2
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