• Lyrl@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    I live in the Midwest, and had a coworker with a banana plant (I think a Cavendish). He cut it down and dug up the root ball to bring inside every winter. Every few years, the weather was warm enough long enough the thing actually made bananas.

    • MechanicalJester@lemm.ee
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      7 months ago

      They need a small greenhouse for it. Leave it where it is, put weed block down 8’x8’ Get 3 45deg top fittings for fence rail pipe 10’ long 2 8’ 2x4 boards

      Make tall triangle greenhouse using the pipes for the 6 legs 4 feet apart.

      Use the 2x4s on the inside to hold the pipe spacing and structure

      Cover in greenhouse plastic.

      Go bananas