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Musa in a pot

macca3macca3 Posts: 16
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Can anyone advise me on how to over winter my Musa please. It was quite small when I bought it earlier this year, it's now about a metre tall. It will definitely need repotting next year. I was thinking to cut it back and store it in the shed, would that suffice or will it need wrapping up also?

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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    edited October 2019
    Thera re ways to ct it back to prevent moisture getting to teh centre and rotting it.  It will probably need wrapping too with some fleece and maybe hessian after that but that depends on how cold your shed gets in heavy frosts.

    Have a read of this info from the RHS on pruning back for winter and protecting one planted outside then adpat wrapping according to your shed conditions - https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/articles/wisley/protecting-bananas-over-winter

    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • macca3macca3 Posts: 16
    Many thanks Obelixx
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Pleasure.  Hope you deciphered those typos!
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • the enduring gardenerthe enduring gardener Posts: 122
    My advice would be to cut the leaves off and bring it in the house. it needs to be frost free to survive. The leaves will grow back next year so don't worry about taking them off. I've got about half a dozen in my hallway which doesn't go down well with the rest of the family.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    If it's Musa Basjoo, it's about the hardiest . I bought a small one this year and I'm going to dig it up and stick it into the unheated polytunnel for the winter, but I'm not wrapping it up. 
    Devon.
  • macca3macca3 Posts: 16
    Thanks all, greatly appreciated!
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    I've just dug my ensete up for the winter.

    Devon.
  • pickeringlucypickeringlucy Posts: 1
    I have just bought a musa basjoo , it is only 12 inches in height. To plant it into a container what potting medium do I use.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited September 2020
    philippasmith2 said:
    ... Going back a few years but one of the presenters on GW produced actual Bananas in his polytunnel.  Can't remember his name - youngish chap ( at that time ), had a pony tail and pretty sure he was in East Anglia somewhere.  
    I'm sure I haven't dreamed this but can anyone confirm ?

    Bob Flowerdew?  Lives not far from here ... buys some, but not all, of his bananas in our local W'rose  ;)
    https://www.ft.com/content/4fb75b58-acfa-11dd-971e-000077b07658

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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