Posted by admin | Posted in Gardening Articles | Posted on 16-02-2010
Tags: Banana, Foot, Gardening............, Live, Move, Plants, Some, Tall, Want, Zone
Should I wait to buy and move them until spring or should i go ahead and do it now?? I am very anxious to plant some .
- I live in Dallas. Would they die over the winter?
Any other banana growing/soil/sunlight/watering tips????
THANKS
One thing to consider when planting banana plants: Dig a comfortable square, 2-3 ft X 2-3 ft., min. 1 ft deep, to be able to work in. plant the plants, one plant per hole in the hole.
Banana plants grow lots of surface roots and the following generations will be shallower and shallower. That is what the hole is for: You fill in a layer of dirt every year or according to new shoots, so there is enough soil around the roots. Otherwise the plants will be falling all over the place.
If you are in a zone 8, there are a couple that are hardy, so do some research in your area at a knowledgeable nursery or a county extension office which is manned by master gardeners. I live in a zone 8 (USDA zone) and there are a few banans that have wintered here. I think you might have better luck if you got and planted them in the spring so they could get established before winter arrives