by "Dope Plant" <buzzard@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Jun 2, 2005 at 05:44 PM
""Leighann" <lmt74@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <remove.this@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Scottyrock" <gallant17@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>> I bought Banana plants from walmart about a six months ago - While
>> the
>> plants grow fast, the cool temps we had almost killed them. Any
>> suggestion
>> on where to plant them or how to handle the cold temps.
>>
>> The plants are potted for now.
>
> The cool temps, once in the ground, should only affect the foliage.
> I don't
> know where you are located. Mine get ratty looking in the winter
> (yellow
> banana trees all over town in the winter) but the roots survive and
> they
> grow new leaves (I'm in Central Fl., btw). Most im****tant thing is
> they
> like a lot of water (which they may not be getting in pots - they
> may be
> very pot bound?) and they are heavy feeders.
>
> Leighann
My brother has three banana plants and they have produced good in
central florida..
st pete.. They are a strange plant.
