Since moving and can finally put plants in the ground, I have been trying to decide what to do about my banana trees. I've been researching different methods and wasn't really happy about any of them .. the other night I thought 'bubble wrap"! I went to Youtube and did a search for banana and bubble wrap and was delighted to find a number of video's about how to do this .. after watching a few I decided I'd try the method Jay's Hedge Trimming uses. Even though they are in British Columbia they are in the same zone as I am. With a hard freeze forecast for Friday night I did it today. Keeping my fingers crossed this works .. if it doesn't I have 'heirs and spares'.
The method is pretty simple. Just cut the top off the tree, wrap the stalk in bubble wrap, put a 'cap' on it, cut the bottom off of a leaf bag, put it over the wrapped stalk and fill it with leaves. It was quick and fairly easy to do.
Here is a link to the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
