It's The WORST GARDEN SMELL But You MUST Do It To Overwinter BANANAS

To grow bananas, zone 8 is not where you want to be because a banana tree cannot tolerate freezing temperatures, but I still grow banana plants for fruit all the way in North Carolina! I do it by protecting each banana plant with straw wrapped in garden fence, and my bananas often survive!

However, some pseudostems rot in our cold, damp winters. Now that it is spring, we must remove the dead growth and prune banana plants. This video teaches you all about pruning bananas after a cold winter so you can be growing banana trees for fresh fruit. The only problem: rotting banana stems are the worst garden smell I've come across, but you must do it to overwinter bananas in cold climates like mine. It's worth it!

TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 Growing Bananas In Cold Climates
1:23 How I Grow Bananas For Fruit In North Carolina
2:56 A Successful Attempt At Overwintering Bananas
4:03 A Less Successful Attempt To Overwinter Bananas
4:34 Pruning Banana Trees To Remove Rot And Find Live Growth
8:25 Complete Backyard Garden Tour Of All My Banana Trees
10:48 Adventures With Dale

If you have any questions about growing bananas in cold climates, want to grow bananas for fruit in zone 8, want to know about more zone 8 gardening with tropical plants, any of the things I am growing in my garden, are looking for any garden tips and tricks, or have questions about gardening and organic gardening in general, please ask in the Comments below!

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34.1°N Latitude
Zone 8A

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