Garden Girl TV: Cold Hardy Banana Tree

[GrowSomethingGreen]

Good video

[unitedstateskingdom]

Not to be a smart ass garden girl but banana trees are not trees they are a herb the worlds biggest herb

[Bergertim]

They can survive up to -20 deg F. and can grow as far north as Minnesota.

[Fastbikkel]

Great stuff! I grow chilipeppers, herbs and cacti myself. I was just browsing around for gardening on youtube when i found this.

Keep up the good work.

[dfarns123]

Sorry, but the Orinoco is not super cold hardy. It's a little hardier than other edible bananas, but you can't leave it unprotected in the snow and cold winter rain. I live in zone 9b and the only way an edible hardy banana will survive my winter is that it get's wrapped in "frost cloth" for 3 months, and I keep water away from it's cold roots and corm . In zone 5, you'll have to dig up the banana plant and store it under the house for the winter then replant it in the spring.

[drie79]

so, i am dying for an update! how is it doing?

[gardenlady45]

Can you make another video of your tree to show us how it did during the winter? I'm also in zone 5 close to Chicago Ill so we get some nasty winters..

[JuniPerez]

I HATE when they call them "banana trees" they're not trees... they're plants - specifically HERBS. SMH...

[atah275]

Definately the musa basjoo.....

check me out

Ottawa_hardy_tropicals

Zon5a my Musa basjoo hit 9ft

[samljer]

Musa basjoo

Is the best cold banana tree

is good as far north to Zone 5 with protection

[Davidkm56]

Could I plant bananas in a place like Sacramento?

[bj616]

You should try Musa basjoo, they are the most cold tolerant.

[maroonedonmars]

Did your banana trees make it through the winter?

[wanditawandita37]

can you tell me where to get them , i will love to have one.i am a big fan of yours , thanks for you teaching

[ngtmr80]

hi patti,

i love your vids insipe everyone towards living green.i have banana trees in my backyard and it gives me plantation bananas, i think that if you have 2 trees try planting them separate from each other coz they become male and female to cross polinate.

thanks

edd

[gretscher]

Nice but banana plants are not trees they are herbs because the stem does not contain wood but material similar to the leaves of the plant. She was good to show that there is a cold hardy banana but just saying it's not a tree.

[jmaprins]

Hi GG, What's the update on these bananaplants?

[IndiaHavenwick2]

Where can we get these cold hardy plants? I would love to try my hand at growing one!

[renaldoh]

Y cant u get any?they sell them everywhere here.......i have alot of babies....where do u live?

[GradyWhite2007]

Well we grow em down here in Florida...but man that far north I'm not so sure. Even down here in Clearwater, FL we have freezes, and it makes a mess of things.

[cosnowmomma]

Everything I am reading says that they are for zone 7b and up. You sure it will live in zone 5? Does anyone know more about this banana tree?

[GardenGirltv]

It's still covered in snow! So we shall see....

[steelhorses2004]

Please give us an update on your banana tree when everything thaws out up there.

[NEB1469]

Anxiously waiting on the update of the banana plant.

[renaldoh]

i live in zone 7b...it will go and return in zone 5.its a hardy big sucker.....

[satinhooks]

@cosnowmomma

they come back really fast if they are frozen. you just cut them to the ground and they come back.

[cosnowmomma]

Garden Girl, did your tree survive the winter? I am in zone 4 and would love to grow a banana tree!

[blessmyfam]

We're curious on where exactly your tree garden is. It looks like its on a top, of a wall,

[kjmatson74]

Great video! Would an Orinoco grow in zone 5?

[seconway05]

They are for zones 3-11.. So your in good shape. I ordered some one month ago. They cost 12.95 each and come shipped about 18" tall from a licensed grower in Florida.

[kjmatson74]

Thank you, I am going to look into them!! :)

[bj616]

Great video and info. I have been growing outdoor Hardy Bananas since 1989. On our island here in zone 8b we grow a few varieties of Bananas. Musa basjoo is number one and most common. The others include Musella lasiocarpa, Musa sikkimensis and M.itinerans. Musa basjoo are root hardy to at least -20 C. with a good mulch. Also Musa raja-puri is another cold tolerant variety.

[adamatova]

You're just so cool. Thank you for sharing your wisdom and knowledge.

[crewlla]

how did the banana tree work? was it ok during the winter? I live in Alberta, canada and was wondering if the tree would survive here or could I be able to grow it indoors.

[AM429]

Musa basjoo is the best, you can cover the stump with a bucket when fall comes.

[pandral22]

Good luck with them. I see this variety is usually used for cooking but can be eaten raw when very ripe. The less cold-hardy ones I had in the Tampa area seemed to really hate 40 degree weather, and frost or freeze did definite damage. I think I may try one of this variety if I can find it locally in North Florida. If it grows OK be sure to support the banana stalk otherwise you will find them on the ground some morning. Just let them ripen up and they'll be fine; but a little smaller.

[strangeseeds]

Did you just plant a weed along with that banana tree? :)

[newheys]

Best of luck! here in Liverpool UK I have a banana that has been outside for 4 years and there was recently a newspaper article about someone in Liverpool with a 20 foot high specimen with bananas on it, grown outside!

[Carlstens]

Looked 'em up... Orinoco Banana good to zone

7b, or about 5-10 degrees f.

SUPER, I think I'll get one for my greenhouse... Just have to get greenhouse built!

[changingone77]

Huh. I wonder if they'll produce bananas with seeds like wild bananas.

[wgseagal]

hey, nice i want a banana tree but i want the hot weather one maybe i can grow it down south here i want some palm trees too great job patty hows the garden going i have cabbage and collards growing great in my raised bed also i have 3 tomatoe plants in pots on the patio whic re budding and growing tomatoes for the second crop they come out so good in pots

[dnHooligan]

awesome.

[meloearth]

Cool, I hope it makes it. I'll get one too, if yours makes it through this winter. :)

[ScarletLetterR]

OMG this is great, I'm ordering mine tommorrow! Any cold hardy avacados?