How to protect Banana and Gunnera plants in winter

A simple step-by-step guide showing how to prepare large tender plants for a cold winter. Gardening expert Katie Rushworth shows you how to trim and protect large Banana and Gunnera plants that are too large to move into the greenhouse.
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[@johnboymcdan6786]

I left mine over winter not covered! It snowed and was -10 at some nights! It lived

[@stephaniebrown3725]

Did your banana survive with this method? I didn’t see any updates in your channel. Also, what zone are you in?

[@brittweir8844]

Thanks for the great video, I took your advice and used this technique and my plants came back in spring with amazing growth 😀

[@junglejoecvideogates9705]

You know how I have always protected Musa basjoo . Just use bubble plastic on the trunks, no need to ever cut the trunks down or remove leaves. Let the killing frost nuke the foliage and remove it in the Spring. Use those leaves for mulch around the plants.

[@jayluvboogie]

I love your idea about cutting on an angle!

[@rilamountain9311]

Thank you for that video. Much appreciated. I will use horticultural fleece as well as in the UK for the most part we do not get colder than -7 / -8 degrees C. Hence no point in cutting it down to the ground and using bags of hey / straw for protection like they do overseas in places which get temperatures of -20

[@DJSupaflyguy]

Do you not use bubble wrap ? An I’m only asking as I’m unsure which technique to use on mine which aren’t as big yet an last winter we got -10 / -11.

[@butterflyj685]

I use resusable silver insulated bubble wrap that way I get to reuse it every year.

[@dcox01]

Beautiful garden.

[@chuckcampbell3927]

Hey Kate, Really liked ur video. Please reply and tell me the name of the banana that you cutback for winter! Also please tell me what fertilizers you use on it and when! Do you by any chance sell plants? 🛫🛬🌴🍌

[@meatclaw7292]

I bought a 'hardy' banana tree from garden centre. It's about 3 ft in height . Leaves are still coming out even now. Cut it back in December?

[@RLat]

Thanks for this, incredibly helpful!

[@zgoalscorer8450]

im in zone 7b long island new york. do you think burlap would be ok?

[@butterflyj685]

Moisture release heat on those cold nights. That's why were told to water frost sensitive plants the night before frost.

[@Crazyaboutpaper1]

is this a fruiting variety. can we do the same for the fruiting bananas. growing Zone 8 A, Dallas/Ft.worth, Texas.USA Thanks

[@blaynesplantvlog7117]

Omg you are growing bananas is DFW to?🤩 same!!’🤣

[@kchedville]

I just chop mine to the ground and cover with Mulch or Hay really well.. :)

[@ladyjdabull5847]

He too but I cover mines with Guinea pig bedding which have worked very well for me as well as hay

[@jheiny1231]

@@ladyjdabull5847 here in Chicago we have some weeks in the winter they call artic blasts which gets -10 to -30 Fahrenheit. Not sure what that is in Celsius. But a good trick in colder winter climates is wrap the base of the tree in Christmas lights. Not the leds because they don't give off heat. Run the cord outside of your insulating jacket you made and anytime the winter gets really harsh plug the lights in. Works wonders. I have lost alot in our "artic blast" winters here. But not anymore!

[@stagman1983]

Hi. Could you tell me when you banana plant starts growing. My is very slow. Never got anymore than two leafs on it before the wind snaps them off

Is it possible to plant it a little bit deeper into the ground to make sure that bigger part of the stem survives and grows faster next season, or the rhizome can't live if planted too deep?

[@lpnp9477]

Depends on the variety. Mekong giant rhyzomes can be planted very deeply but Musa basjoo can't be deeper than much more than half a meter. Rule of thumb is that the further a banana can run, the deeper it will tolerate being planted. That said, planting more deeply won't make for a larger above-ground plant. The robustness and quantity of the roots and soil richness are what will determine how well your banana will grow in the coming year. People try to save as much of them stem as possible to save a couple weeks of growth or try to maximize the height above ground. Their bananas are not any stronger than ones cut to the ground.

[@honey4xi]

Which plant has the largest leave: Banana tree or Gunnera manicata or raffia palm?

[@MsDimps24]

Anyone know the name of the plant next to the gunnera with the pink leaves??

[@nixonsmateruby1]

I never knew that if you throw a banana skin in your garden it will turn into a plant. I've got a few and was wondering what I had planted, but it's the banana skins.

[@ritabeitz9598]

Do you get any bananas out of these trees?

[@ashfaq2004]

Awesome....how old is the gunnera

[@BananaJSSI]

Nice video

[@jdt8826]

What zone is this?

[@tinman1222]

what is the name of the last plant you were cutting down? those leaves are huge!

[@mikedinni6318]

Were you not listening to a word she said?!

[@sniperwipers]

Gunnera

[@sniperwipers]

@@mikedinni6318 lol i don't think they were.

[@Realme-qx9hc]

Use banana leaves to eat food. Much healthier 🎉

[@mickyjaguar2282]

This technique is not full proof. Rot can get in and so can the cold. Best thing to do is dig up and put in garage. Cold and dry is better than wet and cold. Just my personal experience.

[@SilverlineToolsTV]

Thanks for the tip. Sounds like great advice!

[@mickyjaguar2282]

@@SilverlineToolsTV 😂 just had to edit from wet and dry to wet and cold .. lol Yes I tried the wrapping technique but when spring came, it rotted all the way down to the root. Was a particularly cold winter mind.

[@DaisyDebs]

What variety is your Banana ?

[@brd8764]

Leaves dry.

[@petergriffith4109]

“Horticultural bags”??? Lmfao that’s a freaking laundry bag. 😹

[@AmHA_Official]

PETER GRIFFIN FROM FAMILY GUY 😳

[@youpattube1]

I disliked this video for one reason. Your solution for protection is radical surgery, but you don't follow up three months later and show if it worked, or if you just killed or stunted the banana plants. Like most other videos on the subject, it just amounts to your theory.

[@BananowcewPolsce]

:-)

[@mirasolcracknell6861]

Cruel way of protecting banana tree

[@lpnp9477]

It hurts every year but it's better than letting it rot!