Northeast Gardening: who's growing palms or bananas?, 1 by noknok

noknok wrote:
Hi Nucci60,
I'm new here, but yes, I have 7 Musa Basjoo in the ground and 2 in pots.
And, a pup from last season's Musa, which got to be 7-8' depending on the wind ;o).
The pup was late and lean, only about 2' tall, so I'm not expecting much growth now.
I had cut the plant down after frost and covered it with an old papasan cushion.
This year I'm trying straw on all of them.
(and baiting, I get vole infestations with all the mulch)

Here's a picture of last year's Musa. This year they got a later start
and the three biggest are only half this size.