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I have a banana plant in the garden (Musa sikkimensis) it's about 18"+ tall and has been growing well all year. All the literature says it's very hardy and can cope with the English weather.
However, after last nights frost and todays snow the leaves have turned a very nasty brown colour (they were still green) and have lost all of there "texture" and shape, they now look sort of "mushy"!
I've now covered the plant with fleece and plastic in the hope that it will survive, I don't want to have to start again as it took three months just for the seed to get going. There is still a leaf in the centre that hasn't "unwraped" itself yet and was still green before the light went.
Q: Have I killed it? or do bananas "die off" in the winter and grow back in Spring? Any coments or help would be most welcome.
Graham.
However, after last nights frost and todays snow the leaves have turned a very nasty brown colour (they were still green) and have lost all of there "texture" and shape, they now look sort of "mushy"!
I've now covered the plant with fleece and plastic in the hope that it will survive, I don't want to have to start again as it took three months just for the seed to get going. There is still a leaf in the centre that hasn't "unwraped" itself yet and was still green before the light went.
Q: Have I killed it? or do bananas "die off" in the winter and grow back in Spring? Any coments or help would be most welcome.
Graham.
