I enjoy watching your videos from the UK! Our winters are much milder (thanks to the AMOC), but our summers are cooler, which tropical plants like Basjoo don’t love as much. You’re around 40°N, while I’m at 55°N. Because of our cooler, slower-starting summers, we usually cut Basjoo at a higher height to give them a head start. In warmer climates, like yours, cutting them to the ground works well, but here they need that extra height to thrive.
@@danlynchmusic thank you for watching. I am very jealous of your mild winters but especially of the amazing plants you have available there. Here in New York there are not a lot of unusual tropical plants. Next year I’m going to cover some of the bananas and try some with no cover. I’m also going to try a few at a higher height and insulate very well
so sad when it gets to this time of year 😢 the cold weather has just hit the uk and my main clump which i left uncovered has been frosted off now. have you tried any other hardy bananas like musa sikkimensis or musella lasiocarpa ?
@@richf_tropical_garden_projects Hi there. I saw you had some snow already in the UK. It’s been so mild here. Even today I’m warm. I haven’t tried sikkimensis or lasiocarpa yet. What do you like about them in comparison with Musa basjoo?
@newyorktropicalgarden9364 yes unfortunately it has come slightly earlier this year , got down to around 25f (-4c) last night and its hit most of the large leaf stuff now 😑 ah you should give them a go if you can, they are both reportedly ground hardy like musa basjoo, but the sikkimensis has tiger striped leaves when they are new and are slightly thinner leaves width wise, musella lasiocarpa ( golden lotus banana ) grows very differently and has an amazing flower display in its 5th year or so, something very different for sure ! worth giving both names a google you will see what i mean when it comes to appearance! one id love to try this year is a enesete hiniba they can be really impressive plants when they size up!
@ thank you for the great information on these two banana varieties. I have quite few ensetes. They get so large and beautiful. I dig them up and keep them in a dark room all winter. Cold is on the way here. 🥶
@newyorktropicalgarden9364 no problem 👊😎 i think they are nice varieties to add something different, i think musa basjoo as much as i love it has become much more common place, which is cool though ! yeah i can imagine the cold is on its way! i love the ensetes, really pretty and exotic looking, alot of cool sub varieties of ensete and musa bananas as well, ive got a musa siam ruby and musa acuminata gran nain, not hardy at all but very pretty looking bananas, but need a heated greenhouse for winter🤷♂️🌴
@ I have a few now unknown tropical bananas that I bring inside every year. But the Musa basjoo here get so tall and impressive. I think they’re now all over the place in the Southern United States but still an unexpected sight here in the north.
It's amazing how we do things differently and how both techniques work, just dropped my latest one it shows honi protect mine 🌹🤗♥️🌴 continued Blessings 🌹🌹♥️🌴
You should be able to get away with nothing on the large clumps like you said you'd try. They will sprout from the bulbs. I mean I have people I know in zone 5 with them.
@@tntropics Hi there. I think you are correct, especially with everything getting warmer. That will be the big experiment next fall. In the past I lost a few so I thought I was not protecting enough.
@@newyorktropicalgarden9364 They will die when you have one just planted in spring and it's not a 'mat'. I stopped using hay on mine because of the mess. I don't have bananas anymore because no room 🥲
Great video! Love the "trash can"-method😃 would be interesting to do a patch of bananas next year myself and do absolutely nothing in the winter.
@@nordicexperience_ I think you could probably do it. I definitely going to try with a few next year. I might get a small amount of snow tomorrow
I enjoy watching your videos from the UK! Our winters are much milder (thanks to the AMOC), but our summers are cooler, which tropical plants like Basjoo don’t love as much. You’re around 40°N, while I’m at 55°N. Because of our cooler, slower-starting summers, we usually cut Basjoo at a higher height to give them a head start. In warmer climates, like yours, cutting them to the ground works well, but here they need that extra height to thrive.
@@danlynchmusic thank you for watching. I am very jealous of your mild winters but especially of the amazing plants you have available there. Here in New York there are not a lot of unusual tropical plants. Next year I’m going to cover some of the bananas and try some with no cover. I’m also going to try a few at a higher height and insulate very well
Those flowers are huge! Very interesting.
@@dnvpaul you need bananas as well as palms
@ I don’t think so. 😝
Tim what do you do with all those banana cut offs?
@@ramonesalvatore3738 I have a large compost pile out in the field
so sad when it gets to this time of year 😢 the cold weather has just hit the uk and my main clump which i left uncovered has been frosted off now. have you tried any other hardy bananas like musa sikkimensis or musella lasiocarpa ?
@@richf_tropical_garden_projects Hi there. I saw you had some snow already in the UK. It’s been so mild here. Even today I’m warm.
I haven’t tried sikkimensis or lasiocarpa yet. What do you like about them in comparison with Musa basjoo?
@newyorktropicalgarden9364 yes unfortunately it has come slightly earlier this year , got down to around 25f (-4c) last night and its hit most of the large leaf stuff now 😑 ah you should give them a go if you can, they are both reportedly ground hardy like musa basjoo, but the sikkimensis has tiger striped leaves when they are new and are slightly thinner leaves width wise, musella lasiocarpa ( golden lotus banana ) grows very differently and has an amazing flower display in its 5th year or so, something very different for sure ! worth giving both names a google you will see what i mean when it comes to appearance! one id love to try this year is a enesete hiniba they can be really impressive plants when they size up!
@ thank you for the great information on these two banana varieties. I have quite few ensetes. They get so large and beautiful. I dig them up and keep them in a dark room all winter. Cold is on the way here. 🥶
@newyorktropicalgarden9364 no problem 👊😎 i think they are nice varieties to add something different, i think musa basjoo as much as i love it has become much more common place, which is cool though ! yeah i can imagine the cold is on its way! i love the ensetes, really pretty and exotic looking, alot of cool sub varieties of ensete and musa bananas as well, ive got a musa siam ruby and musa acuminata gran nain, not hardy at all but very pretty looking bananas, but need a heated greenhouse for winter🤷♂️🌴
@ I have a few now unknown tropical bananas that I bring inside every year. But the Musa basjoo here get so tall and impressive. I think they’re now all over the place in the Southern United States but still an unexpected sight here in the north.
It's amazing how we do things differently and how both techniques work, just dropped my latest one it shows honi protect mine 🌹🤗♥️🌴 continued Blessings 🌹🌹♥️🌴
@@JoseRamos-jn6ij I will watch of course!
You should be able to get away with nothing on the large clumps like you said you'd try. They will sprout from the bulbs. I mean I have people I know in zone 5 with them.
@@tntropics Hi there. I think you are correct, especially with everything getting warmer. That will be the big experiment next fall. In the past I lost a few so I thought I was not protecting enough.
@@newyorktropicalgarden9364 They will die when you have one just planted in spring and it's not a 'mat'. I stopped using hay on mine because of the mess. I don't have bananas anymore because no room 🥲
@@tntropics well your pool garden is beautiful!