Post #342005 by Manatiki on Sun, Nov 4, 2007 12:05 PM

I use a slightly different approach. before the first frost, I cut the plants down to ground level. Then pile straw mulch on top and cover the whole thing with a tarp. The bananas re-sprout from the root system in the spring. This got them through winter here in Columbus (OH). They even survived a late winter freeze that killed off a bunch of other hardy perennials in our garden.