Saturday 1 November 2014

1st November 2014, is banana time!

Yep its that time of year again. Dig out bananas ready for over wintering. I could probably have left it a few more weeks, as its so mild, but we have don't have many free weekends and I'd much rather dig them out on a sunny day than a rainy day.

So here we have our before picture, it is a glorious day, definitely T Shirt and hanging washing on the line weather.



I prepared the greenhouse awhile back, just in case, I got the solar blankets this year to help reflect light a bit better and being south facing, I will probably line the whole of the door area with them, might help keep temps up abit!


So here they are all dug out, not that easy may I say, I have to try and remeber which is which! The Maureli have not grown well this year and looking at the roots you can tell. I stand them like this for about a month, then turn them round, its amazing just how much water they hold, to overwinter them they need to be as dry as possible.



these are the 2 Maureli's the top one has really only got roots half way round and the bottom one has a great hole up its centre. I cleaned all the muck off and trimmed back the roots, the hole is not rotten at all, so will give them another go, next year I plan to plant them somewhere totally different, so if they come through winter they hopefully should have alot more space!


 It always seems so empty after :(


As for my dog!!!! Well as you may gather he is not supposed to be on there, but where the sun is, he likes to be!!

3 comments:

  1. Your dog is a sun chaser :) very organised with the bananas, which reminds us to lift ours soon too

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  2. he certainly is, next time I came in he was on the sofa, next time the kitchen table!!!!! For a dog with short legs he certainly gets places, but does get a telling off!!!

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  3. How are your babanas doing in your greenhouse.... I'm waiting for an update!

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