Ensete ventricosum maurelii

[hedychium]

My Ensete ventricosum maurelii is still growing outside , is now a good time to bring it in to overwinter indoors .

John

[flounder]

I'm leaving mine until frosts are forecast for down here

[hedychium]

Hi Flounder.

I am based in north London , so will do the same as you and wait untill frosts are forecast , lets hope I dont get caught out.

John

[dino]

That's half the fun- pushing it until the last moment.

[flounder]

That's half the fun- pushing it until the last moment.

You mean thats half the fun, forgetting it until the last minute

[tropicalwon]

That's half the fun- pushing it until the last moment.

You mean thats half the fun, forgetting it until the last minute

Sounds like me

[flounder]

Never a truer word, said in jest

[Dave Brown]

Mine came in on December 3rd last year.

[Steph]

I must be the ultimate chicken, mine is in the conservatory drying out where I can see it and enjoy it.
And look where I live!

[flounder]

Steph, was it planted out, or already in a pot? Call it planning ahead if dug up

[GREVILLE]

Started a new one this year which is small enough still to be whipped into the greenhouse if early frosts appear but the intention is to keep this outside as late as possible. By the end of the year it will be housed and kept active at my local school where it will overwinter in their unheated atrium.

My older one (kept potted for three years) was donated to the school earlier this year. It's going to be dug up complete before the October half-term and kept in a tub under a large polycarbonate covered awning for the winter. It should remain just frost-free as long as we don't repeat the -7c of last February. It will be kept bone dry. Bit of an experiment, this

[Mr List]

i can never remember,
can this one take a light frost and then be brought in or does it need bringing in before any frosts?

[grub]

Maurrelli is pretty hard actually...There's no need to be worrying yet

[miketropic]

I really have to pick up a couple of these next spring.. my neighbor informed me that they had them on discount at the hardware store maybe 2 weeks ago but there gone now..

[Yorkshire Kris]

in my "how to"video I suggest early october to give enough nice days to dry them out BUT you can wait for the first frost then bring indoors to quickly dry then out. No problem bringing them in now, they will survive but there will be an empty space in your garden.