Help with Bananas

[Uriahtv]

I prayed to for help. My bannanas are dying. I have two musa dwarf cavendish. I keep them at home, inside in winter, and they are in very bad shape. I want them saved, so I take any advice you can tell me.

Thank you.

[redsquirrel]

Sunny wigan...lol. just spoken to the boss he reckons their dead as well, will b back soon with more ? Ta x

hi Ruthie great to see both you and Uriah here today

[Dave Brown]

Hi Uriah, and welcome

You don't say much about what the conditions are like where you are keeping them, but Musa Cavendish are not the most cold hardy bananas. They need to be kept growing over winter and need temps with a maximum of above 10C and no lower minimum than 6C. They also need plenty of light. Don't overwater, keeping the compost only just moist.

The best cold growing banana is Musa basjoo, which is not edible but is pseudostem hardy to about-6C (but not all day freezes) and if heavily mulched the roots will resprout after -19C.