Banana Plant Number Two - Winter protection - Cornwall

                           Musa enseti maurelii
                    O.k. Banana number two I'm coming to get you !

                 Being careful not to damage the beautiful leaves .

I carefully loosen the earth around the roots . It is mostly soft compost that I planted it in with back in the early summer time and it had the fresh compost that I gave it to over-winter in last autumn .

I get the wheelbarrow as close as I can to the rootball . I try to get as much of the earth and rootball as I can without damaging the roots if possible .

                                Done !   😜     That was one heavy beast ! 

I plant it up into a nice mix of fresh good quality compost and perlite and watered it in .

   This will give it a boost and it can be getting it's roots down and settling into it before the cold weather starts . 

I have old polystyrene packaging under and around the tubs . If we get an Arctic Blast or snow warning I will lash more polystyrene around the front . 

  There is light above through the clear plastic corrugated roof.

                                     Mission complete 🌴🐒💚

                               Musa basjoo - survived Storm Gorretti !

    Musa basjoo is staying out - I have a cloche to put over it , if need be .

                                       🍌🐒🌴

So then feeling very pleased with myself ..... I got a bit carried away with pruning overgrown bushes  .......and this is as far as I got !

                I'll come back to it tomorrow !

      Other news -  My Everlasting Onions arrived 🤩

                                       Beautifully packed !

    

                    Good root system .

I got them potted up into a better pot and clearly labelled them so no one will take them for spring onions . I want to build up a nice colony of these Everlasting Onions before we start taking them .

My Red Welsh Onion seeds also arrived and I have sown a first batch  . 

  These are also useful in that they clump up . I hope these will be successful . 

Tomorrow I must sort out some more Winter Lettuce seeds and get them started . 

 Lettuce Vailan didn't germinate.....very disappointed . Oh well ...If at first you don't succeed ...try again tomorrow . 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱

Off for our afternoon walk and a picnic now . I'll probably fall asleep in the car !

                                           Peace and Love 🕊️🤍

                                     See you tomorrow !

                                               love Debbie  💐x

Banana Plant Number one - Winter Protection - Cornwall

 

A few more pics of our morning walk after a good breakfast .

            Didn't need a coat . Didn't need a jumper .  It was foggy but warm .

It is forecast to be warm all week  . Starting to get that Autumnal look with blackberries and silvery cobwebs glistening in the hedgerow 

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    It soon cleared and after playing with other people's dogs ,chatting with friends and visitors along the way , we came home pleasantly tired .

 Soon revived with cups of tea , toast and orange marmalade .

  I decided to make a start bringing some of my more tender plants into their Winter shelter zones .

  Banoonaah number one - Musa ensete maurellii -  🐒🏝️🍌

 The one up on the bank .

                                    Bish ! Bash ! Bosh !

                              ......and into the wheelbarrow !

                       Then away to the woodshed ......

Where I pot it up in it's very large tub with some new compost mixed with perlite .

It is both standing on and surounded with polystyrene packaging and there is light coming in through the clear plastic corrugated roof .

  I just need to water it to settle it in . It now has some time to get it's roots down into the nice new compost before we go into Winter . 

 I don't cut leaves off , nor do I trim the roots . As we go into the colder months I hardly water it at all . I just keep it ticking over in a dormant state until late Spring .

                                    That just leaves these two .

       Musa basjoo - stays outside and I can throw a cloche over it if need be .

        

 ⭐ If you live up country , then you will have to bring this one under cover too .

   Best to see what people are doing where you are , but here in the far south west of Cornwall , Musa basjoo is fairly hardy .  It will get pretty tatty but it should recover .⭐  

This one will be next , but I just need to pace myself really and so I'll wait a few days to get my strength up again  .  Maybe tomorrow ..... see how I feel .

⭐ I forgot to say - useful tip ....after digging up your banana...dig out the hole nicely and put a bucket or large empty pot into the hole to keep it open . So it is an easier job to re-plant next year !   ⭐

             Off now for walk number two and a picnic .

                         " Everyday is a picnic day !"

                          Peace and love 🕊️🤍

                                          love Debbie 💐x

Morning Walk along the Cliffs

       Just sharing a little of our beautiful morning walk along the cliffs .  🤍