What fool of a Took buys a tropical plant when they live in a temperate climate?!

Why do they even sell these banana plants - which need approx 10 hrs of sunlight- in the cloudy PNW? How dumb and impulsive do you have to be to buy one of these?

(It me. I’m dumb and impulsive.)

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We have repotted the banana plant. I took Before and After photos.

Hopefully it survives this trauma.

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In other news, the banana plant seems to have survived the transplanting and even has two new leaves growing!

I trimmed off the yellow/drooping leaves a few days after we initially repotted it.

What should I name her? I have a fiddle leaf fig named Frances McDormand, after the actress.

I think maybe I’ll name her Cate Blanchett.

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The banana plant has been thriving. It sprouted three new leaves since my last report, and a new big one is about to unfurl!

We’ve been setting it out on the deck every non-rainy day, and bringing it in every night. I’ve been giving it 6 cups of water every 5 days or so, and it seems happy with that.

It feels good to see I don’t have a completely black thumb.

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@KydiaMusic Wow, magnificent! 💚
@KydiaMusic i "repotted" one of our Banana plants this spring too, take a look (western germany) - i was exhausted for a whole day afterwards 🙈 #gardening
@KydiaMusic If it’s one of these, you can even grow it outdoors in Oregon. https://minnetonkaorchards.com/musa-basjoo-banana-tree/
The Musa Basjoo Banana Tree - Minneopa Orchards

When you think banana tree, you may think of this giant tropical fruit-bearing plant only found in specific places worldwide. But what if I told you that that isn't necessarily true? Enter the Musa Basjoo banana tree. Quite the name, am I right?

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@skry
We got a Dwarf Cavendish, which (supposedly) makes a great house plant, as it doesn’t grow very tall.
Unfortunately I live farther north and in a convergence zone, so it’s even colder than normal. I did see that the Musa Basjoo variety was also for sale at the nursery (bonkers?!) and I totally would have bought one, but it was already too big to fit in the car!  ðŸ˜® 😂