Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Drip System, 0 by Clare_CA

Clare_CA wrote:
LOL, Davie. I'm 45, so if you're younger than me, than I can call you a youngster! I look 35 though, so I've been told a lot, so we're peers!

Yes, those are Paula's pics, the president of the PSA. She digs them up around Thanksgiving every year, I think.

Good luck this winter. Keep in touch. Yeah, I was thinking if you could erect some PVC pipes around your planted ones and throw some plastic over them -- a few makeshift greenhouses to protect them so you won't have to dig them up, or you could buy a few of the pop up ones. I gave away all of my greenhouses when I moved, but I think they were pretty thrashed anyway. I bought a new one at Harbor Freight Tools at the end of the year in 2008, but I never set it up because I was too busy with remodeling the house and moving. I think it is sitting in one of our strorage sheds now. My hubby got a canopy-like tent at Costco or Sam's Club for about $75, and as a matter of fact, he erected it today but said he wasn't going to use it. I think I may just use that for a greenhouse, but I'll have to find a way to make it air tight. I'll take a picture of it tomorrow to show you.

Hi Leeuwtje, it's true that I have done a lot of digging this year (see my yard in the picture below), but that picture above actually belongs to another grower who has to dig them up every year to store them for the winter. Yes, you are right. I meant Musa 'AeAe.' I have a few of them now! They are struggling to survive, but I think they will be happy once I put them in a greenhouse.