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My original post was that If I bring the banana tree inside the house
during
the winter, would the leaf and such still appear to be somewhat close
to its
"current beaty" as it is outside during grawing season?

JIMMY


I'm not trying to be difficult, but what if one person said the tree will
look just a little ragged, and someone else said it would look like death
warmed over? What would you do differently based on those totally
different
answers?

I am afraid you are trying to make thing difficult for a newbie like
me to understand your point. The question is plain simple --- does
the banana tree looks the same when moved inside the house duing
the winter? I can't see that being as simple as YES or NO answer !!


I gave you the answer early in the discussion. The answer is NO, unless you
can come close to duplicating the light level of the outdoor environment.
Even in open shade, that's usually much brighter than typical indoor
lighting. If you want to maintain the plant in near-identical condition,
you'll need to surround it with 6 to 12 vertically mounted fluorescent tubes
of the correct type, or high energy sodium lamps. If you have a south-facing
sunroom, you might get away with no additional lighting, but expect the
plant to NOT maintain its exact appearance.

If you're not prepared to do these things, then over the years, you'll
gradually figure out which plants are not practical to own because you can't
provide the right light, humidity, space, etc.