I have many dwarf cavendish bananas. One has sent out fruit at the worst possible time. What should I do? Two weeks ago I brought it inside and placed it in the back, darkest part of my equipment garage and stopped watering it but the pod continued to develop and it just popped out baby bananas. [IMG]http://i922.photobucket.com/albums/ad67/pilotdane2/2010/Banana/Banana1.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i922.photobucket.com/albums/ad67/pilotdane2/2010/Banana/Banana4.jpg[/IMG] The garage will cool over winter, not enough to kill it but certainly not enough to develop fruit. I have no way to provide enough artificial light to grow fruit and my wife severely vetoed my idea of bringing it into the house and putting it where the dinning room table currently sits. Should I continue with forcing it into dormancy? I don't see another option. Oh, and just so you know how unnatural a banana in North Carolina is, here is the plant in the garage. Probably where it will be for the next 4-5 months. [IMG]http://i922.photobucket.com/albums/ad67/pilotdane2/2010/Banana/Banana3.jpg[/IMG]

In Colorado and buying the house next door to the one I rent and would like to take cuttings off the grapes that I have loved so much here to start in my new yard. Doing some major remodeling and wont be able to prepare a place for them to grow until spring. How will they do in pots? Indoors? Is rooting powder necessary? I read somewhere you can dip the ends in cinnamon before placing in dirt. Has anyone tried this?