Same thing happened to mine. I cut my leaves off, cut it down to about a foot, dug out the root ball, let it dry a bit and it's suppose to go in a paper bag, then plastic (opened a bit).

I hear basjoo are hardy even in my zone if you wrap them up really well and mulch them really well. Yours looks like mine but it's a little hard to tell right now.

Mine is only 2 yrs old and I kept it in a pot when it was outdoors as it has some black mold and I'm worried it's contagious. In a pot I can move it around - that kept it on the small side though. I think I'm going to toss it but it's so hard to deliberately kill a plant.
I wonder if Boca Joe's around?
I'm sure there are other's with banana trees with some advise. It's kinda slow in the forum right now.
- Sandy

I bet Kylie will know, but she's got the grandbabies visiting right now and is conspicuously absent ;-)

Pam

If it's hardy to your zone you have a couple of choices. Whack it down to 1-2' tall, mulch it heavily around the base, let the top stick up until temps are predicted below freezing then mulch it heavily covering the top, you can uncover the top if it's going to be warm during the day. It might even start sprouting on really warm spells. You can just leave it like it is, mulch heavily around the base, the foliage will fall over & you can just pull it off.

Or if not hardy, chop it back to 1-3' tall, dig up as much of the root ball as you can, wrap the whole thing in burlap or something like that, store it in a cool, dry place above freezing. In the spring when the ground thaws just plant it. Most bananas are pretty tough and tolerate a fair amount of abuse. I often chop the bases up when transplanting mine & the chunks will grow new bananas.

Hope this helps.
Tally HO!