you should be good to go with the red banana. as long as the ground temp stays above 68 and its not standing in water and drains well

julesmom,

I'm interested with what you did. Do you have any pictures when it was in the basement? I would like to know how you kept it, how you put it in the basement, etc.

Thanks!

I checked on the red banana this morning and I have a pup! Very exciting. As far as storing it in the basement. I just put it in a box with in a dark section of the basement and potted it up in late March. I guess it worked!

Was it naked? Did you remove all the dirt around the corm? Did you remove the roots? When you cut it, how much was left? Do the corms look dried out when you pulled it out from the basement?
b Thanks!

I keep mine under the house.. I remove all of the soil and allow them to dry out (very important) remove all but any new emerging leaves .. The temps stay around 46~48*f yr round.. come spring pull them out and plant.. Good luck with yours...