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Kaye-ccf · 12-09-2009, 07:04 PM

I've grown a clump of basjoo for several years here in Seagrove, NC which is Zone 7. I never worried about mulching it or anything. It dies down after a hard freeze, so it mulches itself, but comes back up even bigger the next spring. I planted out a large pup I had overwintered in the cold frame last spring and it had a bloom this fall with a bunch of tiny bananas. I put a LOT of compost and composted manure in the soil. It had 10 pups before frost.
I've never tried to keep them from going down (unless I plan to divide and sell some) because they always get tall by mid-summer.
Hope this helps.

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Kaye-ccf Location: Seagrove, NC Find me on the map! Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 16 BananaBucks : 1,558 Feedback: 1 / 100% Said "Thanks" 3 Times Was Thanked 9 Times in 5 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 1 Times	Re: Bananas in Western NC??? I've grown a clump of basjoo for several years here in Seagrove, NC which is Zone 7. I never worried about mulching it or anything. It dies down after a hard freeze, so it mulches itself, but comes back up even bigger the next spring. I planted out a large pup I had overwintered in the cold frame last spring and it had a bloom this fall with a bunch of tiny bananas. I put a LOT of compost and composted manure in the soil. It had 10 pups before frost. I've never tried to keep them from going down (unless I plan to divide and sell some) because they always get tall by mid-summer. Hope this helps.