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Old 03-07-2010, 09:45 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Default Re: When to uncover in central NC?

I uncovered my basjoos yesterday to see how they looked. The 12 in of p-stem that I kept was still green and looked great. I used styrofoam rose cones and covered with leaves and plastic. Its worked great. We had a cold winter in St Louis, the first week in Jan it got down to zero a couple nights.

I put the rose cones back on but I removed some of the leaves. I know its really early to uncover but our 10 day forcast is above freezing at night, I am considering taking the rose cones off and letting the bananas grow. My wife says I should wait until April 1st.

You should start fertilizing after you start to see some growth, not before that.

If your p-stems are brown that means it got too wet or too cold, then I would put them back to the ground, sometimes pups will come up around the parent plant in the spring even thought the main p-stem dies.

Good luck
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