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bananaman · 09-10-2005, 02:03 PM

Ok its midish September and my growing season here in England is drawing to a close.
I have done a careful study of the growth and performance of the two varieties compared side by side.
Only consideration is that my Sikkimensis (3 Year old) is from seed and Basjoo is 4 years old and bought locally probably a pup (rather than T C ).
Both are well worth growing and both are rewarding and respond to good fertilisation and heavy watering.
Basjoo wins by a mile. Its leaves are bigger ,greener and it pups more readily.It is more spectacular and is more wind tolerant.Sikkimensis pups closer to the stem and Basjoo forms a better "Clump" with pups further from the stem.
I hope that both survive Winter (with much wrapping) and I hope to continue my comparisons.

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bananaman Member Location: West Midlands England. Find me on the map! Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 53 BananaBucks : 2,084 Feedback: 0 / 0% Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Welcomes: 0	Basjoo v Sikkimensis Ok its midish September and my growing season here in England is drawing to a close. I have done a careful study of the growth and performance of the two varieties compared side by side. Only consideration is that my Sikkimensis (3 Year old) is from seed and Basjoo is 4 years old and bought locally probably a pup (rather than T C ). Both are well worth growing and both are rewarding and respond to good fertilisation and heavy watering. Basjoo wins by a mile. Its leaves are bigger ,greener and it pups more readily.It is more spectacular and is more wind tolerant.Sikkimensis pups closer to the stem and Basjoo forms a better "Clump" with pups further from the stem. I hope that both survive Winter (with much wrapping) and I hope to continue my comparisons.