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JuniPerez · 09-27-2010, 08:00 AM

Don't mean to hack the thread, but since we're talking about the basjoo's un-protected survival, does anyone know how long they'll live with the annual cutback? I mean, I know that in frost-free climates after 30/40 leaves it will flower and that's the end of the parent stem… but does cutting back the stem each fall sort of "reset" the leaf count? Or does it just die after a certain amount of leaves without ever flowering?!?!?
My plants give me about 10/15 leaves each growing season - will each die after 3 summers?

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