Re: question on winterizing basjoo
I see some recommend using leaves and others straw or hay. This will be my 1st winter with a Basjoo w/3 pups, a velutina w/3 pups, 2 Trachycarpus fortunei, a sabal minor McCurtain and a Rhapidophyllum hystrix. I was planning on using small cages after cutting the banana p-stems to around 12" and using leaves (tulip poplar) from my yard. Do you all suggest using hay or straw instead? Maybe both? Reasons? And I guess the reason for some using bags of leaves is so they stay dry? Thanks!
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