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Old 06-21-2015, 09:55 PM   #38 (permalink)
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Default Re: Outside Basjoo - when did your corms start growing this year?

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Originally Posted by GStone View Post
When you're able to save the stem like that Jeff, they obviously have a head start. Does that mean they'll get taller this year than they would have if you'd cut them down, or is that determined more by the maturity of the rhizome?

The reason I ask is that the bananas I just got this year were practically unharmed by the winter, except most of the leaves were dead. Unfortunately I had to cut them down to transport them. I'm just wondering whether it would be worth the effort to try to preserve them through the winter, or if I should just cut them back and mulch them really well.
The first year they were in the ground I munched them instead of the box and they started from the ground. Its just a lot slower for them to get any size. With the box I already have a pretty healthy looking set of banana's. I'll snap a photo tomorrow if what they look like 11 weeks in.
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