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Originally Posted by MBindy2000
If you choose to go that direction It will grow a little(a few inches). Just don't water it. Just leave it be to rest. Also, make sure you get the entire corm.
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Great, thanks! Since it's not huge, I'm leaning toward this method. I'll mulch the older one that shot up growth this year and leave it outside. I was impressed that it came back from the ground, but not impressed that it just sent up a few "pups" that only grew to 2-3' tall.
One thing I do with the elephant ears is in mid April, I plant the bulbs in pots indoors to get them going. I suppose I could do that with the Basjoo too. I can't plant these things in the ground until around May 15th since we often get late frosts or even wet snow in early May. We had a heavy, wet snow on Mother's Day a couple years ago, after all the trees had bloomed! Then two days later, it was hot, almost instantly going from winter to summer.