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Old 02-09-2017, 05:53 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Default Re: Materials for protect stem of musa in winter

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Originally Posted by Iowa View Post
It would depend on how wet your weather is, something that you would have to keep an eye on I quess. If you can it's best to get them out of the weather. Mine are to tall for the basement so they are layed over in a pile. I have tried last year but with no luck to winter over a couple trees. I think the corms were spent, I took all the pups off. This year I cut a couple trees and pups about 6" high and piled mulch over them, we will see what happens.
Bubble wrap didn't work for me last year. I dug up my biggest one (probably 5' tall after chopping the top off) and have it in the basement. For all the pups, I mulched them, then a layer of plastic, then more mulch over that. They should come back from the ground.
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