Re: Musa basjoo never makes it
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Originally Posted by pjkfarm
At Geo Webster - PLS, Please let us know in May how it worked. I am considering doing the very same thing to see if I can preserve at least the corm of the largest pstems (doubt the pstems will survive as it for sure will get cold even with bags of leaves piled up. I was also going to cover the entire pile with a sheet of plastic to keep water out - weigh it down and use white plastic to prevent overheating - maybe even chuck a couple of pine branches over plastic so sun does not heat it up too much.
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Is overheating a thing? Oops.. didn't know that.. assuming you mean so they don't start growing on warm days in Jan and Feb under the plastic like mine did XD I had to walk around breaking the tips through the plastic all winter. But hey, more heat means more protection right?
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