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Old 11-25-2008, 12:41 AM   #60 (permalink)
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Default Re: M. itinerans var. xishuangbannaensis after a few hard frosts

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Originally Posted by bigdog View Post
I've noticed that some of the rhizomes run deeper than others on my Musa itinerans. I dug a couple of pups before our first frost, and discovered a rhizome that was much deeper than the one I was intending to cut. No telling how many feet away it was going to pop up!.
I wonder if they developed this trait for cold hardiness?
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