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Originally Posted by adrift
That is my experience.
Yeah. The OP is in Ohio. I grew up in Michigan and after college I lived just north of Indianapolis, IN for 14 years. So I know the climate of Ohio. He isn't going to be competing with Dole or Chiquita unless he takes that pot and heads down to Costa Rica, or Belize or something. So he might as well enjoy growing the tropical plants and not worrying about how strong momma will be 6 or 9 months from now ... 6 months from now, momma is going to be stripped of leaves and in a dark corner of the basement or in a pot in the living room begging for more light.
I'd get the pups bigger, then potted up separate, and then come winter he will have several (genetically identical) candidates to make it through the winter. He can keep one inside, one in the garage, one in the basement, etc. and learn how to over-winter them and the re-acclimate them to outdoor conditions come spring. Once those kinks are worked out he can push them for the 2 or more years it will take to fruit at his latitude.
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Actually, they are going into the Garage under a 600 Watt Metal Halide/HPS system, so hopefully they get enough light! I was asking originally because my goal is to Fruit them, so I want to have the least amount of stress as possible, and having them in a Container their whole life will already do that to an extent.
The way it sounds like from you guys, is that it won't bother the main plant now, and to just seperate later. I think I'll go that route, and then just give them away once they are viable themselves. Thanks guys!