Olafhenny
11-30-2013, 02:32 AM
I should have posted that almost 3 weeks ago, but because I had to learn first how to
insert pictures (thank you Justin and Richard), since my allowed space in my “bananas”
gallery was exceeded, there is this delay :(
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7289/11128400486_ebfa51f772_c.jpg
November 9, 2013. It is time to put this basjoo and her two pups into hibernation.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7432/11128371575_1730320aef_c.jpg
Slice off anything, which will not fit into the last one of the two smaller shelters*
In the back you can see the stubs of those tall Canna Australia shown here:
http://www.bananas.org/f8/ricinus-communis-rc-purple-rc-new-16442.html#post235012
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5513/11128443004_015a237019_c.jpg
Because I already had all the rhizomes I needed for spring planting, I thought, I might
as well include these into the mulch pile. If they freeze up, - who cares; if not it will be
interesting to see how they compare with the ones I will start indoors.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7346/11128373595_95ef8b3739_c.jpg
Stick the permanent shelter* over top and pile a little dirt all around it, to keep the draft
out. A bamboo stick on each side and a rock on top, to keep it from blowing away.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7312/11128375195_e8e2ea6662_c.jpg
Pile some leaves around it, to keep the cold from seeping in at the joint between shelter
and ground; also extent it over top of that tub sheltering the canna stubs.
*http://www.bananas.org/f2/permanent-banana-shelter-winter-spring-17855.html
This may also be of interest:
http://www.bananas.org/f10/packing-up-e-maurelii-outdoor-wintering-19192.html
insert pictures (thank you Justin and Richard), since my allowed space in my “bananas”
gallery was exceeded, there is this delay :(
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7289/11128400486_ebfa51f772_c.jpg
November 9, 2013. It is time to put this basjoo and her two pups into hibernation.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7432/11128371575_1730320aef_c.jpg
Slice off anything, which will not fit into the last one of the two smaller shelters*
In the back you can see the stubs of those tall Canna Australia shown here:
http://www.bananas.org/f8/ricinus-communis-rc-purple-rc-new-16442.html#post235012
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5513/11128443004_015a237019_c.jpg
Because I already had all the rhizomes I needed for spring planting, I thought, I might
as well include these into the mulch pile. If they freeze up, - who cares; if not it will be
interesting to see how they compare with the ones I will start indoors.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7346/11128373595_95ef8b3739_c.jpg
Stick the permanent shelter* over top and pile a little dirt all around it, to keep the draft
out. A bamboo stick on each side and a rock on top, to keep it from blowing away.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7312/11128375195_e8e2ea6662_c.jpg
Pile some leaves around it, to keep the cold from seeping in at the joint between shelter
and ground; also extent it over top of that tub sheltering the canna stubs.
*http://www.bananas.org/f2/permanent-banana-shelter-winter-spring-17855.html
This may also be of interest:
http://www.bananas.org/f10/packing-up-e-maurelii-outdoor-wintering-19192.html