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Wintering RajaPuri
Its summer now, but I'm thinking of ways to winter a rajapuri I just purchased. I watched a video from the University of Illinois that said for my zone I have to cut the pstem to about 3-4inches from the soil and place in a dark place 45-50 degrees fahrenheit. I won't get fruit that way so I noticed people on youtube cutting all the leaves off of the main pseudostem of a Musa Basjoo. The uploader left one emerging leaf at the top. My question is to keep a Rajapuri indoors, do I cut all the leaves off save for the last one at the top that is coming out? Can I keep it in the pot? do I have to store it in a dark place?
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Re: Wintering RajaPuri
They stay short so if it was me I would pot it up and keep it as a house plant. You can trim leafs or top it if needed. It should bloom eventually if you can keep the Pstem alive. Then plant it back out after winter.
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Re: Wintering RajaPuri
I kept a dwarf cavendish indoors and it wasn't liking the lower light. I thought it was ok until it was warm enough I brought it back outside. Unfortunately, throughout the winter the pstem was rotting from the inside and I didn't catch it. The corm died too; even after I removed the bad part.
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Re: Wintering RajaPuri
Inside is fine. I left mine in the ground last year. I would cut at least six inches high if your going to leave outside. Spray fungicide and bactericide all over especially down inside all petioles to help prevent rot etc. If you move inside DO NOT over water. A cup every ten to fourteen days is plenty.
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