basjooman

Well, I went completely overboard this year and built a large cage around mine, triple wrapped it with burlap, stuffed it with straw and covered the top with a plastic tarp to keep the rain and snow out. I also put a wireless temp. sensor at the base of the plant to see whats going on in there througout the winter. We had a low of -20C (about -10F) this winter but the internal temps in this structure didn't go below -1C (28F)

It's a lot of work to build this thing (and the neighbours think I am nuts) but up here in Canada its the only way.

Its a little early to uncover them, I usually do that gradually through April, but so far the psuedostems are firm.