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Originally Posted by LilRaverBoi
Well, you're a fair amount farther south than where I'm from in Iowa. I know driving back from St. Louis, that a short distance can really make a difference in temperatures (within a 10-20 minute span heading N, it goes from no snow to 100% snow covered...almost like a visible climate line drawn across there). Maybe you guys luck out, cause it gets a LOT colder than -10F where I live (and we get a lot of snow). Props for overwintering bananas in Iowa!! Impressive.
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Thanks Boi
Your right on about a few miles making a big difference,snow covered areas can be 10(f colder but it can also keep the ground from freezing very far down.
I had a Tetrapanax come back from the roots even though I dug the mama plant up!-they are like zone 6-7 plants,very happy about that one.
I have heard Basjoos have come back as far north as zone 4 if not 3(don't know how much they would grow in zone 3),I think it just depends how much mulch your willing to put down and how far out you go from the plant.
This was my first year trying this and they all came back,they should grow a lot faster then Basjoos brought inside because of the root system already being established.
I was digging arond one of my palms the other day planting some seeds,4-5' from the bananas and there where live roots that far away!
I think Basjoos are a lot tougher then we think,I have also heard Itinerans and Thai black may be close to as hardy,that would be very cool!
Here's a picture of the yard(mid summer) from last year,my bananas didn't do much above ground
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