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willy1der · 10-23-2010, 12:35 PM

My method was put bags of leaves around the p stems(3 ft),then filled the middle with leaves,then a bag on top.then a blanket on top and a tarp on top of that..It is also against a south facing brick wall and Ive yet to save the stems but they grow from the corm immediatly after I uncover them in late april.When the temp dips down after that I just throw a garbage can over them at night. This year I am wrapping with burlap and using pipe heating cables.Then I have a garbage can with the bottom cut out that Im putting over the stems and then filling with leaves and maybe a tarp over that.If that dont work then next year there getting dug up and stored in the cold room.

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willy1der willy1der's Photo Gallery Location: London,On,Can Zone: 5b Name: will Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 144 BananaBucks : 67,762 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 88 Times Was Thanked 99 Times in 47 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 53 Times	Re: Growing 'Musa Basjoo' in London, Ontario, Canada... My method was put bags of leaves around the p stems(3 ft),then filled the middle with leaves,then a bag on top.then a blanket on top and a tarp on top of that..It is also against a south facing brick wall and Ive yet to save the stems but they grow from the corm immediatly after I uncover them in late april.When the temp dips down after that I just throw a garbage can over them at night. This year I am wrapping with burlap and using pipe heating cables.Then I have a garbage can with the bottom cut out that Im putting over the stems and then filling with leaves and maybe a tarp over that.If that dont work then next year there getting dug up and stored in the cold room.