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Vickie H. · 11-09-2011, 09:03 PM

I cut back my musa basjoo's Sunday. I use big tomato cages and 2 bags of cyprus mulch. So far they have survived winters here in zone 6 for 4 yrs. I even had minus 13*F the winter of 2009. I have now got 4 different plantings of them in the yard. I love them.

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Vickie H. Vickie H.'s Photo Gallery Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 364 BananaBucks : 193,291 Feedback: 2 / 100% Said "Thanks" 6 Times Was Thanked 783 Times in 225 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Re: Cutting off pups and the dead leaves in preparation for over-wintering I cut back my musa basjoo's Sunday. I use big tomato cages and 2 bags of cyprus mulch. So far they have survived winters here in zone 6 for 4 yrs. I even had minus 13*F the winter of 2009. I have now got 4 different plantings of them in the yard. I love them.