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Originally Posted by blownz281
Well is your area that its growing well draining soil? In the winter they need to stay dry. I know nothing about where you live,but I would mulch around the p-stem several inches worth. Make a hoop house to put over the mother plant. Once the pups are at least 2-3ft tall dig them up and bring them inside for extras in case the mother doesn't make it. I still feel Basjoo is the hardiest of all. I lived in Ohio zone 4-5 winters. 5 is questionable ha ha. It was always single digit temps,lots of snow and rainy wet weather. All I ever did with my Basjoo mat was trim them to the ground and put some mulch around them. Also came back.
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I would say that the soil is very well draining because there is almost no clay in the soil, but we usually have very wet winters so keeping the whole plant dry is a problem.
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Originally Posted by LilRaverBoi
At that size, I'd dig up and keep it growing indoors. It's awfully small to try to overwinter in the ground and too small to overwinter dormant as well. Not too sure how well basjoo overwinters in zone 7, but it's best to wait till your plants are large and well-established before trying to do such experimentation.
Just watch carefully for spider mites during the colder seasons....they love bananas.
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That's probably the right thing to do and don't get me started on those spider mites. Demonic creatures that sucks the joy of growing out of you is what they are. It sickens me.
Thanks anyways!