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sman87 · 10-14-2013, 08:41 PM

I have two Mekong Giants that have grown to about 6 feet tall this season and now I am getting ready to dig them up and overwinter them in a crawlspace in my basement. Last week though, I was surprised to see a runner from one the mother plants nearly 4 feet away just about to poke up out of the ground. What do I do with these runners when I dig the mother out?? Do I leave it intact or separate somewhere along the rhizome? I examined it and it appears just a little smaller in diameter than a garden hose.

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sman87 Zone: 5-6 Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 130 BananaBucks : 27,252 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 80 Times Was Thanked 69 Times in 36 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 10 Times	Mekong giant.. what to do with those "runners""? I have two Mekong Giants that have grown to about 6 feet tall this season and now I am getting ready to dig them up and overwinter them in a crawlspace in my basement. Last week though, I was surprised to see a runner from one the mother plants nearly 4 feet away just about to poke up out of the ground. What do I do with these runners when I dig the mother out?? Do I leave it intact or separate somewhere along the rhizome? I examined it and it appears just a little smaller in diameter than a garden hose.