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Hello Asacomm,

It doesn't seem like you've tryed this method for the first time. How much frost can the stem take protected by this method?

My in full ground M. Sikkimensis doesn't overwinter in a heap of hey, straw, dried leaves like the other picture. It' s getting wet from downunder (high waterlevels in winter I guesse). The years I did this, the stems had inner-rot all the way down. I guesse it's a lack of breathabillity in combination with cold-wet.
Does your method dry up easyly after rainy periods? Do the protected stems lose lots of outer layers by spring? Do you remove the protection on mild periods in winter? I know, lots of questons :-) but it really looks like a practical and quick way of overwintering high stems!

For the moment I use a tipi-inspired mini-greenhouse myself. The height of the stems I cut at 1.80 m. On freezing nights I use some christmaslights for heating just above freezingpoint. It works well, but with a 3,5 m. stem at the end of the growingyear mu M. Sikkimensis just doesn't want to flower.
It would be great to find a method to overwinter taller stems.

Greetings,

Gunther, Brussels, Belgium