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bigdog · 12-13-2007, 09:37 PM

D&T, not sure who your question is directed at.

Kyle, I hope at least the corm turns out to be decently hardy. M. cheesmani doesn't seem to particularly enjoy cool weather here either, but it was hardy at the corm level last year (with protection). It grows fast enough to where a mature mat could probably reach ten or more feet, overall height, from the ground in one season here.

My Musa itinerans var. xishuangbannaensis is still growing, BTW! It grows anytime the temps get up into the high 50s/low 60s I think, or just whenever we don't have overnight lows below freezing. There is at least 6-8 inches of new growth in the past several days. It is outpacing M. basjoo right now!

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