siege2050

DC, and Viente Cohol are not good for storing bare root I hear. They usually die back to the corm, but I am trying it it this year by wrapping the root ball with plastic to hopefully keep them from drying out too much, with others like Orinoco they dont need to be wrapped. Being that small and in zone 5 I would take extra precautions with the Basjoo. If I have a small plant in the ground that has not grown much by winter. I get a very thick clay flowerpot (No drain holes is better, or lay something flat over the holes) or something similar and stuff it with leaves, etc. Then cover the plant with it. Then I put more mulch or leaves over the top of the pot. Hopefully the inside of the pot becomes the same temperature as the ground. I gave my sister a Basjoo last august and it was not very well established by our first frost. But the clay flower pot kept it alive with no damage.

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