Originally Posted by Denverian

Temperature wise, we had a mild winter too. But we can get a little below zero a time or 3 most winters.

I have horrible clay soil, so that could be part of it. What came back from the old plant is really nothing to be thrilled about. I do fertilize regularly all summer, and the one new plant grew impressively (compared to other varieties I've tried) for our short growing season. I planted it in early May when it was probably 3' tall, now around 7'. Our first frost could be anytime from now to early November, so it's a crap shoot this time of year.

I wonder if the Basjoos need more humidity to thrive? We really don't have much in Denver. But then I successfully grew huge bananas in Southern California and it's not humid there either. And similar to SoCal, Denver summer nights are cool (in the low 60s typically).