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pjkfarm · 04-11-2019, 06:36 PM

DRAINAGE, drainage, drainage and a few more drainages :-). We have killed innumerable basjoos in every possible location on over 100 acres - BUT finally found the perfect, and MOST unlikely places - on top of a root cellar, on top of perfectly drained soil piles. We always thought that as they grew so fast and needed so much water that they were happy with normal locations. No way. DRY,DRY,DRY and now we can grow it anywhere - just treat it like a xeric plant :-) (and we have a very large xeric garden - largest on east coast).
We never water in summer (though plants are limited to 10-12 feet). We are considering trying water during droughts as we should be able to get much better height as we have seen at various other gardens. We also do not mulch in winter (have tried it - made no difference)

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pjkfarm pjkfarm's Photo Gallery Find me on the map! Join Date: Jan 2019 Posts: 238 BananaBucks : 20,041 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 2,460 Times Was Thanked 224 Times in 131 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 102 Times	Re: Musa basjoo never makes it DRAINAGE, drainage, drainage and a few more drainages :-). We have killed innumerable basjoos in every possible location on over 100 acres - BUT finally found the perfect, and MOST unlikely places - on top of a root cellar, on top of perfectly drained soil piles. We always thought that as they grew so fast and needed so much water that they were happy with normal locations. No way. DRY,DRY,DRY and now we can grow it anywhere - just treat it like a xeric plant :-) (and we have a very large xeric garden - largest on east coast). We never water in summer (though plants are limited to 10-12 feet). We are considering trying water during droughts as we should be able to get much better height as we have seen at various other gardens. We also do not mulch in winter (have tried it - made no difference)