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Default Re: Advice on Strategy Change for Winterizing Banana Tree

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Originally Posted by Kelly00077 View Post
great info in this thread- do you still mulch even if you are having sporadic temperature - like 80 F on Monday and 55 on Wed ( these are the highs) We got hit with early freeze in TX so the leaves except for a few pups are brown- I have trimmed a few back but was afraid to do too much
basjoos are typically mulched and covered for winter in areas that you get snow on the ground or get a lot of hard freezes.

other varieties require different things. me I expect growth all winter long, so I mulch about a foot around the base, leave the old leaves on except I cut the cigar leaf off when hit by a frost or freeze. new leaves have a lot of trouble growing thru a cigar leaf that has been killed by the cold.
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