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Originally Posted by Hyperhaus5
I cut my banana tree off about a foot from the ground and buried it in mulch as we have cold winters in Kentucky. About a week after I cut it off it has grown 7 inches out of the pile of mulch! Is this normal? Should I cut it off again? We cut it down right before a 29 degree night, but then the weather got up to 80 degrees again a few days later. Just wondering whether I should leave it as it is or cut it off at the ground again ?
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Growth will cease once the the ground temps are continuously in the low 40'S.
Until then your plant is still doing a lot underground(growing roots and such) where it is a toasty 55-60 degrees right now.