Hey Blake
if your north of zone 7 i wouldn't recammend you plant your basjoo yet this year,you need to pot it up in a Good potting soil E.G: 50% manure,25% peat(or pine bark fines) and 25% perlite,i wouldn't use Miricle-Grow it really sux, anyway your basjoo pup that im sending you is about a foot tall and really needs to go in the garage this first winter to survive-or you could bring it inside and place it in front of a bright window,you can plant it this coming spring and it should do really well,when you recieve your pup it will have no leaves DONT WORRY i remove the leaves so it can adjust to being removed from the mother and focus on root growth, after you pot it up and roots grow it will grow so fast you wont beleive it,and new leaves will grow in no time,make sure you keep it moist and give it part shade untill you see growth-and then put it in full sun for best results-Brad