flower still goig after frost
 

Musa Basjoo flower unprotected still growing after several nights of frost, high 20's and low 30's

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hey could you messure the width and length of the closests leaf to the flower it would help to see how much further I need to go

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Wow, you're lucky

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I never measured the size of the last leaf that came before the pre and flower. The plant that it came from was smaller in all ways to the others in it's mat and I can't be positive but, I think it was even a year younger than the bigger ones. so I see this flower as odd, abbynormal. I have another mat with all shoots and leaves as much taller, longer,wider, larger and olderAnd no flower

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After last nights 25 degrees we are happy to have had a flower!

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I love that bit of orange in it! Mine was pure yellow when it flowered if my memory is correct!

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more red than orange I thought, the colder temp may have helped with the deeper dark colors.

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That was pretty darn cool for zone 6. Congratulations. :woohoonaner:

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Seems there is some life in it yet, thought with the leaves all beat up like that I wonder if I should cut it down. It is still connected to the corm and about 5 other stems cut off and covered up. then again it's supposed to be warm for the next few days

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I'd leave it alone for now

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Staying alive!

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I have the same plant in coastal virginia. I cut the flowers and fruit at the base, near the trunk, stuck them in a very sunny window with water in hopes the fruit will ripen. Wonder what will happen!

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I tried something similar, didn't work out to good, it dried out after a few days. hope you have better luck

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Fruit has to be close to full size and removed and bring it inside in hopes it will ripen. Put the flower stem in water will help it rot faster. It's not gOing to intake any water like some flowers do when cut.