Sad, just few days left for heat
 

It's just the last few weeks that my basjoo was growing crazy. If you look at the 2nd picture, the top leaf is still light green and is like 90% open, there is already a new leaf coming out when I saw it this afternoon. Anyways, here are her pictures, the day I planted her and today.



93 days old from the day I planted her and the day it arrived from Florida

Re: Sad, just few days left for heat
 

Very nice, Neil! Good job! Continue to let it soak the warmth. Let it store as much energy as it can before either digging it out or sheltering it.

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I will post pictures when I start protecting it.

Thanks again! :)

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If you're in Chicago, that one looks a little small to overwinter in the ground. I usually don't try unless they're at least 3 feet tall. Unless that's a really big hosta!

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Hi Sandy,

I went out to measure her. Total length is only 32 inch where newest leaf is 20 inches long and stem is 12 inches long only. So she really can't survive our winter if she is only that tall?

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At what temperature do you guys bring them in?

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they go dormant at 50 deg so any time before that (night time temp) you can store them one of two ways let it go dormant and keep it in a cool dark place (under 50deg but above 35deg)with no water or vary Little water or keep it in the house i vote for the later letting them go dormant really slows there life cycle down and you always run the risk with the dry storage method of not having them survive besides they make such a "loverly" House plant LOL

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Ok I was just wondering. I will not be bringing any of mine in. They will all stay in the ground. If they die they die. The reason I was curious was I wanted to know how long they will grow so I can decide if the ones I just planted last week will be established enough to make it through winter.

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well you in zone 9 so thats not to bad compared to most US growers it really depends on how big they are most young plants say those under 3ft tall tend not to make it but as I'm not an expert maybe some one els could be more definitive then me but i certainly understand that not wanting to fuss to much over a plant but as I'm totally nuts and have no sense at all i fuss LOL do you have any pics of the plants i think if i could see there size and how hardy they look now i could maybe make an educated guess i would definitely mulch and cover them up with as many dry leafs as you can put over them I'm originally form Kansas and when i lived there i use to take dry Oak leafs and pile them up over my tropicals some times three ft thick then i would over tarp them i rairly had any thing die with that technique leafs are super insulating and trap allot of air around plants which is good because Bananas will rot easily in the cold

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They are actually just decent sized corms (mail order) with about 6 inches of sprout now. I will have night time temps above 50 degrees for about another6 to 8 weeks. Then it may drop to 50 at night for an hour or two progressing to high twenties for very brief periods at night in jan and feb.