Musa Basjoo Zone 5b winter protection.

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Post by sidpook » Sun Sep 08, 2013 5:18 pm

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Post by lucky1 » Mon Sep 09, 2013 12:29 pm

Good one, Keith :lol: :lol: :lol:

Nice growth this year!

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Post by hasty22 » Mon Sep 09, 2013 5:11 pm

Thanks Barb. Knew I could not fool you. Rose had to climb quite high to find some sun behind banana.

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Post by hasty22 » Sat Sep 28, 2013 2:20 pm

Finally the Basjoo hit the soffits and still growing. Had a big wind storm up to 100 km/h shredded most of the leaves

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Post by lucky1 » Sun Sep 29, 2013 12:31 pm

Did that ever grow this year, Keith :shock: :D
Good it's still standing after that wind.

Presume you'll cut it down to a manageable size to protect this winter?

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Post by cheshirepalms » Sun Mar 16, 2014 3:13 pm

That is some impressive growth there in one season! Last summer was my first time with Basjoo and I'm planning on unwrapping tomorrow maybe, not sure if its too soon. With hindsight I wouldn't have bothered as its been very mild although wet.

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Post by 905palms » Sun Mar 16, 2014 3:20 pm

Awesome, your method looks great and they should fair well in your typical winter. I used the same exact technique and it rotted out due to Mother Natures unhappiness with my zone tinkering.... :cry:
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Post by andym » Tue Mar 18, 2014 4:18 pm

Hasty.... that is some phenomenal growth and coming from "Barb" County lots of dry summer heat. Of course those North American summers are to die for here. We caught a glimpse of it here last July. However we still cool dramatically in the evenings...a price we pay for 50degrees latitude and a maritime climate :roll:
I'm also intrigued about your rose. It looks dead after each Winter? Does it grow fresh shoots from the base? Camellia Japonica is usually hardy to -10C although I have found them much hardier. Is yours still alive?
Cheshire.... no need to have protected your Musa this Winter. I left my Basjoo and Sikimensis unprotected and they are still standing and starting to grow.
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Post by lucky1 » Wed Mar 19, 2014 1:26 pm

cheshire, excellent protection method.
I see you have a lot of wind atop that fence :lol: :lol:
Look forward to seeing more of your plants!

andy, :lol: "barb county".
Sure could use some of that dry heat right now, cold wind, high of 6C BRRRRRRRR!
Quick, dig out the bathing suits from the closet...
I think we had spring, last week.

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Post by andym » Thu Mar 20, 2014 10:10 am

lucky1 wrote:cheshire, excellent protection method.
I see you have a lot of wind atop that fence :lol: :lol:
Look forward to seeing more of your plants!

andy, :lol: "barb county".
Sure could use some of that dry heat right now, cold wind, high of 6C BRRRRRRRR!
Quick, dig out the bathing suits from the closet...
I think we had spring, last week.

Barb
Ditto here Barb, we had another nice spring weekend... shirt sleeve order again, but were due for some frosty nights next week while at the same time Marceli will be enjoying warm weather in Poland.
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Post by cheshirepalms » Fri Mar 28, 2014 4:52 pm

I uncovered mt Basjoo today, looks like it been growing over winter and it should get a good head start.

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Post by lucky1 » Fri Mar 28, 2014 5:02 pm

Yes they did grow during winter...wow :D
Another testament to your protection.

They'll be twice the size of last year as a result.

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Rose and camellia

Post by hasty22 » Sat May 03, 2014 5:31 pm

Hello AndyM you asked about the rose and Camellia. So I took photos for you.

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As you can see the rose is doing good and grows from where it left off last year, actually I cut it down in size.

The Camellia died . I did not cover properly.

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Post by cheshirepalms » Tue May 13, 2014 12:07 pm

Basjoo update, all going well, the main problem is leaf shredding due to high winds last week. Things settling down this week ans sunny after lots of rain, so should see some good growth! :)

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Post by cheshirepalms » Sun Jul 20, 2014 12:15 pm

Update on the basjoo, really motoring now, one of the lasiocarpa too. Had some good temps up 28-29c midweek last week and then thunder on Saturday morning, perfect! I've even got some pasionfruit!

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Post by sidpook » Sun Jul 20, 2014 1:53 pm

Looks great!!!!! love passion fruit flowers
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