Musa Basjoo Zone 5b winter protection.

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

wonderful

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

Good one, Keith

Nice growth this year!

Barb

hasty22 · 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.

hasty22 · 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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lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Sep 29, 2013 12:31 pm

Did that ever grow this year, Keith

Good it's still standing after that wind.

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

Barb

cheshirepalms · 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.

905palms · 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....

andym · 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

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.

lucky1 · 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

Look forward to seeing more of your plants!

andy,

"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

andym · 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
Look forward to seeing more of your plants!

andy, "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.

cheshirepalms · 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.

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

Yes they did grow during winter...wow

Another testament to your protection.

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

Barb

hasty22 · 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.

Keith

cheshirepalms · 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!

cheshirepalms · 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!

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

Looks great!!!!! love passion fruit flowers

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