From what I understand you can't grow Musa basjoo from seed?

So whats the best way to get a plant? Can you seperate the clumps?

Hi, I have a Basjoo and some cannas I have been growing on inside the house, I would like to move them outside ASAP.What time of year would you move them. Thanks.

... of a pain in the bum and I don't want to have to buy new in each year. i am looking for ideas for quicker,easier and reuseable protection to keep basjoo p.stems. what type of loft insulation do people use to protect basjoo? would sleeping bags work? how about a tube of loft insulation with a sleeping ...

Took the protection of my Basjoo this afternoon. It was wrapped in Loft insulation and packed inside a clear plastic binbag. It has been wrapped since November I`ve lost approx. 2 inches off the top icon_cheers Basjoo.jpg I lifted the ...

... on slightly from a thread I had in the exotic reference section but thought it might ring true with a lot of people so I moved it here. This basjoo is my first attempt at overwintering outside in the ground and has been encased in a chimney pot, with a paving stone cover, and wrapped in straw. ...

I've got two basjoo clumps out in the garden. As with a sikkimensis Red Tiger clump, they are protected with hay contained in a chicken wire cage and each topped with a securely fastened plastic cloche. (I would have preferred to ...

... at top Click on photo as left and pan to the left. The Trachycarpus Fortunei is the tallest that I have come across in northern England. The Musa Basjoo is a plant which I gave the owner from a split of my own clump. It far out performed the parent plant. The wall in front of the Musa Basjoo is ...

...at 3*c ?

Dont want to encourage rot etc, but dont want to leave unprotected much longer in case I dont get the chance.

I'm very new to Musa Basjoo i want to buy one but i don't know anything about, i read that there rhizomes are hardy but what about the actual plant, do you need to prune them, anyone other info on them would be great Thanks

I have three Musa basjoos to protect .... and three perfectly sized chimney pots. If stuffed with straw (yes/no?) and topped to keep dry, is this a fairly proven method?

Episode 12 Overwintering basjoo

After my red sikki fail I rescued one of my Musa Basjoo today Think it went well icon_scratch :oops: http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c400/pault123/2011-10-29101134.jpg http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c400/pault123/2011-10-29101142.jpg http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c400/pault123/2011-10-29101543.jpg ...

I've read a lot of posts saying Sikki is slow growing but i've found quite the opposite. April time ish... Note the taller Musa Basjoo on the left which was also planted 2 weeks earlier than the Sikki. The Musa Basjoo also gets 2 hours of extra sunlight per day due to position. Note the ...

OK, I've read so many times of the ways to overwinter M.basjoo but now I'm still not quite sure what to do with mine... I got it last autumn when it was a 40cm leafless p-stem and I kept it in a pot in the winter with temp of around 12-16-18 C. It was ...

It only cost me £8 and I was planning to save the trunk as its my biggest specimen but after looking around yesterday its going to be expensive to protect. Drain pipes arn't thick enough Underground drainage pipe which was thick enough was £15! Chicken wire and mesh everywhere i've looked is around ...