Black Jack

[Jim McClements, Dover, DE z6]

In a message dated 11/24/07 11:32:36 AM, asiatica at NNI.COM writes:


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> I don't know why Tony thinks it won't be hardy in Zone 6. It is fine here in
> mid Zone 6 and we don't usually have snow cover.
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> As long as you can keep it cold over the winter in the pot it should be
> fine. Or you could put the pot in a zip lock bag and keep it in the vegetable bin
> of the refrigerator. It is very late to emerge so don't despair in the
> spring.
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> It is amazingly beautiful, and a fast multiplier, so you could could try
> some offsets outside next year.
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> Has   anyone seen it set seed, or is it likely to be self-sterile?

I think that Tony A. said it came from Florida originally, but it's not clear
whether it was one plant that he has sold clones of, or if it is a form not
necessarily cloned.

Jim



Jim McClements
50 S. Prestwick Ct.
Dover, Delaware 19904, USA
Zone 7a
302-734-2836



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