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Share The Seeds Site => Welcome and Introduction Area => Topic started by: vixintrex on December 02, 2020, 11:36:58 PM
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it would be more appropriate to say I live in Tennessee than Alabama
it got cold last night. My greenhouse didn't do much. I lost a few herbs but I figured I would. My banisteriopsis got hit. The leaves are that dull grey sort of blown chloroplast sort of wilted kind of mild admittedly but I think I'm gonna lose them. I have the plant inside now. Can I get it to regrow it's leaves? I'll take a picture.
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PS what is the alma mater of Richard schultes?
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it will most likely regrow, if you keep it warm inside..
i had one outside (SouthAL) it died off the other night,
but died back last year also, and grew back in the spring.
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Often times they will regrow no problem. That is if it doesn't keep happening back to back. Couple of mine survived our 28°f night yesterday under just 2-3 layers of sheets thrown over them.
Next spring I'm gonna plant one in the ground in a microclimated situation and one without my protection at all and see if they come back after a whole winter without any extra help. I've had other non cold hardy plants come back up here in 8b after winter without protection. Avocado, Jack fruit, longevity spinach, Okinawa Spinach, Brazilian spinach, waterleaf, etc all come back after being froze back the whole winter. Granted it usually only gets into the 20s here but can hit the mid teens every several years.
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my guess is caapi has a very deep taproot to allow it to survive frosts
tough plant :)
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Alas the taproot is not deep for the other day my wife ripped it out of its pot and threw it away. I reported it, but then it got cold and the leaves fell off
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Just because the leaves are dead doesn't mean the plant is a goner. As long as the roots didn't freeze it'll probably be fine. Keep it inside and on the dry side but not bone dry, so water it once in a while. Soggy soil will kill it at this stage so avoid that. Scratch the bark to see if it's green underneath. If it is then good, if it's brown cut that part back. If it scratches brown the whole way down to the soil it might be dead, but again those roots might keep it going. It can be killed but truly this is a plant that really wants to live. Give it time and don't throw it out prematurely.
Caapi does not make a taproot. It sends shallow roots out for great distances where they can suck up nutrients before those nutrients get washed away in the frequent rains of the tropics.
Everyone knows Schultes' alma mater is... :o
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Welcome, neighbor! Hope it survives and thrives!