greenman62

thanks Sally I am in New Orleans. while we dont freeze often most years will get a light freeze, 30F or so. every few years we get an arctic blast which means 26-28F. normally only a few hours and the ground never really freezes hard. as far as finding a place. The yard is full, but, im sure i can add a couple of posts for it to climb or let it go up the side of my house. I am guessing that if i can keep it alive,the winters will crop it back naturally anyway. can it handle those temps ? Brad

thanks toast... any suggestions on how to grow it ? fertilizer, sun, water, cold-tolerance ?

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is this a caapi plant ? i had ordered from a company, and the order got very screwed up nothing was labeled, so, im not sure what this is.