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pod said:I will agree on keeping them so dry in winter that they can be plucked from the soil with no root mass. I have always had better success with that. I didn't 'learn' that but found it out due to my neglect. Love these plants that can stand my abuse.
Good info ~ thanks much...

Same story here, for a few years it really bugged me that my haws lost their roots each winter, certainly it slowed their growth, if you have the right conditions, you can water them a lot in winter, supposedly they're winter growers, but they grow five here in summer too, I think it's more of a reference to them coming from the Southern Hemisphere.
Anyway, without ideal conditions in winter it's risky to water them more, I thought I'd try to keep their roots alive one year... Instead I managed to rot the darn things off at the ground, now that was a setback!