This is what happens when you know exactly what you plants what and when they want it and you build your soil microbe life to feed the plants rather than you feeding the plants. All organic there.
Oh and you need to keep a lot of plant matter if you want a larger plant. Cutting it way down...
And if done properly, they will produce much earlier in the year. My issue always comes down to bare rooting them when cleaning to get rid of pests, aphids and what-not. I always lose a good portion to that. If I dont bare root I have near 100% but they do get pests bad and when starting new...
How about we keep this bout Robin Williams. You want to talk about something else then do it somewhere else. Any more petty arguing here gets warning points.
Rich is in Atlanta and has a true winter kill so he cuts way back and over winters chosen plants. His grow logs are truly inspirational if you aspire to grow organically.
I overwinter and have bigger more productive plants from it. The key is to give them the root space they need. A second year...
I don't mind the 1/3 rule. I just mow once a week or as soon as I can after that. Sometimes I pull off more than 2/3 if it's been raining too long but then it's brown for a few days. After talking to my buddy who oddly has a phd in turf grass, he says mow high unless you are actually doing it...