Uuuugh -- not sure about the stripping. I have ignore this variant and left it to fend for
itself for years as I focused on the real yummie ones suitable for my zone. It almost died but grew
back well this year. I have probably over 30 variants that I never care & then the misses discover
she likes them like Brunswick, Gino, Capelas, Salem Dark, German Red, Sal's Corleone etc -- just
a bit too many. My plant did not come directly from Adriano but from Michael who gave me cuttings
and then his mother plant.