Re: [Aroid-l] help for novice

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I drag mine inside just before night temps go in the 30's, cram it into a corner of the living room, stop watering, and wait 2 months for the leaves to die down. Then I wait another 2 months to allow the rest of the soil to dry out, after which I unpot, check the tuber(s), and then hang them in an open plastic shopping bag from a nail on my basement ceiling rafters until I see shoots poking out in late May/ early June.

Bonaventure Magrys
Cliffwood Beach, NJ
zone 7 

----- Original Message -----
From: Marge Talt <mtalt@hort.net>
Date: Saturday, October 8, 2005 4:20 pm
Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] help for novice

> From: Noel Crisler <ncrisler@cox.net>
> should A. Paeonifolius , after dying down, stay in the pot?
> 
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> Well, I'm no expert, but have kept mine in it's pot - allowed to go
> totally dry; kept inside in normal room temps until spring, when I
> repot into a larger pot with fresh media as signs of new growth
> become evident.  This seems to have worked fine for the 3 years I've
> had it.
> 
> Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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