Re: HYB: successes & failures

Sounds like a reasonable guess to me and is what I'm assuming.  And if
they don't die immediately, they sure don't have any reserves for
repairs to root damage during transplanting.

I didn't make a note of when I transplanted, but I think it was the week
of Dec 19 - 23.   For a couple of weeks, night time temps outdoors were
around 12oF.  It was getting below 40 on the 'sun' porch, and on cloudy
days, wasn't getting a whole lot warmer during the day.  Nearly all from
some crosses were dead or clearly dying by Jan 2.  So I guess it took
about a week or so?

Some of them were still green a few days ago, but most were just sitting
there, and when I checked, most of the "surviving" ones had rotted off
at the base.    A very few seem to have survived (hope that isn't famous
last words).   It looks like most of the survivors are around the edges
of the pot - probably a tiny bit drier and maybe warmed by the little
bit of direct sun?

I have some racks of fluorescent lights that I can rig out on the porch
if I get the energy to do it.

<How long does it take for them to die? It might be the temps and light
causing the problem. Both of which should trigger
                   growth. With out the temps and lights they just sit
there waiting for them. With no rhizome for a reserve to back them up
they
                   die. Just a guess.  Mike Greenfield>

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