RE: CULT: storing rhizomes

>And we *have* to put bulbs in the fridge (like tulips); to get the
artificial cooling.  We are specifically told *in the fridge, the
CRISPER* but in paper bags to allow breathing rather than plastic bags.
So what gives?

>WRONG! <snip> Plus, the viggie
ben is the coldest part of the frig that doesn't freeze

>A bulb is not a rhizome. Bulbs need that period of cold.

>I have never refrigerated a bearded iris.  I may try an inferior
seedling I plan to cull or something I have an excess of just to see what
happens, but I would not put a new acquisition in the fridge.  I would pot
it and put it in the shade.

Whew. :-)
It always delights me to see how vigorously we all can disagree about
details. Every thread like this teaches me plenty. :-) I'm delighted that
some folks refrigerate rhizomes without harm. In my refrigerator, they
would come to harm. The refrigerator proper is dessicating, and the
vegetable bin wet and dry erratically. There's a dial to adjust humidity,
but it's not exactly a precision instrument. I don't have the least faith
that it maintains even conditions.
Perhaps y'all's refrigerators are better than mine, but no way would I
store TB rhizomes in there. I'm glad I don't need to.

But let's not forget why the subject of refrigerating TBs came up in the
first place. The question had nothing to do with providing an artificial
cooling. A sale chairman was losing sleep over whether or not fans could be
made to stay green for the two weeks until the sale.

Our clubs are teaching organizations. One reason to hold a sale is to help
customers learn how to "read" rhizomes. Healthy rhizomes should sell
whether their fans are green or brittle brown - IF we help customers
understand what healthy rhizomes look like.

celia
storey@ariustotle.net
Little Rock
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