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Re: Tuber Winterization

Dear Dirk,

You probably read so many different methods for storage because these are
fairly easy to store. I dig them after the foliage is frost killed. Wash off
the garden soil and allow them to dry a bit on screens in my basement then
package them in dry peat moss and leave them there until spring. The whole
thing is stored in a old peat moss back under the stairs in my kitchen. No
fuss. Easy. The only problems I ever had were mice that got in one year and
did a little chewing. Didn't kill anything though.

I use the same method for Dahlia tubers.

Grow well,
Amber Hearn

>Fellow List Members,
>What is the proper timing and best storage techniques for the tubers of
>Canna Lily (Cannaceae) and Caladuims (Araceae)? I have many of each
>outdoors this year. I read conflicting storage suggestions.
>        Thanks, Dirk
>USDA Zone 5b    -20 to -10 degree below zero max. cold  Southern
>Illinois
>The Omega Line BBS
>http://omegabbs.com 
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943 Foxville Road                       mintemp = -15F/maxtemp = 102F
Kell, IL 62853
618-822-6000
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