Re: caladium
- Subject: Re: [SG] caladium
- From: M* T*
- Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2001 02:46:04 -0400
Nancy,
My best success in overwintering tubers is to bring the pots in when
it starts to get cold and let them dry off, removing the foliage as
it fades and just leave the tubers in the pots of dry soil all
winter. Pots end up in my laundry room, which is kept at normal
house temps. In spring, I repot and water and keep warm and they
eventually start back into growth.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Nancy Stedman <stedman@RCN.COM>
>
> All this hot and humid weather has just been swell for my
caladiums, which
> have been vigorously sending out blossoms since July. I once tried
to
> overwinter some tubers (or whatever they're called) and they dried
up, so
> normally I just toss them out in the fall. But I received such
enormous ones
> from Brent and Becky's Bulbs this time, and they've been so happy,
and I've
> been so good about fertilizing them, that I'd like to hang onto
them. Does
> anyone have any tips for keeping caladium tubers over the winter?
> TIA,
> Nancy Stedman, NYC (Zone 6B)
