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Old 09-10-2010, 11:34 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Default Re: Corm storage question

I have a finished basement room, where the only heat is an electric heater, mounted in the wall. We usually only turn the heat on when we are using the room, as it is expensive to run. This room runs about 50°F in the winter.
Last fall, I had some basjoos in containers, outside. When the leaves had turned brown, I cut them off,(I did not cut anything off the p-stems, which were about 5 feet) removed the plants from the containers, shook most of the dirt off the roots, stood them in a black plastic garbage bag, and put another black bag over the top of them, in the 50° room and ignored them. No water - nothing. In fact, I didn't even go in that room, until we were ready to move them back out, about 5 months, or so.
When I took the out, out of the four plants , I had to cut about 6 inches of soft stem on one of them. The rest were firm right to the top. They all had new leaves started within a week.
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