saltydad

My basement is pretty warm too what with the radiant heat from the furnace. I don't have a lot of light, so maybe that's why the seem to do OK bare root. (Exception- small ones, Zebrinas, and Siam Ruby get potted and stay in the basement). I'd trim the leaves down until you could fit it inside; it'll put out new leaves easily next spring. Hell, some of my bare root folks start growing their new leaves in the spring while they're still in the basement.

I did chicken out and will pot up my Mekong Giant, as it's still pretty small and I was leery of leaving it out at this size.

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