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wheelman1976 · 01-01-2013, 05:46 PM

As some who have read my threads know I have a bunch of red dwarf and dwarf brazillians that I dug up this fall. I brought them in my basement garage which is unheated and stacked them on a wooden shelf raised four feet off the ground. Long story short, our winter so far has been quite mild and I have not seen temps get down to the 35-45 degrees yet down there. I checked on them today and I'm seeing alot of die off and white fuzzy mold on a lot of the dead material. I cut off the tops of a couple and I see rotting on the outside leaves and and cigar leaves dying back.

Is this normal for winter storage? Do you just live with it and get them back in the ground as quickly as you can in the spring and they come back from there? With as many plants as I have I'd like to minimize die off until I can full move over to more cold hardy varieties.

Any tips on what I can do to help them out? My garage seems to be a bit on the humid side of things, could that be my issue? I keep my canna rhizomes down there and while I see some molding on them, for the most part them come out unscathed in the spring.

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wheelman1976 Zone: 6 Name: Doug Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 129 BananaBucks : 44,394 Feedback: 1 / 100% Said "Thanks" 0 Times Was Thanked 92 Times in 60 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 2 Times	advice needed for winter storage As some who have read my threads know I have a bunch of red dwarf and dwarf brazillians that I dug up this fall. I brought them in my basement garage which is unheated and stacked them on a wooden shelf raised four feet off the ground. Long story short, our winter so far has been quite mild and I have not seen temps get down to the 35-45 degrees yet down there. I checked on them today and I'm seeing alot of die off and white fuzzy mold on a lot of the dead material. I cut off the tops of a couple and I see rotting on the outside leaves and and cigar leaves dying back. Is this normal for winter storage? Do you just live with it and get them back in the ground as quickly as you can in the spring and they come back from there? With as many plants as I have I'd like to minimize die off until I can full move over to more cold hardy varieties. Any tips on what I can do to help them out? My garage seems to be a bit on the humid side of things, could that be my issue? I keep my canna rhizomes down there and while I see some molding on them, for the most part them come out unscathed in the spring.