Originally Posted by siege2050

I have bare root stored Orinoco and Ensete, but I have read Zebrina usually does not make it. I am going to try wrapping the root ball in plastic with holes punched in it to see if that stops the decline, instead of just leaving it exposed, but it might be they die because of the cool temperatures in crawlspaces. Now that I know they can be dormant at a high temperature, this might be an option, just with the corms stored bare at room temperature in a box in the closet, etc. If they can take 120F, they can take being in a warm closet all winter.