Before
Plant leaves are halved to cut down on space and light foot print in basement and water requirements.
Plants are put side by side in a basement for 5 months with little light and water.
Ambient temp...........65F or more.
HERE is a pic of plants being taken out of the basement...
After 5 months
Plants look almost just as good as they were put in the basement.
BUT ......These plants are stressed..........Let me say it again STRESSED.
Pstems are soft and lethargic as well as the leaves.
Bloods take it the worst....However this year my Viente Cohols went back to the corm.....recovering.
THESE pics are from the last two years .........Same similar story
I repot most of these plants in the spring with a new soiless mix and uppot up many as well
I will also separate the last years pups from the main plant, I try to do this in the spring
to give them a better start.
My soil is not that great to work with.... Glaciated clay... UGH.
That is why I do containers.
And then....I tuck the containers in here and there.
Photo of some good Ohio glaciated clay in the yard
