what do you guys do with them after fall? bring them in? plant them and cut to the base? or just chuck them and get new ones next yr?
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hewhoisatpeace
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I wait until they start to wither and cut them back, they come back next year pretty dependably here. Ask DrDave, I think he deals with them more than I do.
Mine go through the winter just fine. We only have an occasional freeze here.
we get much colder weather in PA. should i even attempt or is it a lost cause?
Why not pot them and bring indoors for the winter?
Sorry I missed this. Here in Indiana it is way too cold to leave them outside I have found. So here is what I do. Wait until the frost kills them back. Cut off all the dead limbs and leaves all the way back to the bulb. Throw the bulbs in to 5 gallon buckets. I have an attached, unheated garage. It stays cold throughout the winter but does not freeze. I just throw the buckets into a dark place in the garage until spring. The bulbs dry out and stay dormant until the warmth returns. So do not do anything fancy. Don't let them freeze.
If you have room for them, do as the Doc says. They are nice tropical looking plants. But since I have several large ones, bulbs half the size of your head, I just let them go dormant for the winter.
If you have room for them, do as the Doc says. They are nice tropical looking plants. But since I have several large ones, bulbs half the size of your head, I just let them go dormant for the winter.
Thanks, so the garage will be where they go. Thanks.