Tigridia pavonia winter storage
J.E. Shields (Sun, 21 Nov 2004 13:36:43 PST)

Hey, Jim!

Do what I did to try to preserve some domestic tranquillity: Buy an extra
refrigerator or two, just for plants. It does help, except when I overflow
my seeds, bulbs, pollen, etc. into the food fridge or freezer.

Jim Shields

At 04:28 PM 11/21/2004 -0500, you wrote:

Dear All:

Does anyone have a good method for winter storage of Tigridia pavonia in
cold climates?

All of the old books suggest that they be kept very dry during the winter.
When I try that, I get crispy, nearly dead plants.

In contrast to that, I've tried storing the freshly dug plump moist bulbs
in zip lock bags in the refrigerator. This gave good results, but it was
grievously offensive to the gods of domestic tranquility.

Any other ideas?

Jim McKenney

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