If you need cold storage, you might try that old trick my grandparents used the autumn the root cellar got flooded and they had to store their "bulbs" (for them these were carrots, potatoes, beets, and grandma's begonias) in the back yard. Dig a hole a couple of feet deep... the dimensions of a "mini-coffin" for a good-quality cooler... you know, the one you kept the beer in all summer. The old way was t line it with several inches of straw, but the cooler's insulation will do that, and the cooler itself will keep out vermin. Line the cooler with brown craft paper, and layer the bulbs so they don't touch each other, etc., you know the routine. Cover the cooler with something like an old rug. Cover that with a tarp whose edges will stick up beyond the original lever and back the dirt. Whenever you need to get back into the cooler, just pull back the corners of the tarp. Like my grandparents potatoes, the bulbs will have gotten a very good chill without freezing. You can google the instructions ... look under "root cellars." Or if you have any old, nostalgic, hippy friends, ask for their back copies of "Mother Earth News." Just an idea. Jo-Ann Canning Vancouver Island -----Original Message----- From: pbs [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net] On Behalf Of Judy Glattstein Sent: Monday, July 24, 2017 8:15 AM To: pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net Subject: [pbs] Winter Storage of Dormant Tender Bulbs I did have a friend in Connecticut with a spare refrigerator in the basement. In summer it was used for beer and soda, in late autumn winter it was used for pots of tulips, daffodils etc getting their chilling before forcing. Jim McKenny, if I had a spare refrigerator I could winter-store these Tigridia pavonia as you suggest - it sounds like an ideal method. But alas, I only have one refrigerator, crammed full of food. Besides, between the numerous large pots of cannas, amorphophallus, sauromatum, Mirabilis longiflora, etc I think a walk-in cooler would be required. Judy in New Jersey where last night's torrential rains - total of 1.7 inches - will no doubt send the banana into overdrive _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com/ _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…