Bulb Storage
Judy Glattstein (Mon, 08 Oct 2018 07:06:41 PDT)

Question - are your hippeastrum stored "naked" under the greenhouse
benches or are they wrapped in newspaper or placed in a brown paper bag?
When I used to unpot mine for winter storage I would wrap them in
newspaper. Now I do it as follows:

My hippeastrum are grown in pots. They go outdoors for the summer. At
about this time of year (early October) I bring the pots indoors, put
them in the basement, and ignore them. Do not cut the leaves but allow
them to wither. There are a couple that want to be evergreen - they go
into the greenhouse which is heated to 55 degrees Fahrenheit. When
growth begins in early spring they are brought upstairs to the
greenhouse, repotted, and given a good drink of water. Flowering then
happens in late spring.

Ismene/Hymenocallis are unpotted and stored in the basement. They also
have permanent roots but do not seem to suffer any dehydration.

Eucomis are left in their pots and stored in the basement.

Amorphophallis are dog from the garden and stored unpotted - you guessed
it - in the basement.

Sauromatum - which are more frost sensitive that amorphophallis - are
dug and stored in the basement although overlooked Sauromatum did
survive last winter.

Canna are allowed to be knocked back by frost, cut back, evicted from
the half barrel sized pots,. Loose dirt shaken off but not washed.
Packed in peat moss in supermarket banana boxes and wedged into the
garage. (It would be so much easier if we did not keep cars in there.)

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