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Sep 1, 2015 7:54 PM CST
Ontario, Canada (Zone 6a)
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Roosterlorn said:What I do is dry the bulbs a day or two in a cool, shaded area, just to be sure the basil plate is good and dry. I also leave a little stub of the stem if it feels like it doesn't want to come out. I pack in sandwich bags with DRY peat moss to which I've poked a few air holes with a toothpick. And that's it. Smiling

In the absence of Dry peat moss, I would think that wrapping the bulbs loosely with toilet paper would adsorb the transpiration (sweat) from the bulbs and work just as well.


I've seen lily bulbs packed with dry saw dust/wood shavings and just plain dry dirt in big box stores. Is that harmful to the bulbs?

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