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Nov 28, 2015 9:19 PM CST
Name: David Laderoute
Zone 5B/6 - NW MO (Zone 5b)
Ignoring Zones altogether
Seed Starter Avid Green Pages Reviewer Garden Ideas: Level 1
Roots, tubers, rhizomes, et cetera -- sheesh. Anyway, I finally put em all (my summer "bulbs") to bed today. Sprinkled with powdered sulphur and nestled in my packing material (a mixture of perlite, shredded paper, vermiculaite and packing peanuts) in paper bags then in cardboard boxes. I finally got all of these packed up and stored til May. [I do check them once or twice over winter for rot and shriveling.]

Tuberose
4 O' clocks (gives me a month or so leg up over planting seeds)
Cannas (ones I dig - I leave about half in the ground)
Gladiolas
Peruvian Daffodils (my favorite Summer "bulb")
Sweet potato
Turmeric (will repot in December of January)
Nerine Bowdeni
Cala Lily
Crocosmia
Peacock Orchids
Dahlia
Mixture of 4 or 5 Misc Underground Storage Organs not listed above

Hoping I don't lose much over Winter. Last year all my Caladiums bit the dust. Grumbling

I wish I could pot up sooner for an earlier start, but I just do not have space. Pot and put out after danger of frost - usually Mother's Day.
Seeking Feng Shui with my plants since 1976

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