Refrigerator time

[Jean Halverson]

but why would anyone want to put an Arisaema in the fridge ?

Hi, Paul,
When I first became interested in Arisaema, I had no info on hardiness
and in zone 5a I assumed many of these orientals, etc., may not be
hardy.  I use the fridge to give the young tubers cold treatment if they
need it (on the assumption that it won't hurt them if they don't need
it) so I can replant them in the house after 2-3 months and get 2 or
more growth cycles in one year.

I will rely on other growers experiences in judging which are likely to
be cold hard here is sw Wisconsin and I have sufficient tubers of some
species to test a few others this coming winter.  Seed was so hard to
get that I was not going to risk losing any to a harsh winter.  Of
course, many of my original tubers were killed when my refrigerator went
on the blink and froze everything solid a few years ago!

In the future, I plan to plant many more of my Arisaema outside, but
will still treat seeds/young tubers the same to get them to blooming
size faster.

Finding Aroid-L and AEG and now getting our own list is the best
part of getting access to e-mail and the internet for me.  My thanks to
all of you who have worked so hard to provide the info, seed exchange,
this list and all the websites.

Jean Halverson, sw Wisconsin--the native arisaema will be up in about 1
1/2-2 months