Warm/cold dormancies

[Rand Nicholson]

>>(a) I've done remarkably badly with many of the tubers I've grown from
>>seed and nurtured for several years: their numbers decline annually, and
>>this year amazing numbers bit the dust.  I think pot/ refrigerator
>>culture, over time, wears them down.  Interestingly, this is not a
>>problem, as far as I can tell, with the species I'm producing from offsets
>>from mature stock. I wonder whether I'm letting the tuberettes get too
>>dry?

What kind of time frame are we talking about? Are these blooming size
tubers that have been put back on a yearly cycle for any length of time,
but still stored overwinter out of ground (say, in a crisper)?"

I regularly stored A. triphyllum tubers in a cool room in a paper bag for
well over a decade with great results. Never lost one or had one refuse to
perform well in the spring when they were started indoors a few weeks early.

What species were affected? How did they croak: Just rot away?

This may bode ill ... <8-O

Kind Regards,

Rand



Rand Nicholson
New Brunswick
Maritime Canada, Z 5b
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