winter is coming

From: MJ Hatfield <oneota at ames.net> on 1997.09.01 at 21:07:24(1140) Winter is coming and I need to start thinking about bringing plants indoors. The Amorphophalluses can be stored cleaned and dry in the basement. The +More Arisaemas can be stored clean and slighly damp in the plant fridge. Do any of the following require dormancy? Is dormancy suggested? Colocasia, Alocasia, Anthurium, Caladium Or can I simply bring the pots in, or dig and repot, and put them in the greenhouse? I know that in the past the Caladiums have not survived well overwintering in the dark, dry basement. Thank you kindly for this review. One of these years I'll get this straight (or move to a climate where I can just leave everything in the ground). MJ Hatfield

From: Lester Kallus <lkallus at earthlink.net> on 1997.09.02 at 01:33:46(1144) I'm by no means an expert on Aroids compared to many of the others here. I have, however, successfully stored Colocasias and Caladiums. The Colocasias I dug up and ignored in a paper bag and kept in a warm part of the house. I just never got around to preparing them. The following spring they grew 5-6 foot leaves. (Unfortunately, I lost them all when I trusted the book and left them outside the following winter.) I believe that only some of the Alocasias can be stored as tubers and am relatively certain that you can't store Anthuriums as tubers. Caladiums, I'm certain, are seasonal and will do better with a rest period. I had tried several different methods for preparing them in previous years and finally settled on a method which had such good results that I was overrun with Caladiums this past spring. I plan to do a similar project this fall. You can view my method with Caladiums at: http://www.i2.i-2000.com/~lkallus/aroids/caladium.htm I also have been told (and believe) that the Caladium tubers will degenerate if not allowed to remain warm throughout the winter. For that reason, I stored them (and will again store them) in a warm part of the house. Les Kallus +More http://www.i2.i-2000.com/~lkallus/aroids/plnthome.htm At 04:08 PM 9/1/97 -0500, you wrote: >Winter is coming and I need to start thinking about bringing plants >indoors. >The Amorphophalluses can be stored cleaned and dry in the basement. The >Arisaemas can be stored clean and slighly damp in the plant fridge. >Do any of the following require dormancy? Is dormancy suggested? > Colocasia, Alocasia, Anthurium, Caladium >Or can I simply bring the pots in, or dig and repot, and put them in the >greenhouse? I know that in the past the Caladiums have not survived well >overwintering in the dark, dry basement. >Thank you kindly for this review. One of these years I'll get this >straight (or move to a climate where I can just leave everything in the >ground). >MJ Hatfield

From: sholtzma at sunflower.bio.indiana.edu (stacy holtzman) on 1997.09.03 at 00:38:09(1146) >Winter is coming and I need to start thinking about bringing plants >indoors. >The Amorphophalluses can be stored cleaned and dry in the basement. The >Arisaemas can be stored clean and slighly damp in the plant fridge. >Do any of the following require dormancy? Is dormancy suggested? > Colocasia, Alocasia, Anthurium, Caladium >Or can I simply bring the pots in, or dig and repot, and put them in the >greenhouse? I know that in the past the Caladiums have not survived well >overwintering in the dark, dry basement. >Thank you kindly for this review. One of these years I'll get this >straight (or move to a climate where I can just leave everything in the >ground). >MJ Hatfield Dear MJ, I know that I have had caladiums that just sat in the greenhouse, and they would go dormant on their own, even with light around. I usually set them in pots where I have big trees growing, and they just sit there until spring, and then the light cycle must get them going when it starts getting warmer. So, maybe putting them in a normal place, and just depending on the light cycle outside, would work for you. As for the other plants, I don't know. Stacy +More Stacy Holtzman sholtzma@sunflower.bio.indiana.edu --- Biology Dept., Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405 ---

From: "Julius Boos" <ju-bo at classic.msn.com> on 1997.09.04 at 21:36:57(1158) ---------- Sent: Monday, September 01, 1997 5:07 PM To: ju-bo@msn.com +More Subject: winter is coming >>Winter is coming and I need to start thinking about bringing plants indoors. The Amorphophalluses can be stored cleaned and dry in the basement. The Arisaemas can be stored clean and slighly damp in the plant fridge. Do any of the following require dormancy? Is dormancy suggested? Colocasia, Alocasia, Anthurium, Caladium<< Colccasias and Caladiums will go dormant, and should be stored dry in a paper bag with a little powder fungicide in a warm place in your basement. See Dwuane Campbell`s excellent answer to the questions on Amorphophallus dormancy. You may try leaving the Caladiums in their pot once the leaves have completely withered. I have noticed that they seem to increase in bulb size as the roots seem to live and continue to "feed" the tubers after the leaves have withered, and do better if left in the soil, kept warm, and the soil spritzed from time to time to prevent too much moisture loss. Good luck. Julius ju-bo@msn.com Or can I simply bring the pots in, or dig and repot, and put them in the greenhouse? I know that in the past the Caladiums have not survived well overwintering in the dark, dry basement. Thank you kindly for this review. One of these years I'll get this straight (or move to a climate where I can just leave everything in the ground). MJ Hatfield

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