Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Yardening Fall 2013 Part 2, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Well--

Thank you for all your opinions on the caladiums. I do not want to
sacrifice them--because they are cheap. I want them to live, at least,
one more year. Need to learn how to make it 2 more years...

I may Google some site to see what they say. I may go to DG Threads
that talk about this. I will follow the highest consensus of what to do.
...So She Says...............:o/
I feel challenged now to do what I would think makes sense to ME!

I will dig them up--shake off some excess soil--and let them air dry until dry.
Then--I will put them in the paper bags--label them--and keep them in my
computer room under the table or in the kitchen. These room are warm--
even when I keep my house at 65* in the winter. All the computer "machinery"
running--makes some heat.

Come early spring--I will pot them up and let them get started.
Then plant them out. If I fail--then, at least I tried.

IF, as Jill says, they always get smaller the second year--then WHY should
I pay a premium price for the bulbs through Group Buys????
I can always buy a bag of mixed caladiums at HD or Walmart or wherever
and enjoy them for a year.

Gita