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overwinter and growth

19 years ago

I overwintered a few plumies this past year for the 1st time, I received rooted cuttings last spring and had them planted out in the garden...in the fall, I dug up the rootballs, transplanted into smaller pots, and let them go dormant in my garage.

I replanted the dormant sticks into 2-gal pots with large holes all along the sides and a mix with a high % of perlite. The goal is to plant them out, allow roots to grow through the holes, and in the fall the whole pot can be dug up, roots trimmed back to the holes, and minimal disturbance to the rootball.

Anyway, I took the plants out of the garage and into a warm room almost 2 months ago, and still there are only claws present, I water lightly. One of the sticks is more desiccated than the other, but the tips are still bright green/ red.

Makes me wonder if disturbing the rootball in the fall put them into shock and its taking a long time to recover.

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