How should I store some 4oclock tubers I just dug up?

Can I put them in the refrigerator? Out in my unheated garage....(don't have
a basement).

What's the best way to do this?

Thanks

How should I store some 4oclock tubers I just dug up?
BRBR

One edge of my garden is rife with them, but I never knew they had tubers. The
things one learns...
zemedelec

Put them in a paper bag and put them somewhere in your garage where they
will stay dry. Otherwise, just plant them. I have sorted them by color and
stored iris risones over a year in the garage, but only 2/3 rds of them
lived. It is best to plant them now. You don't have to cover them with
dirt. Half of them can be out of the ground. It always takes mine two
summers to bloom, so the sooner you can get them in the ground, the sooner
you will see color.

Dwayne

"EBG" wrote in message
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How should I store some 4oclock tubers I just dug up?

Can I put them in the refrigerator? Out in my unheated garage....(don't
have
a basement).

What's the best way to do this?

Thanks

"Zemedelec" wrote in message
...
How should I store some 4oclock tubers I just dug up?
BRBR

One edge of my garden is rife with them, but I never knew they had tubers.
The
things one learns...
zemedelec

A number of years ago I bought a package of roots/tubers labeled "mirabilis"
at a local garden center. It was attractively packaged, and I didn't
recognize them from the plant picture. When they began blooming, I realized
I had paid $4.95 for three four o'clock roots when I could have purchased a
whole package of seeds for a $1.95. It was kind of funny but also taught me
a lesson. GRIN

Yes, the roots/tubers can be dug, stored in a cool, dry place, and replanted
the following year. I don't bother now because they can be grown so easily
from seeds and so freely reseed themselves that I consider them a weed.

John

In my climate, four-o-clocks are not hardy in the ground over winter, and
they take a long time to bloom from seed (as late as late August). One year
I did buy the tubers, and was very happy to get flowers starting in July on
very large handsome plants. I would do it again, but they haven't been
offered since....
A number of years ago I bought a package of roots/tubers labeled
"mirabilis"
at a local garden center. It was attractively packaged, and I didn't
recognize them from the plant picture. When they began blooming, I
realized
I had paid $4.95 for three four o'clock roots when I could have purchased
a
whole package of seeds for a $1.95. It was kind of funny but also taught
me
a lesson. GRIN

Yes, the roots/tubers can be dug, stored in a cool, dry place, and
replanted
the following year. I don't bother now because they can be grown so easily
from seeds and so freely reseed themselves that I consider them a weed.

John

Sorry about that. I read a posting about iris, and was thinking about that
when I answered this one. The information I gave you was on iris, not 4
O'clocks.

Dwayne


"Dwayne" wrote in message
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Put them in a paper bag and put them somewhere in your garage where they
will stay dry. Otherwise, just plant them. I have sorted them by color
and
stored iris risones over a year in the garage, but only 2/3 rds of them
lived. It is best to plant them now. You don't have to cover them with
dirt. Half of them can be out of the ground. It always takes mine two
summers to bloom, so the sooner you can get them in the ground, the sooner
you will see color.

Dwayne

"EBG" wrote in message
...
How should I store some 4oclock tubers I just dug up?

Can I put them in the refrigerator? Out in my unheated garage....(don't
have
a basement).

What's the best way to do this?

Thanks