I'm in Southport and mine have never been lifted or protected in any way.
However our soil is is a sand y peaty loam and we have quite a mild climate.
Even so most years we get some hard frosts which don't allow me to put a
spade in the soil for a few days at a time. I just let the foliage die back
over the soil, though a couple of years I cleared this away and we still had
loads of them. They get bigger and bigger every yearand so i occassionally
hack out a bout half of the tubers to hold them back.....

PW
"Phil L" wrote in message
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Bevan Price wrote:
::: Tiger303
::
:: Most of mine have survived about 10 winters by leaving them under
:: the soil in an unheated greenhouse (St. Helens, Lancs.) - with a
:: much better survival rate than when I used to lift them and store
:: them in a cool garage.

Lancs!...you sound just like me!...I can't abide that M word which was
foisted upon us for political reasons, when people try to correct me by
saying "I thought it was in mersyside?" I always reply, "No, I was born in
Lancashire and I haven't moved, so that's where I still live"