On 16/10/2010 13:23, Derek wrote:
On Sat, 16 Oct 2010 09:15:12 +0100, stuart noble
wrote:


pelargoniums require neither light nor water for a whole 6 months? Why
don't they just shrivel up and die?

If they get too dry they will die.

I suppose the traditional methods (hanging them in a basement etc) are
based on the idea that they're unlikely to get too dry in an unheated
environment, where the relative humidity is likely to be high

As you have limited space how about taking them out of their pots, and
lie them stacked in a box filled with peat, check monthly through the
winter and make sure the peat is neither damp or bone dry.

Thanks. I might try that.

More are lost through keeping them wet, light is not needed as when
they are brought back to life in the spring cut back any straggly
white growths.



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