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Foliage Plants
kygarden67

soft caladium bulbs, too late to plant?

kygarden67
19 years ago

Hey! My wife came home with a bag full of reduced Wal-Mart caladiums (75 cents for 7!). I started to plant them today, but I noticed they were kinda soft, or spongie??? Will they grow? Should I return them? Help.....and THANKS!!!

Dan

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