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Posted by tkhooper 7a (My Page) on Tue, Jul 1, 08 at 8:33
| I moved recently but it happened in a strange way. I was part of an emminent domain project. So what happened was I put my peony in a pot and took it in the house. I had to because there were theives taking everything from the houses even before I moved out. Well anyway the move took 6 months longer than it was suppose to so the peony sat in the house for a year in a pot. It didn't get a cold snap at all. And it didn't come up in May. So I need to know did I just plant a dead division?
Thankyou for your help. |
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| If the time in the pot was at least a little moist it should not die. I am assuming it was not newly planted when it was dug up and potted. Al |
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| Thankyou so much for your post. You give me hope. No it wasn't newly planted it had one growing season under it's belt. |
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| If the inside of the root is still a creamy white then you are fine....just needing a cold period but, if it has rotted and is dark brown inside, then it maybe tough for it to survive. For a short period of time you can store them in the refrigerator packed in peat moss in a plastic bag or something. It works for a short while. |
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| Don't worry about winter chilling now. Chilling is only a requirement to initiate a bloom cycle it does not help the plant survive. Al |
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