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Oct 10, 2012 1:53 PM CST
Name: Susie
Leonard, Minnesota (Zone 3b)
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Shannon, about storing glads, you wait a week or so after the first hard frost when the foliage is dying, dig them up, and break the tops off. Some people put an anti-fungal powder on them but I've been growing them for alot of years and I never have and they've been fine. Spread them out in a cardboard box in a dry place like a garage for a week . Then store in a cool place at around 40-45F in a box or a pail without a cover or even in a paper bag. If you don't have a cool basement you can always put them in your bottom crisper in your fridge. A nursery owner that breeds them told me about breaking the tops off when you dig them. I use to leave the foliage on when I dug them and then cut it off when I was going to store them, but breaking them off when you dig them is a lot easier.

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