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3. I guess you could do that, but I wouldn't use plastic wrap.

Reply to badgerpup (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 14, 2011, 06:28 PM

Dec 2011

You want the soil to be able to breathe. Too damp is just as much of a threat as too dry. If you want to cover it I would use wax paper, or at least put some holes in the plastic. I have the impression growers hold unsold roots in cold storage for sale in spring, which is probably not even in soil, but in straw or some such.

Peony experts, where are you?

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Overwintering a peony root... [View all] badgerpup Dec 2011 OP

Glad you got your energy back, Badgerpup. I think I would pot it up for the winter, enough Dec 2011 #1

Hmmm.... badgerpup Dec 2011 #2

I guess you could do that, but I wouldn't use plastic wrap. enough Dec 2011 #3

No, do NOT put it in your refrigerator. TygrBright Dec 2011 #4