> I need some advice about growing temperate pings. I recently got ahold
> of a few specimens of P. vulgaris and P. grandiflora, and now they've
> produced their winter buds and are starting to lose their last summer
> leaves. My plan is to winter them in the bottom of my refrigerator
> in a styrofoam box at about 1 deg C, but there's a few of things I'm
> still wondering:
> ...
>
> - Can I place them in the refrigerator still planted in their pot,
> soil and all, or is removing them from the soil their only chance
> for survival ? After all, in the wild no one ever comes around to
> uproot them.
I agree with that. I'd guess that the plants won't actually notice
whether they are in soil or not during their dormant period. What's
Winter like in Barcelona - is it *definitely* too hot just to leave
the plants outside? They do fine just left outside here in England,
where it is no doubt a bit cooler. You should get lots of gemmae
round the base of the main resting bud, so you might like to plant
some of those separately.
-- Clarke Brunt (clarke@brunt.demon.co.uk)