Garden’s Hidden Treasure – Storing Tubers.
Garden Week Twenty-Six 10/23/2018 ### Garden’s Hidden Treasure – Storing Tubers. Recently, I was visiting with a friend and local musician, Duane McIver. We were talking about the article and how I had recently learned that peonies need to be thinned every 3-5 years. Wouldn’t you know it, he had s...
Garden Week Twenty-Six 10/23/2018
Garden’s Hidden Treasure – Storing Tubers.
Recently, I was visiting with a friend and local musician, Duane McIver. We were talking about the article and how I had recently learned that peonies need to be thinned every 3-5 years. Wouldn’t you know it, he had some peonies which hadn’t been thinned for many years. Thanks to Duane for letting me thin the peonies and get these great photos!
Several weeks ago, we learned about Bulbs, Corms, Tubers or Rhizomes. If you recall, we learned that peonies are among the Tuber Perennials. The tubers are usually short and thick storage stems comprised of starch-storing tissue with a leathery skin and eyes or growth nodes.
In the fall the Peony stems are cut back to a length of 3-4 inches. It is ok if this was weeks ago. When digging up the Peony tubers, watch for the...
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