I’m lil-ignorant.
I'm sitting here staring at a row of blooming-sized bare-root tropicals and empty pots, utterly stymied over what size pot I should use for my short season (probably only mid June-maybe mid September) zone 6, with less than full sun.
Do I use a pint size ala Sean’s Dixie cup protocol? I also have 1.5 quart, 2.5 quart, 1 gallon… larger? I planted Rad Michelle’s huge Albert Greenberg in a squat 5 gallon but now wonder if that was too big. (I plant hardies in 9”h x 22”w quarter-barrels.)
Question #1: to overwinter, is it better to have a tuber and store it? Put entire pot in a stocktank in the basement with grow lights? Something else?
Question #2: if tuber is the way to go, does planting the tropicals in a <quart pot help force one to be made? Then stop fertilizing in September and lift the crown to water level?
Anyone have advice on pot size so I can get these in the pond?