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well, they grew, they flowered and now the flowers are dying off, before the frosts, do I
1/cut them down
2/leave them to die off
3/bring them into the greenhouse
ta  ;D

Cut the stems to a couple of inches, turn upside down to allow sap to drain away. When the stems have withered they will come off easily. Cover tuber with dry compost in a dark frost free place ;) 

Excellent.  I grew them for the first time this year and was wondering what to do with them.  Mind you, one of mine is in a very sheltered spot and is still looking amazing!

thank you , star..you're a star  ;D

mine have prospered well by just letting them die down,keep coming back stronger every year

ours need to be moved to their new home,next year, also, if I left them in, the slugs would 'ave 'em  ;D

Quote from: STEVEB on October 25, 2008, 22:29:21
mine have prospered well by just letting them die down,keep coming back stronger every year

Are yours in the ground Steve or in pots?  I have mine in pots and have always removed them from the compost and let them dry out before potting them up again the following Spring. I thought I would try leaving them in the pots  this winter and just topping up with fresh compost to bring them into growth next Spring.

in the soil gardengirl..maybe im just lucky,im in oxford and its very rare that we get heavy cold periods

That's global warming for you; the city's in a dip between the hills, and i remember some cold weather when I was a kid! Every winter the snowploughs would be out at some point, and there would be piles of grey snow along the roadsides for weeks afterwards, slowly melting. Sometimes, in still winter weather, a pool of cold air would form, and the smoke from the chimneys would sink back down into it and sit there in a sort of hazy layer round the houses.