Colleen, are you referring to the tropical lilies I said I have in the basement? I read they are supposed to be kept moist, so I had them loosely in a plastic bag, not wet, just moist. Probably killed them all. The plants I put in soil in the basement are canna's, and if those bulbs die, so be it. I let them totally dry out, placed them on a shelf on brown paper. Same thing with the elephant ear and black taro. Those are the bulbs I planted, and just looked, nothing has sprouted yet. I suspect it's too cool for them to sprout, so will just be patient. No mold growing, pots have moist soil, but are not standing in water. The tropical lily bulbs are still moist, no mold, still very firm, so I think they will be ok. We shall see! Thanks for the pointers.
On the mesh pots, if you lined the pot with brown paper, would the paper eventually rot away and allow the roots to grow out of the mesh pot then? I know that's supposed to be a good thing, roots growing out of the pot, just as long as you can trim the roots and repot the plant if/when necessary. I've just found them to be very frustrating trying to repot them. What plants could be planted in them that would not need to be repotted every year or two? I'm still trying to think of something to put in that nice mesh pot.
