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I wrote about this a year or two ago in another thread ...my grandmother always used to do this. When she said "put them in the root cellar", I thought ...Hmmmm? Our garage is insulated but not heated ...probably about the same temp. as a root cellar during the winter. I have had success doing it every year for a long time. I am a very frugal gardener and am always looking for ways to propogate and increase without spending a fortune at the garden center!! Every year, I lose a few, but I take cuttings and start a few new ones also, so it balances out. I always have enough to fill my two railing planters on my deck each spring without having to buy them!! I am in Zone 5, I think, ...northern Illinois!! I cut mine back, shake off soil and put in cardboard boxes on a top shelf in the garage. Around the end of January, I start peeking to see if they are OK. Usually by February, they are starting to send out some tiny leaves ...amazing, without any light, or water!! Then I take off any dead, dry bits and pot them up and put them in a sunny window and start watering and fertilizing them!
