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Originally Posted by nealnick5
I see. I am no longer interested in AEAE's because I read they cannot dip below 60F. If I were to slip up once in my climate they would be harmed.. I can't take that risk haha
My friend in NC zone 7 swears his stays in the ground and returns yearly but I don't believe it. Unless his is just special or something haha
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I am in zone 8 N.C. and have mostly kept my AeAe over many years in pots. They regularly see 40's F in my over winter greenhouse and have survived right down to freezing. I'm sure those chills do not help them but it does not kill them. Nematodes are what will kill them but that takes awhile. Even nematode problems can be taken care of with a high temp water bath of the corm. Except for the couple of times I have put them in ground I keep my pots off the ground so they will not get nematodes.