Xanthosoma robustum

From: Leslie Georgeson skinnychick2 at yahoo.com> on 2003.11.19 at 00:14:41(10833) Hello everyone, I have an interesting problem with Xanthosoma robustum and was wondering if someone out there could help me identify the culprit. I have several X. robustum "pups" that I traded with someone last year and they are now quite large. However, the plants all have only two leaves each (very large leaves). As soon as a third leaf begins to grow, the oldest leaf stalk bends over and is unable to support itself. I've never had this sort of problem before and can't figure out what to do (the mother plant is a huge beauty with many,many leaves!). I've tried everything from increasing the light, lowering the light, increasing the moisture, letting them dry out more, etc...but nothing seems to work. Does anyone know what the problem is? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Leslie +More --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard

From: "Eduardo Goncalves" edggon at hotmail.com> on 2003.11.19 at 18:10:32(10840) Dear Leslie, Try a little of nitrogen. My Xanthosoma robustum are able to fight for some nitro!!!!! I use to add an ordinary liquid fertilizer (NPK 10:10:10) in the recommended strench every other week. In alternate weeks (i.e., also every 15 days) I use a pure N foliar fertilizer. They will grow like weeds!!!! +More Very best wishes, Eduardo. Reply-To: aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu To: aroiders Subject: [aroid-l] Xanthosoma robustum Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 16:14:41 -0800 (PST) Hello everyone, I have an interesting problem with Xanthosoma robustum and was wondering if someone out there could help me identify the culprit. I have several X. robustum "pups" that I traded with someone last year and they are now quite large. However, the plants all have only two leaves each (very large leaves). As soon as a third leaf begins to grow, the oldest leaf stalk bends over and is unable to support itself. I've never had this sort of problem before and can't figure out what to do (the mother plant is a huge beauty with many,many leaves!). I've tried everything from increasing the light, lowering the light, increasing the moisture, letting them dry out more, etc...but nothing seems to work. Does anyone know what the problem is? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Leslie --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard _________________________________________________________________ MSN Messenger: instale gr?tis e converse com seus amigos. http://messenger.msn.com.br

From: Leslie Georgeson skinnychick2 at yahoo.com> on 2003.11.19 at 19:32:00(10841) Thanks Eduardo! I will definitely have to try it! Leslie Eduardo Goncalves wrote:Dear Leslie, Try a little of nitrogen. My Xanthosoma robustum are able to fight +More for some nitro!!!!! I use to add an ordinary liquid fertilizer (NPK 10:10:10) in the recommended strench every other week. In alternate weeks (i.e., also every 15 days) I use a pure N foliar fertilizer. They will grow like weeds!!!! Very best wishes, Eduardo. >From: Leslie Georgeson >Reply-To: aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu >To: aroiders >Subject: [aroid-l] Xanthosoma robustum >Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 16:14:41 -0800 (PST) > >Hello everyone, > >I have an interesting problem with Xanthosoma robustum and was wondering if >someone out there could help me identify the culprit. I have several X. >robustum "pups" that I traded with someone last year and they are now quite >large. However, the plants all have only two leaves each (very large >leaves). As soon as a third leaf begins to grow, the oldest leaf stalk >bends over and is unable to support itself. I've never had this sort of >problem before and can't figure out what to do (the mother plant is a huge >beauty with many,many leaves!). I've tried everything from increasing the >light, lowering the light, increasing the moisture, letting them dry out >more, etc...but nothing seems to work. Does anyone know what the problem >is? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. >Thank you. > >Leslie > > > > >--------------------------------- >Do you Yahoo!? >Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard _________________________________________________________________ MSN Messenger: instale gr?tis e converse com seus amigos. http://messenger.msn.com.br --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard

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