I need help growing Alocasia Sanderania

From: John Ludwig onesforusall at yahoo.com> on 2006.08.29 at 09:40:57(14568) I need advice about the light required to grow this. I have had two of these for about a month now. The leaves are starting to turn yellowish. I don't believe that I am over watering them. They are in a shady spot on a potting bench in my yard with plenty of airflow around the plants. I recieved them planted in a mix that had wood chips in it. I repalnted thm in a mix that is approx. 2 parts sphagnum, 1 part chacoal, 1 part sand, 1 part perlite and 1 part peat. I made sure that the tops of the bulbs are planted just at soil level and no deeper. They are situated right next to Philodendron 'Hope' and Philodendron Domesticum and those plants are growing vigorously. +More __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: "Denis Rotolante" denis at skg.com> on 2006.08.30 at 14:56:38(14570) John: You did not mention what part of the country or perhaps world you were growing in. I do think the phillies are a litlle more tolerant of environmental conditions. As far as I am concerned 50% peat 10% composted pine bark and 40% perlite works out well for Alocasias. Never ever bury the petiole bases with soil mix when repotting. Do not keep overly wet particularly when the weather is cooler than 65 to 70 degrees F. If plant is moved to lower light levels it is to be expected that it with drop off older leaves and keep only newer ones which are more acclimatized to the new light level. Hope this helps. Somebody else who probably has more experience with these guys in cooler climes will chime in with some better guidance. Denis +More Silver Krome Gardens Homestead Florida -----Original Message----- [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of John Ludwig Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 5:41 AM To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com Subject: [Aroid-l] I need help growing Alocasia Sanderania I need advice about the light required to grow this. I have had two of these for about a month now. The leaves are starting to turn yellowish. I don't believe that I am over watering them. They are in a shady spot on a potting bench in my yard with plenty of airflow around the plants. I recieved them planted in a mix that had wood chips in it. I repalnted thm in a mix that is approx. 2 parts sphagnum, 1 part chacoal, 1 part sand, 1 part perlite and 1 part peat. I made sure that the tops of the bulbs are planted just at soil level and no deeper. They are situated right next to Philodendron 'Hope' and Philodendron Domesticum and those plants are growing vigorously. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: LARIANN GARNER AROIDIAN at worldnet.att.net> on 2006.09.02 at 23:37:52(14572) John, We at Aroidia Research are extremely concerned with growing and blooming all types of Alocasia for our breeding programs. The Alocasia sanderiana is in a group that we call the "jewels" and they are much more finicky than the big terrestrial types like A. odora and A. macrorrhizos. At this time we are engaged in studies to determine the best way to grow these Alocasia species using natural bioprotection microbes such as are available in products that are currently on the market. Our preliminary results indicate that these Alocasias require not only the soil microflora to protect them from rotting off, but also require much more aeration in the root zone than other Alocasias. We have used a 3-2-1 mix (3 parts composted pine bark, 2 parts perlite, 1 part Canadian peat) and find that this is working well even for these finicky types. We have treated them with Bacillus subtilis, Trichoderma harzianum, Streptomyces lydicus, and other soil microbes, including vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae (VAM) and they are responding in a very encouraging manner. In addition to the microbial treatiments, we are growing these plants in a different kind of container, not a standard nursery pot. The containers we are testing have 360 degree aeration holes (sides and bottoms of the container) and this seems to be very beneficial to these plants. Some that have rotted under other conditions are thriving using these containers. These containers were originally intended to provide natural root pruning to woody nursery material (which they do very well), but our use is not for the purpose of root pruning, but for enhanced root aeration. See http://superoots.com for more information about these containers. At the conclusion of these studies, our results will be published and available to serious hobbyists as well as commercial growers of these plants. Hope this helps, LariAnn Garner +More Aroidia Research http://aroidiaresearch.org -----Original Message----- [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of John Ludwig Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 5:41 AM To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com Subject: [Aroid-l] I need help growing Alocasia Sanderania I need advice about the light required to grow this. I have had two of these for about a month now. The leaves are starting to turn yellowish. I don't believe that I am over watering them. They are in a shady spot on a potting bench in my yard with plenty of airflow around the plants. I recieved them planted in a mix that had wood chips in it. I repalnted thm in a mix that is approx. 2 parts sphagnum, 1 part chacoal, 1 part sand, 1 part perlite and 1 part peat. I made sure that the tops of the bulbs are planted just at soil level and no deeper. They are situated right next to Philodendron 'Hope' and Philodendron Domesticum and those plants are growing vigorously. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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