Re: [Aroid-l] A. konjac problems

From: "danny wilson" <mudwasp_ at hotmail.com> on 2004.09.17 at 20:45:19(12204) it was a 5 gallon pot and a bulb the size of a soft ball. the bulb is now the size of a baseball. so fertilize 3 or 4 times a week with extremely high nitrogen fertilizer? i heard somewhere that phosphorus ritch fertilizer is good too. waht do you think? thanks for the help so far! >From: "Leo A. Martin" >Reply-To: Discussion of aroids >To: Discussion of aroids >Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] A. konjac problems >Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 23:41:45 -0600 > +More >>Ever since ive been growing A. konjac (about 3 years), not much has >>happened with the bulbs. Even ones that i have ahd for 3 growing >>seasons have put on absolutely no tuber mass at all. They usually >>come up mid winter and grow until mid summer. Is this too short a >>period of time for them to do anything? What is going wrong?? I >>desperately want to see a flower, and i am no closer to getting one >>than i was 3 years ago. > >Fertilize. Fertilize again. Nitrogen, nitrogen, nitrogen. Then, when >you think you have fertilized too much, you have only just begun. >Fertilize some more, and more, and more. Feeding weekly is probably >only a light appetizer, something like those silly rice cakes my >macrobiotic friends keep offering. > >Osmocote or the like is not going to cut it. Osmocote only lasts the >stated time if temperatures are rather cooler than Amorphs prefer. >You are going to have to mix up some liquid fertilizer and give it >to your plants very frequently. > >And, how big is the pot? Would you expect a 600-pound person to live >in an Aston-Martin coupe? > >Leo >-- >Leo A. Martin >Phoenix, Arizona, USA > >Like cactus and succulents? >Central Arizona Cactus and Succulent Society >http://www.centralarizonacactus.or >_______________________________________________ >Aroid-l mailing list >Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com >http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l Check out Election 2004 for up-to-date election news, plus voter tools and more! _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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