[Aroid-l] [Ariod-l] Arisaema sp.seedling help

From: mollyday1 at gmail.com (Molly Day) on 2008.03.22 at 01:21:40(17203) Wow, Mike. Great, informative post. Thanks. Martha On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 11:40 PM, mike wrote: > As previously posted, cleaning and stratifying or > fall sowing, the method I employ, is a great way for > propagating Arisaema. I use a deep groove tube tray > from Growing Systems Inc. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. > You can use regular germinating mix, if you like. > As for myself, I use a soilless mix of pine bark fines, > Peat moss, and composted rice hulls. About a third each > in proportion. I incorporate Actino-Iron, a biological > fungicide. This additive contains iron and humic acid, > as well as a patented actinovate microorganisim. A wetting > agent is also included. > Some people experience skin irritation from handling the > pulp. I wear latex gloves when cleaning the seed. > I have a number of flats of different Arisaema seeds currently in a cold > frame. +More > The root zone is minimally heated through the winter. They are watered > in the fall when sown out, and are only moistened if needed. > When the plants emerge, they may only put up one leaf for a time. > Once the plants have begun to grow, I apply a liquid 10-10-10 fertilizer > to the seedlings. > The fertilizer is applied about every 3 weeks. Some plants may put up a > second leaf, others may not. When the roots have filled the cells or > emerge > from the bottom of the trays, I then transfer the plants to bandpots. > These are propagation pots which have open bottoms, and grow them on into > the fall. > At this time, I may either plant them into the garden, or they go back > into the cold frame, to be planted out the following spring. > There are two books which offer splendid and detailed descriptions > of temperate Arisaema. The first is the classic, Cuttings from a Rock > Garden, > by H. Lincoln Foster and Laura Louise Foster. > The other is The Explorer's Garden, Rare and Unusual Perennials by Daniel > J. Hinkley. > This book offers hardiness, cultivation, and propagation information > after each specific plant chapter. > Michael Kolaczewski > Elgin,IL USA Zone 5a > mjkolaffhbc at earthlink.net > > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-L mailing list > Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/private/aroid-l/attachments/20080321/6ee56693/attachment-0001.htm

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