Re: Dracunculus vulcaris jello

From: Lester Kallus <lkallus at earthlink.net> on 1998.05.14 at 02:09:01(2117) Wow, wait a whole year for new growth? Nah, I wanted one for this season. I called the folks from whom I had ordered it and they're going to replace it if they have any left in stock. It's disappointing because, as I said, it was already 36" high. I don't know if it was a diseased tuber or if it was the weather (animals were lining up in twos and were entering these large wooden boats). Les +More >Hi Les, >This same thing happened to my Dracunculus vulgaris but it came back the next >year and the next. Since I bought this plant from Breck's catalogue December >1990, it has only given me one good showy bloom of about 18 inches high. This >year the foliage came up then came along a frost which zapped it back into the >ground. If I tried to find the bulb I probably couldn't since it has probably >turned to mush. But it will return late next winter or early spring here in US >plant zone 7. And there will be more of them. > >Judy Bauer >8440 Huckleberry Trail >Concord NC 28027 >US plant zone 7 > >Lester Kallus wrote: > >> I obtained a Dracunculus vulgaris and was quite enthused about it's >> appearance. Already 36" high with a fat tuber, it seemed that it would >> become easily established and would even flower next year. >> >> Today, the stalk had fallen over and where it attached to the tuber appears >> to have rotted; the area had a sour smell and felt mushy. The rest of the >> tuber was quite solid and roots were still white. >> >> I buried it in the ground again. My question is: is there any chance it >> will come back? Is there anything I could have done to prevent this short >> of preventing the monsoons that have plagued Long Island for the past two >> weeks? >> Les >

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