Re: Amorph Konjac

From: Dana Scholle <dana at homecom.com> on 1998.06.18 at 21:09:57(2333) Thanks everyone for the responses thus far! Well, the tuber is.. let's see... about three inches across. It does need a bigger pot, doesn't it? Well, another thing that struck me as strange was that it leafed out really late last year, July or August I think, and kept growing through the winter. I'd just assumed from the sprout that it had broken dormancy. I think the high humidity in the plastic bag had caused it to sprout, but then when I opened it, the lower humidity caused it to die back. (?) *laugh* anyway.. Wish I could be languishing in some hot, steamy south Florida weather! +More At 01:12 PM 6/18/98 -0500, you wrote: >Dana, > >My konjac's are usually the last to emerge in my Amorphophallus farm, and >I have always suspected this was the case because konjac is the "least >tropical" of my plants. I don't believe konjac particularly cares for >this hot and steamy south Florida weather. > >Your note said you had the tuber planted in a 6 inch pot, but you did not >say how large the tuber is. My potting technique usually calls for a >container diameter that is a minimum of 3 times the diameter of the tuber. > >You mentioned the use of "potting soil". The word "soil" to me means >"dirt". You should be planting in a loamy planting medium that does not >collect and hold water. > >Don > >Don Burns Plantation, FL USA Zone 10b > > >

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