Re: message from Phil Mueller

From: newton at coiinc.com on 1999.06.25 at 14:06:16(3460) I can attest to this experience here in northern Illinois, USDA zone 4/5, where I was able to replenish my supply of A. konjak by visiting my neighbor and "borrowing" several small tubers from around his foundation facing east. These tubers were originally from a single one that I had given them in the late 80s and although none had ever grown to more than about 2" diameter, they survived winters here to minus 25F and minimal snow cover. I found them at a depth of 8" - 12" below the soil surface and up to 18" away from the foundation. This raises a question. What is the depth of naturally occuring A. konjak tubers of this size (2")? Were these the growing survivors below a certain death-zone? +More Tim McNinch Alan Galloway wrote: > > Airoiders, > Sorry it's been such a long time since I've posted anything. However, for > you who are interested in cold hardiness of airoids, I have a little tidbit, > > Several months ago (Sept. '98) I visited my family in Chester, Illinois. By > the foundation of the house were several small A. konjac. I had planted > konjac there in the Summer of '82 and they have persisted. All (there were > about a dozen) of them were against the foundation where I suppose it's a > little warmer. It's seems obvious that the growing season isn't long enough > for them to prosper, but they do exist. > > I've spent most of the last three years wandering through the Mediterranian > Sea, Red Sea, and the Persian Gulf. My job doesn't give me the luxury of > scheduling my ports according to the blooming season of aroids and it's > quite frustrating. I do have some pictures of blooming aroids from Crete, > Italy, and Turkey and I hope, when digitized, to have them identified. > > I meet my next ship in La Maddelena, Italy around the first of July and > should be in the St. Louis area in September. Hope the aroid meeting will be > about the time I'm there. I would dearly love to see some of you again. > > Phil Mueller > > ---End of forwarded mail from "Prof. Mueller" > > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Alan Galloway alan_galloway@ncsu.edu > Computing Services, Information Technology > Campus Box 7109 http://www4.ncsu.edu/~alan > North Carolina State University (phone) 919-515-5483 > Raleigh, NC 27695-7109 (fax) 919-515-3787

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