Re: Sauromatum

From: plantnut at macconnect.com (plantnut) on 2000.08.02 at 22:01:06(5211) Carefull, you might have Gonatopus! No, that is not a sexually transmitted disease... just one hell of a pest in the garden if it escapes... The 'bump' in the stem is the clue.... Dewey +More >I'm reposting this message as my original came through blank. >Warning to all about our fiend, oops, I mean friend Bonaventure. I asked >him for a few tubers last year and he sent me about 40! >One of them looks a little strange. I'll have to take a picture, although >I have kind of a cruddy camera. The plant appears perfectly happy but has >a bump or ball about 3 inches up the stem. This is a small plant, only >about 5-6" (14cm?) so far. The abberation doesn't look like an injury. >Ah, this is too hard to explain. I'll try to get a picture. >Susan >zone 5 > > >Take my Sauromatums, please! >I am looking for a way to eat them. Does anyone have a good recipe, because >I have a real CROP!!! >Y'all come down to my house with bushel baskets! >And to think that I fussed and fretted over the first tuber I got. >Bonaventure Magrys >Elizabeth, NJ zone 6a Your source for Tropical Araceae. You are invited to visit:

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