Re: Soil mix and pine bark
- Subject: Re: Soil mix and pine bark
- From: B* F*
- Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 17:28:11 -0600 (CST)
No intent to undermine a good job well done by Dr. Fayyaz, but years ago I
received from Jim Symon collected seed of Titanum and I simply put them on top
of Metro Mix BX and all of them sprouted. After that I distributed them all so
from there on, I do not have a report. I put the container under grow lights
where it was warm, so maybe that warmth had something to do with the
germination rate.
"Cooper, Susan L." wrote:
> Wow,
> Thanks to everybody who pitched in with their knowledge and suggestions. I
> know this list has gone over the soil mix time and time again, and some
> members may be bored, but not me!
>
> As thanks, here is my tip:
> Dr. Mohammed Fayyaz of the University of Wisconsin- Madison planted some
> Amorphophallus titanum seeds very shallowly, and then covered them with
> silica sand. He also planted some without covering them with the sand. He
> told me the only ones that germinated were the ones covered with sand.
>
> Dr. Mo has written a paper on the cultivation and flowering of "Big Bucky",
> the 8ft 5inch inflor. which tied the "world record". Hopefully this can be
> published in either Aroideana or the newsletter in the future. Mo is in
> charge of the University greenhouses, and is an extremely enthusiastic
> educator.
>
>
>
> Susan
