Re: [aroid-l] Mreeping A. konjac
- Subject: Re: [aroid-l] Mreeping A. konjac
- From: Al Wootten a*@nrao.edu
- Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 11:26:09 -0400
Hi Paul
Indeed they are planted in a very sandy soil.
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Paul Tyerman writes:
> At 04:06 10/07/03 -0400, you wrote:
> >For several years my A. konjac stayed where I put them. This year, one
> >even bloomed (but no leaf, which I think is normal after a bloom) with no
> seed
> >(I had no pollen). However two additional A. konjac have appeared about a
> >meter away in diametrically opposite directions. Are the plants
> >stoloniferous at all? This surprised me.
> >
>
> Al,
>
> Mine definitely are!! Planted in pot you can clearly find if you unpot at
> the end of the season that there are thin stems connecting the small tubers
> around the edge of the pot with the main tuber in the centre. Leave it
> another couple of weeks and there is no evidence on the main tuber at all
> of ever having stolons.
>
> Mine have not spread by a metre in a year though (for which I admit to
> being rather glad as they'd swamp everything else in the area <grin>) but
> maybe a foot away. Then again mine are in a fairly solid soil so I'd
> imagine that if the soil was more friable they'd spread further.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Paul Tyerman
> Canberra, Australia. USDA equivalent - Zone 8/9
> p*@ozemail.com.au
>
> Growing.... Galanthus, Erythroniums, Fritillarias, Cyclamen, Crocus,
> Cyrtanthus, Oxalis, Liliums, Hellebores, Aroids, Irises plus just about
> anything else that doesn't move!!!!!
