Re: Alocasia dormancy
- To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L
- Subject: Re: Alocasia dormancy
- From: G* T*
- Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 21:34:35 -0600 (CST)
Thanks for the tip Derek! I wonder how the dry scales inhibit growth. Do you
leave the growht point exposed so that it can receive light or do you bury
the whole thing?
Gabe
cdanielle@prodigy.net
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Subject: Re: Alocasia dormancy
> I used to use tubers of an alocasia (more or less A. amazonica) as a
> demonstration of dormancy in a plant propagation class. Someone had once
told
> me that the little dry scale leaves at the tip of the tuber were
inhibitory
> to growth, so I would carefully remove those until the little new
> whitish/pinkish/greenish bud was exposed. Planted in my usual "interior
> plant" mix, it usually worked like a charm - close to 100% starting into
> growth in a few weeks versus perhaps 10% in the "control" unpeeled group.
>
> I do this as a matter of course now, and get good growth on most of the
> common types that I have. All of this is in South Florida, so warm and wet
is
> a given for us unless we work hard to avoid it.
>
> Derek
>
>
>
