Re: non-aroid question: Manihot
- To: lindsey@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: non-aroid question: Manihot
- From: "* B* <d*@treco.net>
- Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 23:42:47 -0600
Lester,
I would be surprised if you could kill Manihot at all.
Here in central florida it loses all leaves but comes back quickly in the
spring. any size cutting or broken stem roots just by falling on the
ground. I have to be sure to throw the clippings away or I would have half
my yard taken over by that beautiful variegated 'weed'.
Just try watering and light fertilizing and stand back!
Don Bittel
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> From: Lester Kallus <lkallus@earthlink.net>
> To: dbittel@treco.net
> Subject: non-aroid question: Manihot
> Date: Thursday, March 04, 1999 5:28 PM
>
> One of my favorite plants has always been a Manihot esculenta variegata
> (the variegated tapioca plant). I grew three last summer and watched
them
> flourish in our hot summer. The wait for a warm house during my fall
> construction has unfortunately done them in. The tops died and then
dried.
>
> Now that my greenhouse is 95% inhabitable, I've started transporting some
> plants there. I found the Manihot pot and dug up the dried plant to see
> some tubers which appear viable.
>
> Does anyone out there have any knowledge about what I can do to
re-initiate
> growth? Can it be done? Can I get more than one plant out of this? I
> know I can replace it for $15-$20 but the sticker shock of my renovations
> has me looking for alternatives.
>
> Les
