RE: [Aroid-l] A. konjac problems

I am in Minnesota between zone 4 and zone 3 and I have had my konjac (my first Amorphophallus) for only 3 years, but each year it has increased in size & number of offsets. I have put it in a 5 gallon pot on my deck facing south. I keep it moist and fertilize regularly (every couple of weeks). I have used a 15-15-15 and alternating with miracle gro and have even thrown in some super phosphate now and again. I wait until the frost kills the leaves and take the bulbs out and clean and dry them until spring planting. I can’t say I know for sure what I am doing – but so far so good.

 

Chuck Gramling

 

-----Original Message-----
From: aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of danny wilson
Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 2:45 PM
To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com
Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] A. konjac problems

 

it was a 5 gallon pot and a bulb the size of a soft ball.  the bulb is now the size of a baseball. 
so fertilize 3 or 4 times a week with extremely high nitrogen fertilizer?  i heard somewhere that phosphorus ritch fertilizer is good too.  waht do you think?

thanks for the help so far!

>From: "Leo A. Martin" <leo1010@attglobal.net>

>Reply-To: Discussion of aroids <aroid-l@gizmoworks.com>

>To: Discussion of aroids <aroid-l@gizmoworks.com>

>Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] A. konjac problems

>Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 23:41:45 -0600

>

>>Ever since ive been growing A. konjac (about 3 years), not much has

>>happened with the bulbs.  Even ones that i have ahd for 3 growing

>>seasons have put on absolutely no tuber mass at all.  They usually

>>come up mid winter and grow until mid summer.  Is this too short a

>>period of time for them to do anything?  What is going wrong??  I

>>desperately want to see a flower, and i am no closer to getting one

>>than i was 3 years ago.

>

>Fertilize. Fertilize again. Nitrogen, nitrogen, nitrogen. Then, when

>you think you have fertilized too much, you have only just begun.

>Fertilize some more, and more, and more. Feeding weekly is probably

>only a light appetizer, something like those silly rice cakes my

>macrobiotic friends keep offering.

>

>Osmocote or the like is not going to cut it. Osmocote only lasts the

>stated time if temperatures are rather cooler than Amorphs prefer.

>You are going to have to mix up some liquid fertilizer and give it

>to your plants very frequently.

>

>And, how big is the pot? Would you expect a 600-pound person to live

>in an Aston-Martin coupe?

>

>Leo

>--

>Leo A. Martin

>Phoenix, Arizona, USA

>

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