Re: FORCED AMORPHOHPALLUS DORMANCY?

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The reason I ask if because I do not believe I can provide the proper conditions for them. They are sure to die here. While my green house wont freeze during the winter, that is ALL it will be doing "not freezing" I cannot afford to heat it. Perhaps refrigerating them would work? I refuse to participate in the in the recession. --- On Sat, 9/12/09, Ken Mosher <k*@spatulacity.com> wrote: From: Ken Mosher <k*@spatulacity.com> Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] FORCED AMORPHOHPALLUS DORMANCY? To: "Discussion of aroids" <aroid-l@gizmoworks.com> Date: Saturday, September 12, 2009, 2:52 PM Sorry, Erin, I think you're stuck growing those plants out-of-season.  Once they want to grow it's best to let them grow. -Ken E.Vincent Morano wrote: > Any body know how to force dormancy? I have several spp including > cirrifer that gave me flowers then promply decided not to grow a leaf. > Another one I kept breaking the leaf off and it would take so long to > start growing a new one that there is not enough grow time lef in the > season. Now those ones that flowered are starting to grow buds. I need > them to stay asleep until next season. any ideas? > > > > > > > > I refuse to participate in the in the recession. > > --- On *Fri, 9/11/09, ju-bo@msn.com /<ju-bo@msn.com>/* wrote: > > >     From: ju-bo@msn.com <ju-bo@msn.com> >     Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Dracontium amazonense variagated >     To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com >     Date: Friday, September 11, 2009, 8:39 AM > >     Dear Vincent, > >     There is no mention of ''natural'' variegation in Dracontium >     amazonense in the literature I have. >     We are left with three possibilities of which I can think --- > >     1) Your treatment w/ chemicals has caused this condition. > >     2) This variegation has spontainuosly developed in your plant. > >     3)  Your plant has become infected w/ ''Dasheen mosiac virus", >     very common in MANY genera of cultivated aroids, it slowly weakens >     the infected plant over time.   No cure, and infected plants if >     confirmed should be burnt.  It is spread by sucking insects such >     as Aphids. > >     Good Growing, > >     Julius > > _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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