RE: Pot Culture
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- Subject: RE: Pot Culture
- From: "* M* <M*@fin.gc.ca>
- Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 08:30:43 -0600 (MDT)
I was contemplating the same thing. Another interpretation I was
considering was that Oregon-grown rhizomes may require a longer period
to acclimate.
Maureen Mark
Ottawa, Canada (zone 4)
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From: Bill Shear [SMTP:bills@tiger.hsc.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 1997 10:12 AM
To: Mark, Maureen; Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Re: Pot Culture
Walter's experiment is interesting.
The thong-like roots that are left on the rhizome
quickly produce fine branches that can
get the plants off to a faster start--I believe! I have
no real data but it seems a good hypothesis based on a knowledge of
plant biology. I'd like
to see an experiment on "shaved" vs. roots-on rhizomes.
I noticed that the root removal was withstood best by
rhizomes from
California, less well by those from Oregon. Could it be
that the drier,
hotter California climate put those rhizomes into a
deeper dormancy from
which they could more easily recover from "shaving,"
while the Oregon
rhizomes, from a cooler, moister regime and perhaps not
full dormant, may
have resented the removal of their roots?
Bill Shear
Department of Biology
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney VA 23943
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