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Re: [SG] Arisaema candisissimum was: Good Companions

Hello Marge,
        Sorry to hear about loosing a mother tuber on the Arisaema. The one you
have is one of the most beautiful of the bunch. I sounds from your
description you have some life left in the mush. The only thing I may have
done different was to try and trim away as much of the mush as possible to
the firm part to the tuber and then sprinkle with rooting hormone and anti
fungal powder and keep it just a bit on the dry side in a pot until it
recovers.
        I had one of my three mature tubers of A. jacquemontii delay emerging this
spring. when it did come up the original mature bloom stalk was missing,
but five new small stems arose. I don't plan on digging it up to look, but
my guess is the original bulb split and the center original mature tuber
rotted out.
        Just a guess... you probably still have a start of the tuber and it will
recover.
        Gene Bush     Southern Indiana    Zone 6a     Munchkin Nursery
          around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com     http://www.munchkinnursery.com

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>
> Diane and Gene, belated thanks for the reply on the offsets - I am pretty
> far behind reading the list.  I was horrified yesterday when I wandered
> down to check out my A. candisissimum and found the leaf laying on the
> ground, the stem severed and shredded and mushy - looks like slug work to
> me and this occurred within a two day span as the last time I checked it,
> it was doing just fine.  Because of the mushy ends on the stem, I was
> worried about total rot so I dug up the corm and found it mostly mushy
> except for one spot from which a small reddish nose was protruding, so I
> replanted it.    Talk about sickening!  I am hoping that a small offset
was
> trying to develop since I have read that the old corms get sort of mushy
-
> but after bloom.  Any words of wisdom on this one?
>
> Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> mtalt@clark.net
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