Storage of Amorph tubers.

From: Marcin Wielicki shagar at silesia.top.pl> on 2000.06.10 at 00:37:47(4692) Hello Aroiders, My A.gigas has just skiped into dormancy, and I am not sure, how to store properly the tuber. I removed tuber from the pot, cleaned the tuber from the soil and finally cut off all the roots. As I know, it shouldn`t be stored out of soil, but should soil be kept slightly wet or rather dry till plant breaks out of resting period? Warm regards +More Marcin Wielicki

From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid" hetter at worldonline.nl> on 2000.06.10 at 03:35:43(4701) Marcin, Keep it in moderately moist soil, or JUUUUST a bit dry and inspect the tuber quite regularly. It belongs to a group of species that have a very short dormancy in cultivation, maybe as short as a month. When the bud grows again, start watering. Next time, don't cut off the roots, at least not the fresh ones. They often remain on the tuber when in soil, for a long time and this might just be a hint. Cheers, Wilbert +More > Hello Aroiders, > > My A.gigas has just skiped into dormancy, and I am not sure, how to store > properly the tuber. I removed tuber from the pot, cleaned the tuber from > the soil and finally cut off all the roots. As I know, it shouldn`t be > stored out of soil, but should soil be kept slightly wet or rather dry till > plant breaks out of resting period? > > Warm regards > Marcin Wielicki > > > >

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