Mineral and carbohydrate content of Amorphophallus

From: StroWi at t-online.de (StroWi) on 2001.02.06 at 21:49:18(5923) Dear all, recently there was an discussion on mineral nutrition and heavy feeding that leads to rapid tuber growth etc (and, as we all learned, to an overweight Lord P.!;) ). +More I wonder if there is information available on the mineral content of any Amorphs (whole plant, leaf, tuber etc.). This should give some indication on the balance of minerals in a potential fertilizer. I think asking for uptake rates of N, P, K might be a little too much, or maybe not? Additonally I would be interested on the carbohydrate content and composition of Amorph tubers. Any comment wellcome! Thanks and Cheers, Bernhard.

From: Scott Hyndman hyndman at aroid.org> on 2001.02.07 at 03:14:39(5924) There are some tuber analysis data on Am. paeoniifolius at http://www.geocities.com/rsmisra2000/ in the "About EFY" directory. The site also has some interesting information on commercial culture in India. Regards, Scott +More --------------------- Scott Hyndman International Aroid Society Web Site Vero Beach, Florida, USA USDA Hardiness Zone 10a E-mail: hyndman@aroid.org on 2/6/01 4:48 PM, StroWi at StroWi@t-online.de wrote: > Dear all, > > recently there was an discussion on mineral nutrition and heavy feeding that > leads to rapid tuber growth etc (and, as we all learned, to an overweight Lord > P.!;) ). > > I wonder if there is information available on the mineral content of any > Amorphs > (whole plant, leaf, tuber etc.). This should give some indication on the > balance > of minerals in a potential fertilizer. I think asking for uptake rates of N, > P, > K might be a little too much, or maybe not? > > Additonally I would be interested on the carbohydrate content and composition > of > Amorph tubers. > > Any comment wellcome! > > Thanks and Cheers, > Bernhard. >

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