A. konjac, + '99 A-101, A-102, '00 A-103

From: magrysbo at shu.edu on 2001.09.14 at 19:54:58(7496) So, who among us has reached that level to be able to claim to be an expert? Last year I stored my konjacs in paper bags, and '99 A-101(stipitatus?) and A-102 (sp. 1?) in dry pots in the basement (anyone know their proper i.d.'s?). None came up before late May (here in New Jersey) but are larger, growing in the ground still not blooming size (now 2 main A-101 stems 3'tall!) Question, besides the konjacs, this winter can I leave them in ground? What about A. albus ('00 A-103)? Bonaventure Magrys +More Cliffwood Beach, NJ USA "Julius Boos" @mobot.org on 09/14/2001 11:20:00 AM Please respond to aroid-l@mobot.org Sent by: aroid-l@mobot.org To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L cc: Subject: Re: A. konjac ----- Original Message ----- To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 9:41 PM Subject: A. konjac Dear Paul, If they were mine, I`d wait for the leaf to turn yellow and begin to 'go down', stop watering at this point and dry the pots out completely for a couple of weeks, dig the tubers up and store them in the fridge veggie drawer till next spring, but wait to hear from some experts before you do this! Cheers, Julius >>Well as we all have, i bought some A. konjacs on impulse because they were cheap. They all came up fine and have been growing great for a few months. Now the problem. I live in Miami and have learned they won't grow here, due to needing a cold dormancy period. So first if they can be grown down here please tell me, otherwise, i was wondering if a nice refrigeration when they go dormant would work. any thoughts? Thanks, Paul Marcellini

From: "mburack at mindspring.com" mburack at mindspring.com> on 2001.09.15 at 00:58:08(7498) Why even risk leaving the others in the ground. NJ would be pretty "unpleasant" by most Amorph standards. You will probably spend the winter worrying that they are dead and lost... spare yourself the trouble and dig them out. Original Message: ----------------- +More Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 14:54:51 -0500 (CDT) To: aroid-l@mobot.org Subject: Re: A. konjac, + '99 A-101, A-102, '00 A-103 So, who among us has reached that level to be able to claim to be an expert? Last year I stored my konjacs in paper bags, and '99 A-101(stipitatus?) and A-102 (sp. 1?) in dry pots in the basement (anyone know their proper i.d.'s?). None came up before late May (here in New Jersey) but are larger, growing in the ground still not blooming size (now 2 main A-101 stems 3'tall!) Question, besides the konjacs, this winter can I leave them in ground? What about A. albus ('00 A-103)? Bonaventure Magrys Cliffwood Beach, NJ USA "Julius Boos" @mobot.org on 09/14/2001 11:20:00 AM Please respond to aroid-l@mobot.org Sent by: aroid-l@mobot.org To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L cc: Subject: Re: A. konjac ----- Original Message ----- To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 9:41 PM Subject: A. konjac Dear Paul, If they were mine, I`d wait for the leaf to turn yellow and begin to 'go down', stop watering at this point and dry the pots out completely for a couple of weeks, dig the tubers up and store them in the fridge veggie drawer till next spring, but wait to hear from some experts before you do this! Cheers, Julius >>Well as we all have, i bought some A. konjacs on impulse because they were cheap. They all came up fine and have been growing great for a few months. Now the problem. I live in Miami and have learned they won't grow here, due to needing a cold dormancy period. So first if they can be grown down here please tell me, otherwise, i was wondering if a nice refrigeration when they go dormant would work. any thoughts? Thanks, Paul Marcellini -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .

From: "Marge Talt" mtalt at clark.net> on 2001.09.15 at 04:01:30(7501) Well, I'm south of you, but if you're near the ocean, we may be the same zone - I'm in the cold part of 7. My A. konjac has been in the ground all the 4 years or so that I've had it. It has never bloomed, but has increased - now have 3 stems coming up and not exactly right next to each other, either. If you have more than one, try one and see what happens. Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland mtalt@clark.net +More Editor: Gardening in Shade ----------------------------------------------- Current Article: A Gardener's Lessons http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/shade_gardening ------------------------------------------------ Complete Index of Articles by Category and Date http://mtalt.hort.net/article-index.html ------------------------------------------------ All Suite101.com garden topics : http://www.suite101.com/topics.cfm/635 ---------- > From: magrysbo@shu.edu > Question, besides the konjacs, this winter can I leave them in ground? What > about A. albus ('00 A-103)? > Bonaventure Magrys > Cliffwood Beach, NJ > USA

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