Mreeping A. konjac

From: Al Wootten awootten at nrao.edu> on 2003.07.10 at 20:06:10(10385) For several years my A. konjac stayed where I put them. This year, one even bloomed (but no leaf, which I think is normal after a bloom) with no seed (I had no pollen). However two additional A. konjac have appeared about a meter away in diametrically opposite directions. Are the plants stoloniferous at all? This surprised me. Clear skies, Al

From: Paul Tyerman ptyerman at ozemail.com.au> on 2003.07.10 at 23:34:31(10386) At 04:06 10/07/03 -0400, you wrote: >For several years my A. konjac stayed where I put them. This year, one >even bloomed (but no leaf, which I think is normal after a bloom) with no seed >(I had no pollen). However two additional A. konjac have appeared about a >meter away in diametrically opposite directions. Are the plants >stoloniferous at all? This surprised me. > Al, Mine definitely are!! Planted in pot you can clearly find if you unpot at the end of the season that there are thin stems connecting the small tubers around the edge of the pot with the main tuber in the centre. Leave it another couple of weeks and there is no evidence on the main tuber at all of ever having stolons. Mine have not spread by a metre in a year though (for which I admit to being rather glad as they'd swamp everything else in the area ) but maybe a foot away. Then again mine are in a fairly solid soil so I'd imagine that if the soil was more friable they'd spread further. Cheers. Paul Tyerman +More Canberra, Australia. USDA equivalent - Zone 8/9 mailto:ptyerman@ozemail.com.au Growing.... Galanthus, Erythroniums, Fritillarias, Cyclamen, Crocus, Cyrtanthus, Oxalis, Liliums, Hellebores, Aroids, Irises plus just about anything else that doesn't move!!!!!

From: John Mortensen denko at pinehillzendo.org> on 2003.07.11 at 14:11:03(10390) I get a leaf same season as flower & yes it is. John +More At 04:06 PM 7/10/2003 -0400, you wrote: For several years my A. konjac stayed where I put them. This year, one even bloomed (but no leaf, which I think is normal after a bloom) with no seed (I had no pollen). However two additional A. konjac have appeared about a meter away in diametrically opposite directions. Are the plants stoloniferous at all? This surprised me.

From: Al Wootten awootten at nrao.edu> on 2003.07.11 at 15:26:09(10391) Hi Paul Indeed they are planted in a very sandy soil. +---------------------------------------------------------+ +More |Al Wootten, Slacktide, Sturgeon Creek at the Rappahannock| |Astronomer (http://www.cv.nrao.edu/~awootten/) | |genealogy homepage http://members.tripod.com/~astral | |Deltaville, Virginia (804)776-6369 | +---------------------------------------------------------+ Paul Tyerman writes: > At 04:06 10/07/03 -0400, you wrote: > >For several years my A. konjac stayed where I put them. This year, one > >even bloomed (but no leaf, which I think is normal after a bloom) with no > seed > >(I had no pollen). However two additional A. konjac have appeared about a > >meter away in diametrically opposite directions. Are the plants > >stoloniferous at all? This surprised me. > > > > Al, > > Mine definitely are!! Planted in pot you can clearly find if you unpot at > the end of the season that there are thin stems connecting the small tubers > around the edge of the pot with the main tuber in the centre. Leave it > another couple of weeks and there is no evidence on the main tuber at all > of ever having stolons. > > Mine have not spread by a metre in a year though (for which I admit to > being rather glad as they'd swamp everything else in the area ) but > maybe a foot away. Then again mine are in a fairly solid soil so I'd > imagine that if the soil was more friable they'd spread further. > > Cheers. > > Paul Tyerman > Canberra, Australia. USDA equivalent - Zone 8/9 > mailto:ptyerman@ozemail.com.au > > Growing.... Galanthus, Erythroniums, Fritillarias, Cyclamen, Crocus, > Cyrtanthus, Oxalis, Liliums, Hellebores, Aroids, Irises plus just about > anything else that doesn't move!!!!!

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