konjack outside

From: "Steve Hatfield" <sehatfield at insightbb.com> on 2007.05.13 at 14:32:18(15672) Hello all How deep should I plant some konjack tubers outside in zone 5? I have several small (quarter sized) tubers that I want to try outside. Should I grow them another year in pots or should they go in the ground this year? Also should they get planted outside in the fall or spring?? Thanks Steve No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.7.0/801 - Release Date: 5/12/2007 6:40 PM +More _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: Don Martinson <LLmen at wi.rr.com> on 2007.05.13 at 21:52:24(15676) Hello Steve, I'm also in Zone 5 (Milwaukee, WI) and I always plant my konjac tubers outside for the summer. In our short season, they need all the sunlight and warmth they can get. Spring would be the time to plant, as I have not heard of anyone reliably keeping konjac tubers in the ground over winter this far north. However, I had an interesting observation earlier this spring. My konjac bloomed in February (earlier than the usual March, since I kept it at between 65-70F instead of in the basement, where temps are closer to 50F). As is my wont, I took the blooming plant down to my place of business to impress and gross out employees and customers alike (it's OK, I own the place). After the bloom was done, I planned to bring the tuber back home in my car. Unfortunately, I left the tuber in the car in my detached garage on a nite when the temperatures dropped to about 10F. Unfortunately, I can't document the actual temperature reached in my car, but I would think that it was considerably below freezing. However. I kept the tuber and it has now put up a small shoot. I think the main reason it could survive such a low temperature was that the tuber was still at least partially dormant at the time, meaning not in active growth. Don Martinson +More Milwaukee, Wisconsin Mailto:llmen@wi.rr.com On 5/13/07 9:32 AM, "Steve Hatfield" wrote: > Hello all > > How deep should I plant some konjack tubers outside in zone 5? I have > several small (quarter sized) tubers that I want to try outside. Should I > grow them another year in pots or should they go in the ground this year? > Also should they get planted outside in the fall or spring?? > > Thanks Steve > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.7.0/801 - Release Date: 5/12/2007 > 6:40 PM > > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-l mailing list > Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: Ken Mosher <ken at spatulacity.com> on 2007.05.14 at 00:08:20(15678) Don, A big part of your tuber's survival was likely that it was completely dry. There's a big difference between dry cold and damp cold. Sometimes tubers survive Winter outdoors in CT (zone 5) in a protected spot. I tried two, one in Old Saybrook, on the shore and warmer than my house by a lot. It did not survive (a largish tuber, more than 1 or 2 years old). The second was in Manchester right against my friends house where it would get warmth from the foundation and a little less water because the overhang and gutters would protect it somewhat. It did not survive. Again, a largish tuber that grew great the summer before it died and I planted it DEEP - as deep as I could dig with my little hand shovel, at least 8 inches. -Ken +More Don Martinson wrote: Hello Steve, I'm also in Zone 5 (Milwaukee, WI) and I always plant my konjac tubers outside for the summer. In our short season, they need all the sunlight and warmth they can get. Spring would be the time to plant, as I have not heard of anyone reliably keeping konjac tubers in the ground over winter this far north. However, I had an interesting observation earlier this spring. My konjac bloomed in February (earlier than the usual March, since I kept it at between 65-70F instead of in the basement, where temps are closer to 50F). As is my wont, I took the blooming plant down to my place of business to impress and gross out employees and customers alike (it's OK, I own the place). After the bloom was done, I planned to bring the tuber back home in my car. Unfortunately, I left the tuber in the car in my detached garage on a nite when the temperatures dropped to about 10F. Unfortunately, I can't document the actual temperature reached in my car, but I would think that it was considerably below freezing. However. I kept the tuber and it has now put up a small shoot. I think the main reason it could survive such a low temperature was that the tuber was still at least partially dormant at the time, meaning not in active growth. Don Martinson Milwaukee, Wisconsin _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: <hostas at fuse.net> on 2007.05.14 at 02:42:54(15679) I live in Cincinnati, Ohio zone 5/6 I have had Konjac planted outside for 5 years. The plants come up late and don't flower, but I now get about 5 plants. I planted it 10 inches deep. -- Betty +More Cincinnati zone 5/6 _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: bonaventure at optonline.net on 2007.05.22 at 21:38:17(15696) Don, you still own that restaurant? Good thing the health inspector didn't come when you had that stinky konjac there you sick pup! Whadja customers think of the smell, could you blame it on a leaky dumpster? Bo in NJ, where somewhere in my garden is hiding a Sauromatum or Dracunculus (not likely) flower, I nose it. +More ----- Original Message -----From: Don Martinson Date: Sunday, May 13, 2007 7:37 pmSubject: Re: [Aroid-l] konjack outsideTo: aroid-l > Hello Steve,> > I'm also in Zone 5 (Milwaukee, WI) and I always plant my konjac tubers> outside for the summer. In our short season, they need all the > sunlight and> warmth they can get.> > Spring would be the time to plant, as I have not heard of anyone > reliablykeeping konjac tubers in the ground over winter this far > north.> However, I had an interesting observation earlier this spring. > My konjac> bloomed in February (earlier than the usual March, since I kept > it at> between 65-70F instead of in the basement, where temps are > closer to 50F).> > As is my wont, I took the blooming plant down to my place of > business to> impress and gross out employees and customers alike (it's OK, I > own the> place). After the bloom was done, I planned to bring the tuber > back home> in my car. Unfortunately, I left the tuber in the car in my detached> garage on a nite when the temp eratures dropped to about 10F. > Unfortunately,I can't document the actual temperature reached in > my car, but I would think> that it was considerably below freezing. However. I kept the > tuber and it> has now put up a small shoot. I think the main reason it could > survive such> a low temperature was that the tuber was still at least > partially dormant> at the time, meaning not in active growth.> > > > Don Martinson> Milwaukee, Wisconsin> Mailto:llmen@wi.rr.com> > > > > > On 5/13/07 9:32 AM, "Steve Hatfield" wrote:> > > Hello all> > > > How deep should I plant some konjack tubers outside in zone 5? > I have> > several small (quarter sized) tubers that I want to try > outside. Should I> > grow them another year in pots or should they go in the ground > this year?> > Also should they get planted outside in the fall or spring??> > > > Thanks Steve> > > > No virus found in this outgoing message.> > Checked by AVG Free Edition.> > Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.7.0/801 - Release Date: > 5/12/2007> 6:4 0 PM> > > > _______________________________________________> > Aroid-l mailing list> > Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com> > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l> > > _______________________________________________> Aroid-l mailing list> Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com> http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l> _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: Don Martinson <LLmen at wi.rr.com> on 2007.05.23 at 23:44:44(15698) Title: Re: [Aroid-l] konjack outside On 5/22/07 4:38 PM, "bonaventure@optonline.net" wrote: Don, you still own that restaurant? Good thing the health inspector didn't come when you had that stinky konjac there you sick pup! Whadja customers think of the smell, could you blame it on a leaky dumpster? Hi Bo, Fortunately, I was in Baja California at the time and one of my bartenders sniffed it out and moved it into the basement!! Don +More Waiting for my Arisaema candidissimum to poke their pretty little heads out of the soil. _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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