Amophophallus titanum tuber problem

From: StroWi at t-online.de (StroWi at t-online.de) on 2008.04.02 at 13:05:21(17290) Aroiders, now that the (winter) dormancy of my Amorphophallus titanum tubers is over I find many tubers in a state illustraded in the attached pictures. The tubers are growing buds and roots already. At a closer inspection the tubers felt sort of soft and the (what I would call) outer "suberized" layer of the tuber could easily be peeled of. The tuber tissue that could be seen then was not slushy/slobbery but at the most slightly moist. There are no larvae or insects on or in the tuber. Has anyone observed something like this, too? Could anyone suggest what to to with the tubers? Do they need a special treatment or shall they just be potted and see what happens? +More Looking forward to any comment...... Good (better) growing, Bernhard. =========================== Bernhard Strolka Dollbergen, Lower Saxony, Germany USDA zone 7 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: P1010550_web.jpg Type: image/pjpeg Size: 711311 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/private/aroid-l/attachments/20080402/f3e1ad79/attachment-0002.bin -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: P1010548_web.jpg Type: image/pjpeg Size: 870269 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/private/aroid-l/attachments/20080402/f3e1ad79/attachment-0003.bin

From: ironious2 at yahoo.com (E Morano) on 2008.04.07 at 07:58:19(17298) That looks like rot. Sometimes the tuber rot can smell bad. "StroWi at t-online.de" wrote: Aroiders, now that the (winter) dormancy of my Amorphophallus titanum tubers is +More over I find many tubers in a state illustraded in the attached pictures. The tubers are growing buds and roots already. At a closer inspection the tubers felt sort of soft and the (what I would call) outer "suberized" layer of the tuber could easily be peeled of. The tuber tissue that could be seen then was not slushy/slobbery but at the most slightly moist. There are no larvae or insects on or in the tuber. Has anyone observed something like this, too? Could anyone suggest what to to with the tubers? Do they need a special treatment or shall they just be potted and see what happens? Looking forward to any comment...... Good (better) growing, Bernhard. =========================== Bernhard Strolka Dollbergen, Lower Saxony, Germany USDA zone 7 _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l --------------------------------- You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/private/aroid-l/attachments/20080407/0ca4f6e5/attachment-0001.htm

From: fzeren at aol.com (fzeren at aol.com) on 2008.04.07 at 20:56:47(17305) It appears to be, during dormant period, the tuber was not kept moist. Zeren +More -----Original Message----- From: E Morano To: Discussion of aroids Sent: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 2:58 am Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Amophophallus titanum tuber problem That looks like rot. Sometimes the tuber rot can smell bad. "StroWi at t-online.de" wrote: Aroiders, now that the (winter) dormancy of my Amorphophallus titanum tubers is over I find many tubers in a state illustraded in the attached pictures. The tubers are growing buds and roots already. At a closer inspection the tubers felt sort of soft and the (what I would call) outer "suberized" layer of the tuber could easily be peeled of. The tuber tissue that could be seen then was not slushy/slobbery but at the most slightly moist. There are no larvae or insects on or in the tuber. Has anyone observed something like this, too? Could anyone suggest what to to with the tubers? Do they need a special treatment or shall they just be potted and see what happens? Looking forward to any comment...... Good (better) growing, Bernhard. =========================== Bernhard Strolka Dollbergen, Lower Saxony, Germany USDA zone 7 _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/private/aroid-l/attachments/20080407/449b5d1f/attachment-0001.htm

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