Re: [Aroid-l] Amorphophallus konjac size

From: "Tom Randall (KB2SMS)" <tommy2005 at hvc.rr.com> on 2010.03.07 at 13:32:13(20703) Well I have a 4 pounder (6" across) at the start of last spring that by fall became 11 1/2" across and 13 pounds. So scientifically speaking that should be proof! Here's a photo of her after digging out and cleaning: --Apple-Mail-17--248758335 +More Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 On Mar 5, 2010, at 7:19 PM, ExoticRainforest wrote: > Wilbert, a question for you but anyone is welcome to chime in. > > I have at least 40 Amorphophallus konjac in my yard in NW Arkansas > (zone 6B) that never come out of the ground. I make zero claim to > any expertise in these species but I have been reading about them > and ran across some information I find "interesting". We have dug > up the tubers from time to time in order to transplant or give them > them away but I've never seen any that are huge. The largest is > likely 15cm (6 inches) across, yet I read posts on some of the > garden sites from people that talk about 7 to 9 kilo (15 to 20 > pound) tubers growing in fairly cold zones. Is this scientifically > possible? --Apple-Mail-17--248758335 _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l --Apple-Mail-17--248758335--

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