Re: experiments on amorphophallus bulbs

From: r.e.maynard at att.net on 2000.10.28 at 14:37:22(5612) >From the reading I have done on the members of this plant is best to stay away from use of manure and to use a 20-30-20 fertilizer. I ave been doing this for 5 years with good growth of the Amorphohallus. Ray Maynard > I intend on doing some heavy fertilizing starting now [its spring > down-under] +More > We have a lot of Amorphophallus spp. with lost tags so hopefully with a > season or two of tender loving care and force feeding some may flower and > aid in identification. > > Was very pleased with the increase of size in A.konjac that was planted out > . > It has been given a dose of 'Dynamic-Lifter' This is a very popular > fertilizer here and is > a blend of composted chicken manure and kelp meal with lots of other organic > goodies . > > When repotting tubers I measured the diameter of tubers so as to record the > increase . > Will be an interesting comparison to see if increase is more dramatic if > grown out in the ground compared with pot culture .Using same fertilizing > methods . > Michael Pascall > > >

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