Bargains at the Indian Mart

From: magrysbo at shu.edu on 2001.08.22 at 00:03:33(7266) Dear fellow aroiders, I went on a search for "suran" at Indian groceries in Edison, NJ and found it, for $2.99 a pound. That translates to one 5 lb. tuber of Amorphophalus paeonifolius and one 3 lb. for about $24. Just imagine what shipping costs alone would be for the cantalope and grapefruit sized tubers. The second one I bought because it was among others in a separate bin. I was told that it is the same but has a different taste. It will be interesting to see if there are vegetative and floral differences. The tubers are healthy and firm with no damage, though no growing points are apparent yet. They don't appear to be covered in wax. I set them down on moist soil under clear plastic of an open cold frame where they'll get 2-3 hours of sun a day, until the nights get too cold or they start growing. A Kaichen A-103 2000 lost its point this spring but with this treatment recently rallied with three fat shoots and now is in pot. Bonaventure Magrys +More Cliffwood beach, NJ USA

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