Re: Soil mix and pine bark

From: Betsy Feuerstein ecuador at midsouth.rr.com> on 2002.04.03 at 23:28:11(8452) No intent to undermine a good job well done by Dr. Fayyaz, but years ago I received from Jim Symon collected seed of Titanum and I simply put them on top of Metro Mix BX and all of them sprouted. After that I distributed them all so from there on, I do not have a report. I put the container under grow lights where it was warm, so maybe that warmth had something to do with the germination rate. +More "Cooper, Susan L." wrote: > Wow, > Thanks to everybody who pitched in with their knowledge and suggestions. I > know this list has gone over the soil mix time and time again, and some > members may be bored, but not me! > > As thanks, here is my tip: > Dr. Mohammed Fayyaz of the University of Wisconsin- Madison planted some > Amorphophallus titanum seeds very shallowly, and then covered them with > silica sand. He also planted some without covering them with the sand. He > told me the only ones that germinated were the ones covered with sand. > > Dr. Mo has written a paper on the cultivation and flowering of "Big Bucky", > the 8ft 5inch inflor. which tied the "world record". Hopefully this can be > published in either Aroideana or the newsletter in the future. Mo is in > charge of the University greenhouses, and is an extremely enthusiastic > educator. > > > > Susan

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