Re: Making bulbils?

From: "brian williams" pugturd50 at hotmail.com> on 2002.06.05 at 06:04:28(8955) I have chopped a few bulb up and placed in a humid place and have had bulbs form from each chunk of bulb. I have also had a few forms that don't usually set off bulb that I have cut not all the way but cut a mark into and placed fungicide. This mark or scare I have found will make some species split in two. I have not made any true experiments up just me messing trying new things. Has anyone else tried anything like this? Just to add in on this message. I have been growing for a few years and have found that their are manly two ways for me to grow Amorphophallus well here in Kentucky. I have one bed made in the greenhouse with normal river bottom dirt. Kinda like the stuff used in a garden the normal brown farm dirt. All the amorphos and Dracontiums love that. But for pots. I find I use metro mix 360 with a common mix of powdered spaghnum moss and perlite. Half a bag of metro mix to every bag of the spaghnum moss. This works very well on the amorphos as well as Philo cuttings. +More I have seen some florida friends growing them in just about everything from mulch to pine nuggets. But after all the experiments here. This works best. A have not had a rot problem sense. THANKS Hope this info helps a few out. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.

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