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why won't my amorph konjak flower?
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Posted by chilehed z5 MI (My Page) on Tue, Jul 17, 07 at 22:41
| When I got it four years ago the tuber was 6" across, now it's about 8". I've given away a bunch of pups, and this year the darn thing's putting up NINE leaves! It looks great, but...
It's in sand and peat, about 50/50 but about 10% composted manure. Full sun, plenty of water and a weak Peter's solution once or twice per month.
Too much nitrogen?? |
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RE: why won't my amorph konjak flower?
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I have had good luck with my Amorphophallus Konjac, all four bloomed this year.
When I bought them they were 2in across, next year 5in, next year 9in and 14lb... bloomed in the early summer.
Two plants were polinated by the flies, who is the daddy? I do not know, but I plan on sowing the seeds to try and find out. I use a high quality potting soil, lots of sun, water and MSU fertilizer at 150ppm (as that is what I had on hand). Mine needed an ocasional spray to control mites and I had to pick off japanese beetles. At the end of summer the grey furry tree rats broke up the foliage. |
RE: why won't my amorph konjak flower?
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| YIPEE! It looks like it might be coming into bloom, the spike's elongated about 1/2" in the last 5 days. I realised that it might be too cold in the basement where I'd been storing them, so I put it in the bedroom next to the air register where its 10 or 15 degrees warmer. Now all I have to do is protect it from my wife. I keep telling her it doesn't smell too strong until the flower begins to fade. ;-) |
RE: why won't my amorph konjak flower?
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| Mine has flowered for the last couple of years.. It's about to open the bud again this year.. The wife told me to take it outside, so I snuck it into a bathroom. Last night I was complaining that the cat had urinated on the floor.. I thought we'd need to take him to the vet, cause this was STRONG and stunk! BAD! turned out to be the konjak... |
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