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From: William Perez <wpz at SPRYNET.COM>
Subject: Re: Proper Winter Care/rotting
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Guess I'll just have to order some arisaemas and start over!

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>From: "George R Stilwell, Jr." <grsjr at JUNO.COM>
>To: ARISAEMA-L at NIC.SURFNET.NL
>Subject: Re: Proper Winter Care/rotting
>Date: Tue, Feb 8, 2000, 8:18 PM
>

> William,
>
> Confirmed!!!! They hate wet feet when dormant.  Wait until the new grow=th
> emerges
> before giving them water.
>
> Furthermore, I don't think moisture plays a major role in determining
> when they break dormancy.
> I suspect it has more to do with the ground temperature or even the tim=e
> of year. Each species
> has it's own timetable and some insist on emerging before the last fros=t
> only to be creamed.
> So much for ground temperature. However, I succeeded in keeping A.
> ringens from being decimated
> each spring by moving the plants from the south slope behind our house =to
> the foundation on
> the north side where the ground stays cold much longer.
>
> Ray
> <GRSJr at Juno.com>
>
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