catchflower

[Adam Fikso]

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Hello Russell.  Having lost tubers the same way that you have,I decided =to hold off untiul I saw signs of growth, and then plant them. From this =change in technique I got two tubers of A.yunnanense v. aridum  under =wrong number.  They looked very dry and shrunken, but sound. They both =bloomed, one male and one female inflorescence. I have seed from them, =as I remember, and will send it on to Eric as soon as I get  some free =enough time. The other tubers I got were consanguineum variants, and a =couple of as yet unidentified plants.  They were kept in pots until this =week when the termperature dropped below freezing for a few nights, and =have been replanted outdooors. Knowing that one of the tubers was v. =aridum, it gets planted in a fairly dry shielded area, and I will wait =for spring to see if it has survived.  I can't claim any data-based =reason for doing as I did, so far, because they have not been brought =through a winter outdoors. BUT, they didn't rot and they looked healthy =when I planted them.  I hope (and assume) that they will have acquired =some kind of know-how from living in Illinois for 9 months so far.  =(joke)  Good luck, Adam in Glenview, IL Zone 5a but warming.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: Russell Coker 
To: ARISAEMA-L at NIC.SURFNET.NL 
Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 9:23 AM
Subject: Re: catchflower


Hey Adam.

I'm glad you responded.  First, try Catchflower again.  Its back up =and seems to have more available this year.

The other thing I wanted to ask - I'm almost certain it was you - was =about storing new tubers.  Didn't you mention that when you received =tubers from Chen Yi that you DID NOT plant them until you saw signs of =growth as the weather warmed up in the spring?  I'm wondering if part of =my rot problem comes from potting the new tubers when I receive them in =December.  As a matter of fact, my tubers of jinshajiangense had rotted =by February!  Could you explain your method again?  If anyone else has =any advice, I'm sure I'm not the only person on the list who would =benefit.

Thanks, Russell
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Adam Fikso 
To: ARISAEMA-L at NIC.SURFNET.NL 
Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 10:58 PM
Subject: Re: catchflower


Hello Russell.  I can't even find Catchflower on the web any more, =and as I remember, after trying for a few months some time ago, I =inferred that they had shut down.  I don't really know. I'm curious too. =Adam Fikso in Glenview, IL  Zone 5a 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Russell Coker 
To: ARISAEMA-L at NIC.SURFNET.NL 
Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 9:28 PM
Subject: catchflower


Hi Everyone.

I hope you all had a successful summer of Arisaema growing.  Mine =was only fair, and I have given up trying to grow Arisaemas in pots.  No =matter what kind of soil I used, I still ended up with lots of rotten =tubers.
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