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From: L Smit <lsmit at EASTLINK.CA>
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Hi all,
This is probably not the last place where Arisaema show up each spring, b=ut in case any of you more southern growers are keeping track, A. triphyl=lum, A. sikokianum, and A. amurense are showing today probably thanks in =part to a warm rain (yes folks, 13C or 55F is a warm rain here at this ti=me of year). Actually the triphyllum first showed a  week ago in one of m=y 2 locations, but then winter moved in and stalled everything for 6 days=. Sikokianum is up both where planted in the ground and in a 1 gallon pot=which overwinters outdoors unprotected (I had forgotten about them for a=while until they suddenly were in flower a few years ago, and I've been n=ervous about changing anything about their environment!!). The amurense a=re in a pot, also overwintered outdoors unprotected.

For the record, "unprotected" doesn't mean the pot is sitting out there a=ll alone in the wind, but it is in a group with a number of other pots ti=ghtly crammed together and with a thick pile of leafs piled around (but n=ot on) the group of pots. This vaguely simulates the thermal mass charact=eristics of a raised bed although there are unavoidable air gaps between =the pots.

___________________________
Leo Smit
Mt Uniacke, Nova Scotia, Canada
USDA Zone 5-ish, semi-maritime

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<DIV><FONT size=4>Hi all,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>This is probably not the last place where Arisaema sh=ow up
each spring, but in case any of you more southern growers are keeping tra=ck, A.
triphyllum, A. sikokianum, and A. amurense are showing today probably tha=nks in
part to a warm rain (yes folks, 13C or 55F is a&nbsp;warm rain here at th=is time
of year). Actually the triphyllum first showed a&nbsp; week ago in one of=my 2
locations, but then winter moved in and stalled everything for 6 days.
Sikokianum is up both where planted in the ground and in a 1 gallon pot w=hich
overwinters outdoors unprotected (I had forgotten about them for awhile u=ntil
they suddenly were in flower a few years ago, and I've been nervous about
changing anything about their environment!!). The amurense are in a pot, =also
overwintered outdoors unprotected.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>For the record, "unprotected" doesn't mean the pot is=sitting
out there all alone in the wind, but it is&nbsp;in a group with&nbsp;a nu=mber of
other pots tightly crammed together and with a thick pile of leafs piled =around
(but not on) the group of pots. This vaguely simulates the thermal mass
characteristics of a raised bed although there are unavoidable air gaps b=etween
the pots.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><BR>___________________________<BR>Leo Smit<BR>Mt Uni=acke,
Nova Scotia, Canada<BR>USDA Zone 5-ish, semi-maritime
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