Tropicals & Tender Perennials: konjac preparing for blast off, 1 by cheerpeople

cheerpeople wrote:
I don't know how old mine are as I was given one big enough to bloom the first year I had it- so my big ones are maybe 7 & 8 yrs old. The older one has flowered the last 4 yrs in March.

Here's the taller one last summer. Oh and that 4 ft yardstick! The leaf measured 5'2", a new record for me.

I have read that once the leaf forms the bulb is depleted and smaller. I have never dug one at this stage to know. They say that the leaf with photosynthesis then regrows the bulb back during the summer into an even bigger bulb by fall. So no, they don't die after they flower. They just smell like something has died while in flower!
:) Karen