TB?? do you add any granular fungicide.. biological fungicide to
your potting mix ? especially with titanum?
there are several professional potting mixes here in US that seem to be
good..
im not going to use my own mix anymore with titanum..sigh..there is one
premiere promix BX that has a fungicide in the mix..also some good ones
out there i was thinking of adding Trichoderma inoculant to..
i know u have said u used fungicide when bugs got at the corms..wondered
if u used any just as a preventive in the soil..??
ya..im anxious to get gardening again !!!! LOL
thanks....
Amorphophallus titanum finally makes a move
Dave, I'm copying and pasting what I emailed you about the fungicide I use (to save re-writing it again). I just put it through the soil before planting the tuber.
I put fungicide through the soil before repotting my tubers. I let it soak in for a day or so, then wash through with clean water. The product I use was recommended to me by the titanum grower I bought my first one off. It's called Fongarid, possibly sold under another name where you are. The active constituent is 250g/kg furalaxyl. If you want to see the MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) for it look up: http://www.agnova.com.au/resources/Fongarid-systemic-fungicide-msds.pdf
thanks TB..im sorry i didnt go to your original posting..
sigh,, my bad..
thanks
seems with these tropical amorphs they need extra help fending off
attacks ..
we have to do what we can to keep them going !!! :)
one of my small titanums is sending up next plant..
guess im doing something right..with the small ones..LOL
midsized one ( 1 1/2 in) is just comming out of dormancy..
my biggest hewettii 10in above the pot..has been going gangbusters
now for 7 months now.. this is the 2nd vegetative growth in that time..
petiole has put on alittle girth in last 2 months.. guess thats good..
i wouldnt mind if it went dormant for awhile..id like to see how big
the corm is on it.. and repot it.. im not really happy with the potting mix
i put it in..
it gets sun from south facing big window..its indirect light.. but i bet it
could go for alittle more light.. leaves look great.i might put it under lights
if i get another petiole up again..
hope all is going well for u all's titanums !!!!!!!!!!!!
My small titanum that hasn't been dormant since "birth" is determined to stay awake. Last year it had 3 leaves at one stage and finally ended the year with only one. But now it's developing a new one so I guess the old one will drop off soon.
I took 2 leaf cuttings last year and one withered after a while but the other is still going, although not looking the healthiest specimen. But it must have formed a tuber to be still alive so I'm assuming I have another plant. Hopefully more will strike for me later so there'll be enough plants to start trying some direct in the garden. I've been warned that there are nematodes in the soil here, nematodes just love A. titanum.
good luck tropic on your newbies showing up.. :)
im playing it safe with my titanums anymore.. im not going to loose
any big corms again.. hopefully..
i see from your pic ..looks to me you use alot of bark in your potting
mix.. is that right?
ive modified my potting mix with amorphs from last yr..
i think that was some of my problem with my biggest titanum..and its
demise..
my largest hewetti that has been going strong since..i think june..is just
now starting to die back.. its certainly a learning experience with these
amorphs.. love that part..
there is some good literature on keeping them..but i think its the
amateurs out there that get the info out on how to sucessfully grow these
facinating plants..
Yeah, talking about A titanum AND Hippeastrums on a Konjac thread, LOL.
My "baby" that refuses to go to sleep (at least it's not keeping me awake) is pushing on with that new leaf. The old leaf is looking a bit mottley. The leaflet I planted as a 'cutting" is dying off but has a small bulblet at the base, about the size of a garden pea. That's much smaller than a normal titanum seed, but at least it's there. I'll try a couple more later, although we're in the winding down period of the wet season now.
The mix in the pot (previous photo) is getting a bit old. I didn't get around to changing it last time. The bottom of the pot has lumps of limestone and coarse material, and further up it's more ordinary organic potting mix. I'd read that titanums in Sumatra are often growing in leaf litter on top of limestone. So I thought I'd try to emulate that situation. Seems to be good. But of course the big plant has managed to get through about 6 months without wind damage or the "sky falling on its head". That's a change from last year.
very cool newbie plant tropic...
my potting mix this yr for most of my tropicals(not planted out
in the gardens) is going to be around
60% ... shredded bark
20% ... pumice
20 % ... peat moss
or close to that..
im figuring i will be watering more.. im good with that..
but i wont have the water retention in the pots.. no perched water
down at bottom of pots.. and the bark is a good nematode deterant..
so ive read..??? i'll find out..
im taking your advice tropic..and others..im going to use a fungicide
on the titanums..
my hewetti's arent of any major size yet..not sure if they suffer similarly
as titanum...
looking foward to this growing season.. hope to get many of my amorphs
to really big sizes.. hope..hope...
The new leaf on the small titanum is just about ready to start unfurling. It's not much taller than the existing one but the petiole is much thicker. Maybe by the time it's unfurled it'll be a lot bigger.
The "leaf cutting" has withered completely. Still haven't checked on the tiny tuber it had before. Thought it better to let it come up without any interference.
The new leaf on the small plant today.
I just added this forum to my list of favoites and I am lost in the different lingos in this forum. i googled konjac and it is tons of different plants. Where can in this forum can I read the differences.
Pardon my ignorance!!!
Belle
were all new to this at some time belle..
im a newbie of only a yr..so..:)
welcome..and hope you post your sucesses here..with pics!!! :)
tropicbreeze has been great help to me.. also tommy..in NY..has been
growing amorph konjac for along time..and is a wealth of knowledge...
aroid.org is a great source on all the many species..
if your looking for a titanum..tindara orchids is probably the best
in the US..
a guy in poland,sells out of his greenhouse in scotland is a good
source in euope..
ebay has alot of amorphs show up for auction/sale
tropic would know of good sources in south pacific area..
my personal take.. i love growing alot of tropicals..and i live in utah..
without a greenhouse.. so far.. :)
the amorphs are really a facinating plant.. i dont think any are what i would
call "difficult" to grow.. the "tropicals" need more tropical conditions to do well
and they are the giants of the amorphs..so..a need eventually for large spaces
to keep them..
there are alot of small to medium growing amorphs..
konjac i think is a very easy to grow amorph.and a good amorph to start
with...
warning..**** amorphs are addictive.. you start with a few..and POW..
you will be hooked..and want more.. ***
:) good luck belle..and hope ya keep us posted on what youre growing..