A.Konjac

[hardyjim]

I purchased 3 l bulbs last year,they threw in a couple more small ones.

The bulbs were the size of large tomatoes.

All overwintered,one lost its main shoot but....well,you'll see what it did.....

One of them I accidentally broke seeing if it was alive,it
lived and has been planted in several sections which are alive.

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Heres the one that lost its main shoot/bud,it put out a circle and now has about
four bigger sized ones coming up in the middle....also one put
out a shoot 7' from the main plant...reminds me of Tetrapanex!

All were over wintered with a Frisbee over the top and a little pile of mulch on the Frisbee.




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This one will end up about 4 1/2' tall and 4 1/2 wide at the top.


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The 3 main bulbs put out around 15 shoots this year,not counting what the other little ones did.

Thanks for looking-

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[hardyjim]

I just noticed last night that the biggest A.Konjac is splitting at the base! wtf
There appears to be some kind of plant within the plant!
I am naming this one Kuato like in Total recall(always forget the name of that movie)( :
Like these plants aren't weird enough already!

to bad its not a flower............I will try and remember to get a pic today...

[miketropic]

Mine are still small so I havent tried to over winter them outdoors but this give me a bit of hope..wouldnt try it with this titanum tuber though

[canadianplant]

yeah plz take a pic, im not sure i understand what youre saying....

Also, im sure you would like to know a buddy cannot overwinter these in NC. He has had really bad luck with them. I killed mine a few years ago, when they turned to mush by september. Some people have all the luck

[hardyjim]

They seem pretty tough,I think the lower the temp goes the lower the moisture needs to be.
Often these 2 factors work the opposite way-no way these make it(this past spring) without the Frisbees over them

[Cameron_z6a_N.S.]

Great shots, Jim. I also followed their progress on the HPS board. I've now got a 1 lb A. konjac tuber, so we'll see how it does next spring.