Colocasia Mammoth hardier than expected
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it that neat h2o2, got some today 99p from boots 6% wasnt sure to use neat or not??
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Did you get it at the pharmacy or off the shelves andwhat quantity ?
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cough medicine size bottle dave..over the counter at boots
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Re: Colocasia Mammoth hardier than expected
I use about 1/2 to 1% not 6% as that may damage soft tissue. 1% is what you gargle with so effective at killing bacteria, but won't damage the surface tissue, was my reckoning I bought some from Boots but you have to ask and if you ask for too much they have to notify the authorities.bobbyd44 wrote:it that neat h2o2, got some today 99p from boots 6% wasnt sure to use neat or not??
Problem is with all the things it is useful for you'd need gallons. It is useful to help recover overwatered plants as it fizzes oxygen around the roots. Alocasia in particular could benefit from this
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Update
Most of the rhizomes I stored overwinter including the big one did not sprout. They sat there doing nothing then went soft... not rotted but clearly not alive either I had given some to Darren (RS) but seems they did not sprout either. I am not sure if being exposed to the snow for a few days before I dug them out damaged them and they did not survive storage. Of the 26 or so rhizomes only 3 successfully sprouted and are growing.
I left 2 clumps out and thought there was no way they could have survived the winter, which although not colder than 2008/9 with a min of -5.6C, was a much more severe winter in terms of lack of day time highs. The clump in the sheltered south facing back garden has not come back so I presume has died, however, the clump in the exposed North facing garden has put in an appearance with 3 pups so far.
Also the Jungle Seeds Giant Colocasia (They didn't know exactly what it was) but may be C. gigantea has come through. It has a much more rounded leaf than Mammoth. The odd thing is I don't recall seeing that at all last year.... so, confused now
These have emerged about a month later than last year so it will be interesting to see how big they get. Obviously that will be determined by what the overall summer is like. July and August 2009 were way above the long term average for here. We'll See
Most of the rhizomes I stored overwinter including the big one did not sprout. They sat there doing nothing then went soft... not rotted but clearly not alive either I had given some to Darren (RS) but seems they did not sprout either. I am not sure if being exposed to the snow for a few days before I dug them out damaged them and they did not survive storage. Of the 26 or so rhizomes only 3 successfully sprouted and are growing.
I left 2 clumps out and thought there was no way they could have survived the winter, which although not colder than 2008/9 with a min of -5.6C, was a much more severe winter in terms of lack of day time highs. The clump in the sheltered south facing back garden has not come back so I presume has died, however, the clump in the exposed North facing garden has put in an appearance with 3 pups so far.
Also the Jungle Seeds Giant Colocasia (They didn't know exactly what it was) but may be C. gigantea has come through. It has a much more rounded leaf than Mammoth. The odd thing is I don't recall seeing that at all last year.... so, confused now
These have emerged about a month later than last year so it will be interesting to see how big they get. Obviously that will be determined by what the overall summer is like. July and August 2009 were way above the long term average for here. We'll See
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My one that came through 2 winters at -9C Dave has not returned after the -12.8C . If I ever see that same display anywhere again I'll buy some more(SOME! ).
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This warm weather has really brought them on, I counted 9 new shoots this morning.
Also, a couple of feet away I found a tiny, either Colocasia Fontanesii, or Burgundy stem, too small to tell which yet and both were next to each other.
Also, a couple of feet away I found a tiny, either Colocasia Fontanesii, or Burgundy stem, too small to tell which yet and both were next to each other.
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IT'S BACK! Just been to chuck some water at Big Billy Basjoo and it's there , an inch out the ground.grub wrote:My one that came through 2 winters at -9C Dave has not returned after the -12.8C . If I ever see that same display anywhere again I'll buy some more(SOME! ).
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That's good news Grub, so they are even hardier than our revised hardiness expectation. Certainly a toughie
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Noticed a couple of pink chinas popping up at the weekend
If they were positioned a bit better then I'm sure they would've sprouted sooner as theres some gaoligongenensis starting to sprout a couple of foot or so away.And over on the other side of the garden they've been up for ages so stands to reason pink china would do the same on the same side too
I'll be leaving them out this year to find out
If they were positioned a bit better then I'm sure they would've sprouted sooner as theres some gaoligongenensis starting to sprout a couple of foot or so away.And over on the other side of the garden they've been up for ages so stands to reason pink china would do the same on the same side too
I'll be leaving them out this year to find out
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thanks for the updates,one of your stored bits did sprout Dave but i rotted it in the hallway. too cool there perhaps??
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They sprouted outside in April last year so probably not a lack of heat problem, more likely to be too much moisture retention and not enough air in the compost. They really do need an open compost which is bearly moist to start with, once growing well then ramp up the watering.redsquirrel wrote:thanks for the updates,one of your stored bits did sprout Dave but i rotted it in the hallway. too cool there perhaps??
Glad to hear about the old china coming back Steve, by the way I still have that Jack's Giant for you.
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I haven't forgotten Dave,just been very busy with one thing or another to get round to arranging a meet up
pm me and we'll sort something out
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Same here Steve need a 27 hour day and an 8 day week will pm.SteveW wrote:I haven't forgotten Dave,just been very busy with one thing or another to get round to arranging a meet up
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The Yearly update of 17th July is the benchmak as to how well the C Mammoth have come back from left in the ground. Those in the front border under the window have been out for 3 years now. The pic below top bit was just after planting up in 2008. The middle scetion was how they had come back after being out overwinter 2008/9, and not really much difference. The bottom section is this year and shows they were set back by the colsd winter and dry spring. Although they don't like being wet, the ground was dust dry and this delays sprouting. It mimmicks the dry season they have in their nataural environment.
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