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Originally Posted by Hammocked Banana
Yes if you isolate the fruited corm, it will produce more pups. I have no forst hand experience but have read some experiments on the org. Another option is to keep the corm attached to one of the pups. My recent trials have shown that pups with the momma corm still attached grow much faster and stronger than pups on only their corms.
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Your absolutely right about the pups growing faster while still attached, a separated small Orinoco pup might reach 4 feet of pstem here in summer, but an attached pup will grow to about 7+ feet by fall. That might be an option while digging them, separate one of the pups because its easier to handle before putting under the house, and leave the other pup attached to the mother corm, while trimming away the dying pstem of the one that just bloomed. The next spring the pup attached to the mother corm will give it a head start with more pups growing. Might be a little lopsided and awkward putting it under the house, but it should work.