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Originally Posted by smeash
Ive grown both. My tissue culture plants grew from 2 inches high last december, to 13ft of pstem in just one growing season. Of course im in Florida, and pushed them hard on fertilizer and water. I have 3 pups that were about 2 feet tall when I received them from another forum member in mid May, They are all about 8ft of pstem now. I think the main thing with TC plants, is they are slow in the beginning, and require gradual acclimation to the outdoors, however pups can sit around doing nothing for a month or more after being seperated from the mother corm. It all depends, but both methods are result in good plants if properly cared for. Just my .02
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OK I thought I had a freak with about 7' of pstem! What was the monster that got to 13 feet??
This basically being my rookie season I'm by far not an authority but in my yard and with all the wrong things that I do the tissue cultures have grown the best. Pups I've bought and ones I've separated just haven't grown as fast. It's probably something I'm doing but I'm learning. The only issue I see with tissue cultures is not knowing what you're actually buying. Lou Ferrigno was supposed to be a Blue Java but I think it's a Namwah. Still it's a plant like I never thought I could grow so I'm satisfied and it's producing very healthy pups for me.