Originally Posted by harveyc

Tog, I generally try to do that (but get behind sometimes), though I tend to try to keep pups of two sizes attached. However, I'm talking of leaving lots of pups attached when the mother plant has lost all of its leaves (either because of frost or wind damage, like Mitchel is talking about). Some people have said the pups help, but Mitchel's experience contradicts that. Since pups are attached to the mother corm, I could see that they might provide food to it or suck food out. I've never seen anything scientific reported on how things work. Maybe Gabe can chime in.