Has Anyone Tried This? If so, What were your Results? - Page 2

revensen · 07-25-2010, 04:34 PM

About a month and a half ago I did this with two large Manzano corms. So far 12 have started to grow. Once they break the surface they grow very fast.

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Jananas Bananas · 07-29-2010, 01:39 PM

I know I probably shouldn't be doing this, but patience is not one of my virtues. I took the corm out of my starter soil to see if I could tell if I killed it or had any kind of results AND here are some pictures showing what I found this morning - 7/29/10. (It is wet and shiny because I rinsed it off for examination and photos.) I have some growth on my corm chunk, I also have leaf growth on the mother corm. So, I don't think I have caused any damage to mother and I am really excited about seeing growth on the chunk. What doesn't show in the pictures are several new little eye bumps that I am hoping will make roots too. I guess this is what I am wanting, right? I may cut them off this larger chunk and plant them separately.

This only had one root on it when I planted it

This is a brand new root AND a new eye bump

This big bump has swollen

You can see in this shot where the "skin" has split open

Leaf has gotten longer and is starting to open

~JaNan

Abnshrek · 08-03-2010, 06:16 PM

Well I tried the same thing as you with 2 sections with eyes. Here's 1 of 2 Cali-Golds on the way up. :^) I think its neat not to steal any of your thunder, just wanted to share success. :^)

Jananas Bananas · 08-03-2010, 07:41 PM

Yay Migael!!! Did you plant the mother corm back in the ground, or did you cut it up to get the eyes? Did you plant the eyes just in the ground or is that in a big pot? Any special treatment? How are you maintaining moisture?

~JaNan

LilRaverBoi · 08-03-2010, 07:50 PM

*scolds and waves finger at Janan* GIRL! Put that thing back in the soil and let it do it's thing!!! Stop being inpatient...it'll work!

Abnshrek · 08-03-2010, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Jananas Bananas

Yay Migael!!! Did you plant the mother corm back in the ground, or did you cut it up to get the eyes? Did you plant the eyes just in the ground or is that in a big pot? Any special treatment? How are you maintaining moisture?

Well when I went to Steves the corm in question here growing may have another eye as well? But that piece of corm was attached to 2 pups and the other I planted I found on the sack with all the dirt. One is in a pot, this on is in the ground. :^) This came about since I knew the corm was attached to the pups and felt it was soft so I decide they needed to be on their own. I trimmed the corm to get rid of the soft stuff and stuck it in an empty hole. :^)

Abnshrek · 08-04-2010, 04:48 PM

Well day 2 Cali-Gold is coming up gooood :^) You can see the growth from the center vs. the last pic (corm power!). :^)

The next post hopefully Janana's shows us success. :^) Good Luck

all in good time.. :^)

cheson74 · 08-05-2010, 08:55 PM

I did the same thing with a DC I wintered indoors. My dog got excited one day and jumped on the pot. She broke the main pstem. I ended up cutting the pstem down. In the process, I decided to separate the 3 pups. I cut off the 3 pups and had a nice chunk of corm where the main pstem used to be. I stuck that chunk in a pot.

That same chunk grew into a beautiful plant and has 2 pups of its own now

Justin · 08-23-2010, 03:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jananas Bananas

I know I probably shouldn't be doing this, but patience is not one of my virtues. I took the corm out of my starter soil to see if I could tell if I killed it or had any kind of results AND here are some pictures showing what I found this morning - 7/29/10. (It is wet and shiny because I rinsed it off for examination and photos.) I have some growth on my corm chunk, I also have leaf growth on the mother corm. So, I don't think I have caused any damage to mother and I am really excited about seeing growth on the chunk. What doesn't show in the pictures are several new little eye bumps that I am hoping will make roots too. I guess this is what I am wanting, right? I may cut them off this larger chunk and plant them separately.

~JaNan

How is this project coming along?

Jananas Bananas · 08-25-2010, 04:42 PM

Here are a couple of pictures of the corm chunk. Not much happening, but there is a touch of green there on the bump. It's still alive anyway. The root is getting a bunch of little hairy roots on it. That's about it.

~JaNan

Nicolas Naranja · 04-04-2012, 09:55 PM

So, I have developed tendonitis in my knee and my plans to plant the new farm are a little more difficult due to the pain. I've thought about maybe doing this macropropagation thing but I'm not entirely sure how to proceed. It seems like the easiest method would be to put the corm in a pot or bag and let it sucker. I do like the idea of using corm bits though. With the corm in a pot method would I transfer the suckers to like a 1 or 2 gallon pot before planting in the field? With the bit method, should I hot water treat the bits?

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