Just under two months since we placed twenty corms in each of the first two experimental boxes and we have now retrieved a total of 150 plantlets with another fifty still in there, too small to separate. The plantlets are cut away from the corm, including the roots or the closest root cluster of root even if this includes a chunk of corm. If there aren't any roots, I include a chunk of corm. The roots and lower stems are then soaked in water containing rooting hormone at the appropriate concentration. The plantlets are then replanted in sawdust for another couple of weeks to let then developp more roots. I have seen some grow a three inch long root overnight. I give them a lot of water at this time, keeping the sawdust nice and damp and they are doing well. The heat is intense and I do not cover them and they are kept in the shade of course.
