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maltose · 03-02-2023, 10:36 PM

Hello,

I split a small basjoo sword sucker from a large mother plant last fall when I dug up the main corm to overwinter in my basement.

The corm is about the size of a potato. The top slowly shriveled back over the winter as it was stored in in the basement in loose potting soil at about ~55 degrees F and low-light conditions, which I expected.

I potted it in a 1-gallon pot with fresh potting soil in mid-January and brought it into my grow tent, where I maintain 82 degree temps during the day with high humidity and ~68 degrees at night. I have kept the soil damp. The corm hasn't grown at all in 6 weeks, and the small pseudostem has only continued to shrivel up.

I pulled it up out of the soil to investigate a few days ago. The corm appears totally healthy, it is firm on all sides and doesn't appear to have any rot. The meristem seems perfectly fine too. It hasn't put out any new roots whatsoever in the last 6 weeks despite optimal conditions.

Why would this corm refuse to grow like this? What should I do to get it going? I'm thinking of rinsing it off and trimming off the little bits of dry roots from last fall and just sticking it back in the 1 gallon but I'm just really surprised it's done nothing for so long despite seeming healthy.

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maltose Join Date: Feb 2019 Posts: 9 BananaBucks : 7,019 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 2 Times Was Thanked 10 Times in 6 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Corm refusing to grow Hello, I split a small basjoo sword sucker from a large mother plant last fall when I dug up the main corm to overwinter in my basement. The corm is about the size of a potato. The top slowly shriveled back over the winter as it was stored in in the basement in loose potting soil at about ~55 degrees F and low-light conditions, which I expected. I potted it in a 1-gallon pot with fresh potting soil in mid-January and brought it into my grow tent, where I maintain 82 degree temps during the day with high humidity and ~68 degrees at night. I have kept the soil damp. The corm hasn't grown at all in 6 weeks, and the small pseudostem has only continued to shrivel up. I pulled it up out of the soil to investigate a few days ago. The corm appears totally healthy, it is firm on all sides and doesn't appear to have any rot. The meristem seems perfectly fine too. It hasn't put out any new roots whatsoever in the last 6 weeks despite optimal conditions. Why would this corm refuse to grow like this? What should I do to get it going? I'm thinking of rinsing it off and trimming off the little bits of dry roots from last fall and just sticking it back in the 1 gallon but I'm just really surprised it's done nothing for so long despite seeming healthy.