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Originally Posted by Patty in Wisc
Nice BIG leaves!
What do you mean "it choked on me" ? Did it die but send a pup out?
Sorry for my ignorance  |
I don't know if this term is used by others or not. Normally, "choke" is used when the flower is unable to emerge from the top of the pseudostem but it will sometimes emerge from the side. Sometimes I get a pup and the existing shoot dries up some and gets stiff, making it hard for the new leaves to merge. Sometimes it will emerge from the side of the pseudostem just like the flower will in the above use of the term. In this case, and in some others, the original shoot just withers away and a new shoot (or pup) emerges.
Today I placed 2 liter soda bottles (bottoms cut off and screw tops removed) over my two Senorita pups and the Veinte Cohol pup to help keep the existing top from drying out and getting stiff. I've trimmed off the tip of the Veinte Cohol twice. I think it will put out new leaf growth very soon.
Sorry for using some confusing language.
By the way, here's a picture of the pup's momma taken by Mitchel. The psuedostem had a circumference of 51"!!! Do you notice any similarities???
