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Originally Posted by Clare_CA
Thanks so much, Bananaman88 and Jeff, for the information. The soil that I am using is not drying out as fast as I had hoped. It seems to dry out very fast in sunny conditions, but in the current shaded location, it doesn't dry out fast at all. I've come to think that burned leaves is better than a dead plant, and so I've moved them to a more sunny aspect. I believe that I've lost two -- there's $200 down the drain -- but with your help, the remaining two may survive so thanks much.
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Hoping you can salvage the other 2 also Clare...
I've had a corm(not an AeAe) that hadn't flowered. It has looked like nothing but rot - top to bottom. I removed the rot & dead as best I could(small amounts at a time & rinsed it lightly in cool water - patting it dry with a clean cotton cloth) over a 3 day period. After it was clean as it could be, I put it in some rich, well draining topsoil - with no water. Nothing for 2 weeks...it was showing signs of brown mush & rot again. I gently wiped it away as good as I could(no cutting on it, keeping it in the dirt). Waited another week....then it pushed out a healthy pup! Has been a week since that happened & I have been wiping the brown off the little bit of growth that the Mother corm has & she is beginning to push up growth too!
Wishing you the best!
~Cheryl