[NAFEX] three selections of apios americana

Douglas Woodard dwoodard at becon.org
Wed Mar 17 19:38:26 EDT 2010


John, I suggest that you think about adding organic material, maybe give 
it some leaf mulch.

Doug Woodard
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada


John S wrote:
> I am growing a LSU selection obtained from Edible Landscaping about 6 
> years ago.  So far, no significant problems here is Zone 5 pushing 
> towards Zone 6.  The first few years, it did not grow much and almost 
> died, so I dug it up, potted it and moved to an area that gets less 
> direct sun and more steady moisture.  The last two years have seen 
> healthier more vigorous vines with much larger vine growth last summer.  
> With all the discussion going on, I dug it up yesterday to take a look.  
> The primary tuber was about 4" x 3" and noticeably larger than last 
> year.  There was also 1 new tuber, about 1" in diameter.  So out of 6 
> years of growing it, I now have a second tuber.  I divided the new tuber 
> from the main one and planted it.
> 
> I'm assuming that eventually the main tuber will get large enough to 
> start producing many additional tubers.  The selection I have apparently 
> produces large tubers but is slow to create new ones.  If memory is 
> correct, our lowest temp here during the time I have had this has been 
> -17.  I've also looked for this in the wild in this area, but so far 
> have not found it.



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