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  • From: John S <swim_at_svc@yahoo.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] three selections of apios americana
  • Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:57:10 -0700 (PDT)

Thanks Doug.  It is currently in a high organic mix.   I think it had too much sun for the amount of moisture it had, during the early days.



--- On Wed, 3/17/10, Douglas Woodard <dwoodard@becon.org> wrote:

From: Douglas Woodard <dwoodard@becon.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] three selections of apios americana
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 7:38 PM

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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