Balkar ji... forgot to tell you I had saved one tuber and planted it...next spring..but did not grow... my garden club friends had thought that perhaps it was not old / large enough...with only one growing season, that too growing in balcony in a pot may not have stored enough energy to re-sprout...
Usha di ========= On Nov 19, 11:58 pm, Ushadi micromini <[email protected]> wrote: > Balkar ji... by seeds is the best way.. > I had collected seeds from a friends' garden fence in 1993 in central > florida, and let them dry, stored them in red topped sterile test > tubes with airtight stoppers at RT .... and in 1996 or 1997 spring > planted them... in 1998 summer had a thriving flowering vine in my > 6-8 gallon soilless potting mix pot in my balcony, over-wintered > inside (it snows where I was) ... after flowering though it died in > the pot, and I wanted to reuse the pot and to my surprise found > tubers... I cut open the tubers to photograph... so cant tell you if > they would grow or not... BUT from what I read... tubers are used > for famine food in its native central and south america and the > tubers sprout to give new vines in case of forest fires... they > survive deep inside the soil when every thing else chars... so may > be they need heated soil, or very alkaline soil (from the ashes of the > vines and other plants) to re-sprout.... or some bacteria or fungi > that overtake the burnt forest soil after the fire may release some > growth factors.... > > I wonder if anybody has tested soil for such factors after a forest > fire where antigonon grows ?? > > SEEDS are the best way.... if they are from a thriving vine like this > one that Neha has... > > otherwise... semi woody stems and rooting hormone had worked for some > other vines for me... but I have not tried that in India... > > Usha di > > =========== > > On Nov 19, 5:07 pm, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Sorry pls read as stem cuttings and tubers > > > On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 5:36 PM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have tried this to grow from stem tubers in my college, can anybody > > > give idea how to propagate this vine > > > Thanks > > > > On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 3:34 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > >> Yes Neha ji > > >> The flowers appear very fresh. > > > >> On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 11:59 PM, Neha Singh <[email protected]> > > >> wrote: > > > >>> Antigonon leptopus from a private garden @ Jaipur. Dated- 07.11.11 > > > >>> Common name-Coral Vine ,Family- Polygonaceae > > > >>> Regards > > >>> Neha S > > > >> -- > > >> Dr Satish Phadke > > > > -- > > > Regards > > > > Dr Balkar Singh > > > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > > > Arya P G College, Panipat > > > Haryana-132103 > > > 09416262964 > > > -- > > Regards > > > Dr Balkar Singh > > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > > Arya P G College, Panipat > > Haryana-132103 > > 09416262964
