TCurrell Posted March 1, 2015 Report Share Posted March 1, 2015 I was working at Heathrow airport on Friday and left the house at 5am in a sleepy daze, the day dragged on forever and i returned home at 9pm tired as hell. I glance to the neglected flower bed by my front door thinking to myself "ill sort that out when the weather warms up" when i noticed this! If you can see past the weedy shambles this is my Dracunculis vulgaris bulb i "discarded" last year when i was convinced it was rotting. I guess i was wrong, You never know i might even get a flower this year, the neighbors would love that! Anyway this made the day feel more worthwhile and i thought i'd share it with you guys. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Olivermurray7373 Posted March 1, 2015 Report Share Posted March 1, 2015 Good news, you work at Heathrow, that's awesome!! What do you do? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCurrell Posted March 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2015 I was only there for the day laying carpet, I'm a subcontractor so the company i was working with had a renovation contract for some offices and i was doing the carpet tiles. Pretty boring really but brings in the bacon lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Nice. Mine flowered last year when I was keeping it in a pot due to an imminent house move. They're still in pots and, like yours, growing already. Now we've moved I hope to be able to plant them out in a more permanent location. Do you know if they should be dug up or just mulched over winter? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCurrell Posted March 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 I left mine in the ground over winter and it was fine, i may have been lucky though. I had assumed the bulb was rotting so it was a bit of a "chuck it on the ground and see what happens" decision which paid off. I planted it there in august time as the plant had withered back by then. I'm hoping mine flowers this year, did you get any seed from your's Gaz? I hear they can self seed but i'm unsure as to whether i have to hand pollinate it or if it will self pollinate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 I left mine in the ground over winter and it was fine, i may have been lucky though did you get any seed from your's Gaz? I hear they can self seed but i'm unsure as to whether i have to hand pollinate it or if it will self pollinate. We're a fair bit further north than you so I guess I'll need to mulch it at least. I don't want to risk losing the larger one so I might dig that up. There were no seeds and, unfortunately, I didn't try selfing it as we were focusing on the house move. If it obliges with a flower this year I'll definitely give it a go. Actually I was surprised to get a flower as the tuber wasn't that big. I'm hoping my Amorphophallus konjac will be big enoughto flower this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCurrell Posted March 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 I bought an amorphophallus titanum germinated seed the other day, waiting on deliver for that. Aroids have always fascinated me so i thought i'd go big this time lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 A. titanium! Wow, where did you get that? I bought a seed in 2013, so far no signs of germination so I guess it's dead...better check this weekend just in case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCurrell Posted March 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 I ordered it from a polish grower, its one that's pre-germinated so will be sent out in wet peat. I hear they dont saty viable long and if they dry out there near impossible to germinate so i paid a bit more for one already started. I'll keep you posted when it arrives it's got me super exited :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCurrell Posted March 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 I started a progress thread for my newly aquired Amorphophallustitanum seed here: http://www.cpukforum.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=54926 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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