Loakesy Posted March 27, 2010 Report Share Posted March 27, 2010 My D. vulgaris did absolutely nothing last year, and last time I looked, the corm was a brown, slushy mush, so I didn't bother doing anything with it. It's been left out in the damp and cold all winter. Then this happened: I think I counted 6 shoots. Hopefully I'm going to have a couple of stinky flowers this year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewLuton Posted June 29, 2010 Report Share Posted June 29, 2010 Hi Andy- have they flowered yet? I had a huge flower open while I was away 2 weeks ago so just missed the stink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loakesy Posted June 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2010 (edited) Nope. Just foliage this year so far! But you can see what happened a couple of years back here: http://www.cpukforum.com/forum/index.php?s...;hl=dracunculus Edited June 29, 2010 by Loakesy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewLuton Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 Mine produced a large flower about 3 weeks ago and as soon as it wilted and died the stems of the plants are all wilting and dying back now. Is this normal after flowering? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenofeden Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 yes, mine are dying back too, normal (esp in hot weather) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewLuton Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 Cheers for that advice. I will have to cut them back then and forget about them until next year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-Rah Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 Don't cut the stems back until completely shrivelled (they wil then pull away with no effort at all). They continue to pump starch into the new bulb for as long as they can ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewLuton Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 Ok will do- I will wait till they rot off naturally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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