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Originally Posted by venturabananas
Keith, it's a completely fair comparison if you are talking about suckers when they are separated, rather than when fruit are harvested from those plants when they are full grown (as you are). When people assert that sword suckers have a larger corm and more roots, I think they are always talking about when the sucker is separated and planted.
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I still do not think it is fair to compare roots from corms of drastically different sizes, but I will try again to make my reasoning clear.
The last water sucker I planted in the field had roots longer than 20 feet, the roots needed to be cut back to 24 inches before moving. This WS had many more roots than the sword sucker in the photo.
This WS had an 8 1/2 foot P-stem and weighed between 300 - 350 lbs.
I personally do not think this would be a fair comparison, but I see your point.
The time when a sucker is separated and planted has too many variables for that to be the deciding factor for comparison.
I feel the corm or the where the corm and p-stem meet the best way to make a fair comparison.
BTW it is normal for me to separate and plant P-stems of 5 to 9 foot.
When people ask for a plant, they are always happy to see an 8 or 9 foot P-stem come out of my truck.
I would not even waste my time digging a hole to plant that tiny WS in your photo.