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Old 05-02-2008, 09:15 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Default Re: Level 10 Propagation Questions...

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Originally Posted by sandy0225 View Post
I found out last year if you really do a chop job on a pup and it has a lot of white at the bottom, but not the actual corm--it is possible to root it in the waterfall/stream of my fish pond in the summer. I saved lots of bordelon and basjoo pups that I cut off badly that way. It only works if you have some of the white or pinkish part at the bottom though. It takes about a week for them to grow a root and then if you leave them longer they will grow 2-3 and that's when I pot them up.
The whitish part is still considered corm, just very young corm. As long as you cut below the apical meristem you have a chance.
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