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sandy0225 · 05-30-2008, 03:37 PM

I took my bordelon corm and cut it in half vertically(up and down). The corm was about 4" in diameter before cutting it in half. I put both halves on top of separate pots of soil, I used promix hp, placing them cut side down. I just barely stuck the cut side into the soil, maybe about 1/2-3/4 inches. That was about a month ago. Then I promptly forgot about it really because it's been busy here. Now I checked it today because I was wondering what I did with it.
One pot has three pups coming off the top side of the corm and the other has only one but that's bigger. So it must have decided it was going to die, and it needed to grow--fast!. I didn't keep it real dry because I had it sitting with cannas and etc that I was watering, so sometimes I forgot and hit it with the hose. And I'm sure my hubby watered it when I go to the farmers market on Saturday mornings, he waters everything unless I specifically show it to him and tell him not to....But I tried to keep it kind of dry. So I'd say this might be a good propagation technique.

05-30-2008, 03:37 PM	#14 (permalink)
sandy0225 Northern Tropics sandy0225's Photo Gallery Location: Muncie, Indiana zone 5 Find me on the map! Zone: zone 5 Name: Sandy Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,718 BananaBucks : 364,288 Feedback: 31 / 97% Said "Thanks" 38 Times Was Thanked 1,801 Times in 682 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 9 Times	Re: African Red propagation experiment I took my bordelon corm and cut it in half vertically(up and down). The corm was about 4" in diameter before cutting it in half. I put both halves on top of separate pots of soil, I used promix hp, placing them cut side down. I just barely stuck the cut side into the soil, maybe about 1/2-3/4 inches. That was about a month ago. Then I promptly forgot about it really because it's been busy here. Now I checked it today because I was wondering what I did with it. One pot has three pups coming off the top side of the corm and the other has only one but that's bigger. So it must have decided it was going to die, and it needed to grow--fast!. I didn't keep it real dry because I had it sitting with cannas and etc that I was watering, so sometimes I forgot and hit it with the hose. And I'm sure my hubby watered it when I go to the farmers market on Saturday mornings, he waters everything unless I specifically show it to him and tell him not to....But I tried to keep it kind of dry. So I'd say this might be a good propagation technique. __________________ Sandy Burrell Northern Tropics Greenhouse 1501 East Fuson Road Muncie, IN 47302 www.northerntropics.com specializing in bananas, heirloom tomatoes and water gardening plants~ check out our new online store at our website!