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Old 09-18-2009, 09:55 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Default Re: Is Fruiting Determined By Season Or Maturity?

The life of the plant is in the corm. The leaves are just solar panels. The corm needs to accumulate energy over time to mature and produce the bloom. Cutting the p-stem will cause a time delay and perhaps necessitate a few more leaves.
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