Mine is late as well. It's up about 4 inches now.

I wait until the leaf stalk flops over then cut, dig it up, dry it/clean it off and store.

I have 3 konjaks in Atlanta, zone 8a and 2 came up around the 2 week of June and the other around the end of June do you probably shouldn't panic yet.

I am keeping fingers crossed. I wonder what triggers growth in these guys!

I don't know- yet. I've had mine 2-3 years and I've started taking notes to try and figure it out. It could be something as simple as a heavy rain over a couple of days...or enough rain to soak down to the tubers. I have rain lilies that only bloom after a heavy enough rain so it could be that. In my area we always have a dry spell in May and June and mine did pop up after 2 consecutive days of rain around the second week of June.

Try adding more drainage next year. I use a lot of perlite.

It's a week since your last post Woodnative... any growth yet? I had 2 small amorph tubers that had been dormant since last year, one broke and produced a plant a couple of weeks ago. The other is still sitting there in the same pot. Don't know what triggered one and not the other.

Russ

Russ missed your post above! Well I just came back, now August 5th.............to report................the beginning of growth................above the soil line..........so.........s..l..o..w..!!!!

Thanks Chris! The amorph that finally grew has rotted away taking the tuber with it, but I still have the other one that's still just sitting there dormant. I don't know much about amorphs, they've been all the rage among IAS growers for years but I prefer other aroids, especially philos and ags.

Good to talk to you again,

Russ

A lot of Amorphs will die quicker from too much water than too little. I have an Amorphophallus albispathus which is growing and still looking perfect while we're going into late winter. It's near a number of Amorph species that all went dormant as normal and I withheld water so they wouldn't rot. The albispathus' soil was completely dry for a couple of months at which point I thought it better get something. I only give it a bit of water every couple of weeks and it still looks quite 'happy'. Apart from my gigas and titanum, I find it better to under water rather than to over water them.

My rotted one probably did get too much water, tropicbreeze. It was too close to the side of the shadehouse where it could get rain, and I got a spell of daily showers. The dormant one didn't rot though so I don't get that. I'll move the pot and keep it more dry.

I guess your Aug is my Feb. I always like to see Feb coming since I know spring is just around the corner. Even my winters here in central Fla are too cold for me, my dream is endless summer.

Russ

Russ, if you're like me you'll complain wherever you end up, LOL. Years back I left a zone of something like 10 because it was just too cold. Now I complain when we get cold weather here. In June this year (our start of winter) average minimum was 21.0C and average maximum was 34.5C. And I was saying that was a reasonable winter. But then July the minimum dropped to 16.4C and I've been complaining endlessly. I guess next move will have to be to Singapore, LOL.

You're probably right! It's the work that winter causes and the months of down-time of plant activities I dislike, I hate to put plants away and just sit out the winter. No propagating, no potting. I get 4 to 6 degrees below freezing every darned winter, somewhere that lows are only 50s or 40s would be great. If I didn't have plants winter wouldn't be a big deal.

I think the Lower Keys and Key West is zone 10, the latter has never been below mid-40s but I hear it's a wild place these days. Maybe one of the Keys slightly north, Big Pine Key.

Wow, think of that.... living in Singapore!

Russ

Mid august and it is finally deciding to grow lol! Better late then never!

Good to see it's growing Chris, I hope you get a big plant out of it soon. What have you got, maybe 2 months of reasonable temps left? Maybe it won't notice early winter and it'll keep growing.

Russ

I hope so Russ. This is supposed to be 'Shattered Glass'......I think I see some variegation (keeping fingers crossed). It is a small tuber and pot so if need be I will bring it in the end of September to let it finish getting enough energy to store and grow. However, I hope it resets its internal clock next year and starts out earlier!!

I've heard Shattered Glass is a nice one Chris, I'll have to Google it to see what it looks like. My second tuber (the other one rotted) is still just sitting there, maybe it'll wait til next spring.

P. oligospermum is looking good, I have many backup propagations so I'm not concerned about going into this winter and losing it. It's a little late in the year but I've put two against a 4x4 in the shadehouse, I want to see if it'll change in size or leaf shape in climbing mode.

Russ

It is growing and great variegation.

That's beautiful Chris! First Shattered Glass I've seen, what species is it?

Russ

A variegated form of konjac Russ. I am excited to have this variegate. I have had regular konjac a couple of years now. Although still not blooming size it grew a lot and the species is easy to overwinter even in cold nj.

So my green A. konjacs are back to sleep.......but this mixed up plant is still growing. This original leaf has some damage, probably due to cool nights, but it recently sent up a second (and whiter) shoot!! We are having frost on occasion now, at least some nights, and I have been bringing it in (in not the most ideal spot) and occasionally putting it back out during stretches of better weather which will soon become much less frequent. I hope to get this guy on a normal schedule at some point.....beautiful cultivar.

Obviously Chris, the Shattered Glass is not only different in looks but also grows on it's very own schedule. I hope you can keep it warm enough, but of course light will be an issue as winter deepens. Any chance you have a light setup you could put it under?

Russ

I sure hope you can manage it thru the winter Chris. Thanks for the pic, that thing looks like a green and white snowflake, what a beauty!

Russ

Just an update. This guy came up a little later than my green ones again this year but much earlier, and at a more normal time, than last year. Hope if multiplies soon!

Could you post a picture? I would love to see it.

Very nice variegation Chris! Were the green ones that came up also from a Shattered Glass? Just wondering if these will produce both variegated and all-green tubers.

Russ

Yeah my big ones are up this year (konjacs) but my small bulbifer is not up yet. I checked and it's put out healthy roots just no growth tip yet. The bulbifer flower was small but cool though.

Bulbifer have become a real nuisance for me. One part of the garden has hundreds of them, they multiply like crazy with those bulbils on the leaf. After a few years of ignoring them the smell of about dozen of them flowering at the same time became a bit much. And as some flowers die off there's more new ones opening. I've taken to pulling them out and burning them to make sure they don't come up elsewhere. other species aren't so bad.

Really, I've never heard of someone having a problem with invasive amorphophallus! It sounds cool actually LOL.

Once the flowering is over it's okay. But for a while there I was trying to find the broken sewer pipe.

wow. you must be in a temperate area.