Arisaema sikokianum

Arisaema sikokianum
Anita Roselle (Fri, 24 Mar 2017 07:14:56 PDT)

Rimmer,

I am in the North Carolina mountains, zone 6a - 7b depending what
elevation you are, I am in a cold pocket, about 2 weeks behind other local
gardens.

I planted the them only with the small amount of potting soil that was in
the 2-3" pot they were in. Have never bare rooted any when I planted them.
Plant that was given to me was dug up where some seed had been planted by a
mouse or ants, so
was in native soil at a friend house that does not have this problem.

As far as rust they do not look like they have rust but I don't know what
rust looks like on them, I have never seen it on jack's. I am a retired
perennial propagator so have grown a lot of plants in various garden and
have not had this kind of problem.

On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 9:24 AM, Rimmer deVries <rdevries@comcast.net>
wrote:

a few questions:
- are you planting the sikokes out in the garden with a pocket of the peat
based potting soil? or “bulb" freely in native soil?
- do the local native Jack’s have any rust?
- where is your generalized locality

Rimmer
SE MI zone 5/6

On Mar 24, 2017, at 9:16 AM, Anita Roselle <anitaroselle@gmail.com>

wrote:

I would like some input on a problem that I have with Arisaema

sikokianum.

I can grow it from seed with no problem, then transplant it to small pots
with Pro Mix potting soil, it grows beautifully. Then when I plant it in

garden it shrivels up and dies, even a full grown plant given to me grew
one season and then died.

I have had my soil tested and it was extremely acid, would this have

caused

the quick demise of my plants? I have not had this extreme a reaction to

soil by other plants but many plants do not do as well as I would like.

I have applied the right amount of lime but am hesitant to plant again.
I have about 40 small pots of A. sikokianum that I don't want to kill.
When lime is applied how often does it have to be done again?

There are a few native Jack's in the woods but not as many as I would

like,

maybe they are affected by the acid as well. Any suggestions on this
situation would be very welcome, I am a good grower and this really
frustrates me. If it is not the acid what could it be, there has never

been

any pollutants on my property, it is a north slope partly wooded hillside
that has never been anything else.

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