Date: Thu, 04 Dec 1997 12:32:01 -0600 From: Susan Ziegler <sziegler@icon-stl.net> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg4614$foo@default> Subject: Re: regrowth
>Date: Tue, 02 Dec 97 20:51 EST
>From: dave evans <T442119@RUTADMIN.RUTGERS.EDU>
>To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
>Subject: Re: Re: Regrowth
>Message-ID: <199712030212.SAA00748@hplms26.hpl.hp.com>
>
>> >> What varieties of cp can survive by thier roots and return from the
"dead"?
>> >> Is VFT one of those, or can I pitch the one that has apparantly died on
>> >> me? .. and cephalotus?
>> >
>Hello Susan,
>
> You can dig it up and take a look. If it is all black and mushy, I'm
>afraid you have a dead plant. If you can find the rhizome with the
>petioles intact (they will be white and together they make a sort of
>psuedo-bulb) I suggest you repot it into healthier soil.
> Cephalotus is much more easily shocked by transplanting, but if you
>feel the soil is the culprit behind your plants illness/demise then,
>like with VFT, dig it up and repot.
> It seem to me that when plants just start to fade, it is usually
>caused by dim lighting (well familiar with this senario).
>
>Good luck,
>Dave Evans
thanks dave! I'll be sure to look :)
Susan
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