If it is more than a year old,then the stems kinking over could be King Tut shedding old stems to make room for new. So if your plant is less than a year old I would look to dry and hungry rather than old. When I lost stems it was always from dry conditions. The King Tut I grew last year, I had it from May to almost December, and it never got old enough to start shedding old stems. I don't think this will happen in a season, but if you live in a warm enough climate for it to overwinter this could be your issue. Thee is the potential that if the plant gets really old, it can sometimes shed old stems from the outside of the plant, to "make room" for newer, younger stems. A few of the older stems that grew before I started adding additional fertilizer droop a bit, but the rest are ramrod straight and the stems are quite thick. I can tell that the newer stems are super strong. In July I started supplementing the controlled-release fertilizer I used at planting with water soluble fertilizer. ‘King Tut®’is a large, non-hardy grass-like plant that adds impressive architectural interest and grace to every spot weve tried it. Even the ancient Egyptians thought so Huge green pom poms tower over everything in summer until frost. Possibly the coolest container plant of all time. Look for something like a 20:10:20, 20:10:15 or 24:12:17, or another formulation along those lines. Cyperus papyrus King Tut® Egyptian Papyrus. I use our Proven Winners water soluble fertilizer but any fertilizer with a 2:1:2 or 2:1:1.5 ratio would be good. After first frost that did no damage to it, I decided to take a division and take it into protected place in the basement. If the plant is at all light green or yellowish start using a well balanced water soluble fertilizer once a week or so to give it a boost. Overwintering Cyperus papyrus King Tut Novemtarzan Papyrus waiting to be saved Cyperus Papyrus King Tut is only hardy to a bit below freezing and even that only for a short time. The other suggestion I have to keep it really healthy and strong is to make sure you fertilize. If it is in a pot with other plants or planted in the ground make sure the ground never gets completely dry. If you have King Tut in a pot by itself try blocking the drainage holes to help keep it well hydrated. Usually if you have stems kinking over it is because the plant is getting dry. ![]() This is despite several bouts of quite strong winds. ![]() My King Tut is about 5 feet tall now (I have it in a galvanized metal bushel basket with no drainage holes) and was planted from a 4.5" pot in May and it almost never has a stem kink over.
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