Rescue/revive Ivy gourd;bring it back to life

Hi all,
I brought dondakaya/ivy gourd corms with a bit of vine from India may be 2 yrs back. I managed to keep it alive till last winter. I had kept it in the sun room and have moved it it into the house during the U.K winter. But, last winter, I thought it might have acclamatised and left it in the unheated or no heating sun room, assuming it would survive. During winter the leaves have dried out. I thought the bulb/corm should be still alive and intact. But, sadly, when I dug it this early/late winter the corm seems to have died except for the top bit which was outside. Is there anyway I could bring it back to life make it grow new shootas? Any ideas would be appreciated. I still have the old and dried vine. would it help if I bury it in nice wet compost?


KL

 

No idea but maybe one of the exotic boys will see this if I give it a bump. Post some pics too if you can!