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Re: Persisting Taro, Bok

Greetings, locally we have a grower that produces 10,000 Colocasia tubers
each season.  The tubers are dug in November and left to dry for 2 months
before being boxed for shipment to the international bulb (tuber)
companies.  This plant will live in the tuber state for months and if
large, I would guess a year or more.  They dry very slowly and although
they tend to start new growth in warm weather, the development is slow.  I
have some I got in November and they look no different now than when I
picked them from the field.  

Dick

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