Re: [aroid-l] Overwintering alocasia and colocasia

I have over wintered both types of Colocasias. What I always do is dig
them up and place the entire rootbal with soil and place it in a trash
bag. The bag then goes under the house for storage during the winter. It
works great.

Harry
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From: aroid-l-owner@lists.ncsu.edu [a*@lists.ncsu.edu]
On Behalf Of Julius Boos
Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2004 1:56 PM
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Subject: Re: [aroid-l] Overwintering alocasia and colocasia





>From: ken@spatulacity.com 
>Reply-To: aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu 
>To: Aroid list <aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu> 
>Subject: [aroid-l] Overwintering alocasia and colocasia 
>Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 13:29:30 -0400 
> 
Just a quick note--I`d get the Colocasia w/ stolons to Florida, from
what I`ve read they do NOT winter well as they don`t go dormant, even
the C. e. esculenta (taro/dasheen vars.) that do form a tuber, they
might be difficult as their dormancy may be longer than your winter.   I
don`t know about the Alocasias, maybe someone w/ actual experience can
gige you some better advice.    Without a heated g/house you really are
at a terrible disadvantage trying to grow tropical plants year round.
Good Luck,
Julius>For those of us in northern US states, the Amorphophallus are 
>attractive for two reasons - their flower and form, and the fact 
>that most of them are dormant in the winter so they're easy to 
>store.  Like many of us, I grow many more plants in the summer than 
>I could ever house over winter. 
> 
>Now that I have a number of Colocasias and 5 Alocasia macrorrhizos I 
>want to make sure I can overwinter them.  I believe I read that the 
>A. macrorrhizos can be dug, cut back, cleaned of dirt and stored 
>dormant. Is that true? 
> 
>I know that I can do that to Colocasia escualenta. What is the 
>likelihood that I can treat the other Colocasias the same way? I 
>know I'm asking a lot since I don't have ID's on them, but they're 
>"escualenta-like" hybrids with dark petioles and/or dark 
>metallic-sheen looking leaves. One of them is a prodigious producer 
>of runners (even here in New England). 
> 
>One reason I ask is because I have the chance to give some of them a 
>permanent home at Mom's house in FL and I'd rather have them there 
>than dead!  Another reason is that I want to get more but I don't 
>want to treat them as annuals. 
> 
>I appreciate the advice, 
>Ken Mosher 


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