Re: Elephant ears

The problem is I have no idea what "elephant ears' they are.  Farmer sells
them down the road for a couple bucks apiece as bulbs (or are they combs? ) in
the spring.  Most years they grow ok as I use them in pots.  But this years
version is HUGE.... I am sure even the common ones get that large down by you,
but here in zone 5, they normally don't.  Leaves have to be 3-4 ft wide and
over the roof of my shed.  Hence my thoughts on trying to save this batch....
 
They are not anything fancy like black magic etc... just huge green ones.
 
Donna
 
 


--- On Wed, 9/3/08, TeichFauna@aol.com <TeichFauna@aol.com> wrote:

From: TeichFauna@aol.com <TeichFauna@aol.com>
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Elephant ears
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date: Wednesday, September 3, 2008, 12:30 PM

I think this would depend largely on the species or variety of  Colocasia.
The common green species Colocasia esculenta (aka  Taro) is very hardy.  The
varieties of this, such as Black Magic,  Black Princess, etc. and other more
tropical species are less hardy.

Donna do you have the "elephant ears" in the pond??? If so, then they
are
probably from the genus Colocasia.  If they are terrestrial, they are
probably

Alocasia which do not tolerate wet feet like the Colocasia do.   The Alocasia
don't seem to be as hardy as the Colocasia, and would probably have  to be
stored at warmer temps.

Noreen
zone 9
Texas Gulf Coast

In a message dated 9/3/2008 12:02:16 PM Central Daylight Time,
Cornergar@aol.com writes:

I'm glad  my colocasia hadn't read that part about "store at 70
F". I have
kept 2 large pots dry in a greenhouse that gets down to about 28 F every
winter.
They die back and I water when new growth shows in spring.







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