Re: Elephant ears

Donna,
I would wait until the first frost then cut it off like you would a canna or a
banana.  Then put it in a paper bag and put in in your indoor closet.   Maybe
your coat closet.... away from heat and light.  If it makes it great and if it
doesn't then you tried.
Tricia

--- On Wed, 9/3/08, Donna <gossiper@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

From: Donna <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Elephant ears
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date: Wednesday, September 3, 2008, 7:15 PM

Well the season is almost over here.  We have gone from 95 yesterday to a
predicted high of 63 tomorrow.....so it is only a matter of time.

I definately don't have room for this size plant unless I move some
furniture
out... LOL!

But I am going to try to save it for next year.  Don't really have much to
loose if it doesn't make it...

Donna
who picked another 3 grocery sacks of beans tonight.... geesh.... they just
keep growing this year.


--- 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, 2:33 PM

Although the Colocasia esculenta get quite large, they never get THAT  big.
I bet these are Alocasia.
Anyway you can just treat them as a houseplant and bring them in to a  bright
area???   I suppose with that size you'd need an  awfully large room.  Be a

shame to cut them down and store the bulb  when they are growing so well.
Noreen
zone 9
Texas Gulf Coast

In a message dated 9/3/2008 1:18:42 PM Central Daylight Time,
gossiper@sbcglobal.net writes:

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.







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