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WANT: thai caladiums / rare caladiums
Comments (0)I have a very large variety of colocasias, alocasias, and xanthosomas i can trade. I also have a good variety of cannas. Email me with interest. Im really looking for some of the newer thai varieties....See MoreCaladiums as indoor plants- a survey from a possible victim
Comments (15)i have a large 'Red Flash' caladium indoors for 8 years. since it's a large variety (large leaves), it has larger tubers. none of my tubers died in 8 years. i dig them up and store at about 60F indoors in plastic bins with holes - it provides a bit of protection against dehydration and keeps them dry to prevent rot. i have also overwintered small lance varieties - but with variable success. the smaller the tubers, the harder to overwinter them. the small varieties i keep in pot in soil until mid-april, beginning of may. they are slow to start, unless you put them on a heat mat, in peat, and keep them moist and tented for humidity. then in about 5 weeks you'll get sprouts. otherwise it could take 2 mo to get them going.... i keep them on a heat mat until i have sev leaves on each tuber. then it's south or south-west window indoors and humidity has to be above 65%. mine is usually higher by may, around 75%. i have grown 'Miss Muffet', 'Florida Sweetheart' and 'White Queen' completely indoors - and they do fine. but ONLY if they get enough sun and you don't let them dry up. the soil temp is key, when soil temps drop below 65F, they go dormant. and keep in mind that soil temp is prolly 5F lower then air-temp. so ..if you can't supply steady 75F air-temps - forget it. AND they prefer 80-85F for good growth - that can be a problem in england, unless you put them outside? IF you put them outside, you still need to monitor night temp - HAS to be above 72F for good growth. If you have a southern or western window you temps will go 10F higher directly by the window. so at ambient 75F indoors in summer you'll get required temps for growth even indoors (without sweating too much :) ). in general they will grow for 6 mo and then decline. and need to be stored dry overwinter (in soil or not - see above). they do go dormant when planted outside even in south florida, even in warm winters, when it's 60-65F at nite and 75F during the day. but of course some winters it can be 50F for a few weeks - that's too cold for them...but i'm talking about very warm winters when it does not drop below 60F much at nite - and they still go dormant....See MoreBug infestation on Caladiums
Comments (3)Sorry so late to respond. If you don't get immediate answers try posting in another related forum. In the Aroids discussion there are several topics on Caladiums. Try posting there with the word 'Caladium' in the title. I'm not sure what those bugs are, but I've had some bugs that looked exactly like that on my Mound Lily Yucca plants outdoors in the ground over the years. I just sprayed them with horticultural oil twice in 1 month and they disappeared. I've bought horticultural oil for indoor plants too and it worked but needed repeated applications. Every 2 weeks. Hopefully all is well with those Caladiums now. As for the fungus, my nove response is to maybe try one of the more expensive fungicides. I've only used 2 over the years and the less expensive one was less effective. The cheaper one was also organic. Sunshine filtered through a window screen killed some white furry fungus that grew on the soil of one of my Caladiums. When I set it outdoors some days in a slight breeze in dappled sunlight even more the the fungus disappeared. Air circulation and some sunlight can help minimize fungus. Is that a Fannie Munson Caladium?...See MoreCaladium and Rain Lily - leave stem when leaf dies?
Comments (5)I just leave them. There's other stuff around that kinda covers up the dead stems so no one can tell....See Moredg
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