Elephant Ears
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Need help with Elephant Ear/alocasia
Comments (8)Thank you both! Tiffany- the plant was being sold as a houseplant. My mother and mother in law both have Elephant Ears in their outdoor gardens, but this woman (whom I've bought plants from before) said it would do well inside with indirect bright light. Worst comes to worst, I do have a small space on my apartment porch that I can transition it to when it's a bit warmer. Ken- Thank you, that makes me feel better. When I first got into plants, I had a truly awful incident in which I didn't fully understand the soil and light needs of my plants/over estimated the light in a particular part of my apartment and killed multiple plants due to root rot. I spent about 20 hours that weekend trying to save what I could and propagate when possible...then I got so worried about that that I ended up underwatering quite a few and lost some that way. If only I came to houzz then! Since then, I can be quite jumpy at the first sign of my plants showing any changes--worried they are root rotting--I'm trying to get better at leaving them alone and giving them time to adjust. I've gotten better at being able to tell water needs by the weight of the pot/looking at the leaves (as the moisture meter I was using failed me), but with new plants or when I've upgraded a plant to a bigger pot, it takes me a bit to figure it out. I live in the Bay Area of California, so don't have a heating system/AC in my apartment, but do have room heaters. Typically, only a few weeks of the year do we experience significant highs and lows. So I won't be able to try the furnace, but can keep an eye out for how it does if the temperature gets low. And yes! Thank you-- The wooden stand is just temporary. I'm hoping to get a better looking stand for it/outer pot this weekend. When I got worried it could be some kind of pest infestation, I put it on the block to move it a bit further away from the other plants. Appreciate the feedback!...See MoreElephant Ears are bigger in Texas
Comments (0)Found this at Lowe's the other day labeled only as "Giant Elephant Ear" but it didn't have a species name with it. Could this be Thailand Giant? Can't wait to see how it turns out. https://www.gardenia.net/plant/colocasia-gigantea-thailand-giant...See Moreelephant ear plant flowering
Comments (2)unless you are down under.. its winter.. EVERYTHING slows down ... water it properly.. and otherwise ignore it for the next 3 months.. i suspect it will either have a new leaf by then.. or it will be getting ready to leaf since it will be spring .. expecting things to happen fast in winter is not a fun game .... ken...See MoreElephant ear needs help :(
Comments (4)i fert once a year ... i have 2.. i cant get more than 3 leaves on either at any time.. when a new one start to emerge.. the oldest ones yellows and dies.. its natures way ... in my MI ... they are outside plants.. and last winter.. they did NOT like being indoors in winter.. and i eventually let them go bone dry and go into dormancy... i do not know if the dormancy is requisite... there are many indoor houseplants that look very much teh same.. and those might be better in the long run ... where are you.. big city name.. and dont you have any shade to put the pot in for summer... they would be much better outside... if it is going dormant.. then you should stop fert'g now... repot in spring.. just before it will start growing.. finally.. note that you have only had it 1.5 months.. what is happening can be related to moving it from grower .... to seller.. to your house.. and presumably out of a perfect greenhouse ... your plants is stressed.. and fert is NEVER a response to stress ... ken...See Moregreenelbows
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