Elephant Ears and bulb forcing question
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Elephant ear- Large bulb type from Home Depot
Comments (12)Thanks for posting this question, dsacco85. I hope you don't mind me adding to this thread but since it's the same subject I thought it would be better to keep these questions together for others who might be looking for the same answers later. I also bought one of the giant elephant ear bulbs from Home Depot, it's very different from Colocasia. Mine grew from a grapefruit sized bulb to 2 grapefruit sized bulbs stacked one atop the other when I dug it last fall. The bottom bulb has shriveled badly over the winter but there are several smaller bulbs embedded into it. I'm very glad to read I can remove the lower section and plant the upper section seperate, should I dig out the smaller bulbs from the mother bulb or should I plant the whole thing and plan to seperate the bulbs this fall? Some could be easily detatched, but others are firmly embedded. BTW, one of side bulbs broke off as I was loosening soil on Monday, by Wednesday it appears to have calloused over nicely. I was thinking of dusting them with old rooting hormone but cinnamon seems like a much better idea. Also, I would agree with Evan that perhaps you should leave more top when you cut back next fall. I left about a foot of stem on mine and it dried quite well over the winter. On the other hand, my mother bulb did shrivel over the winter, I wonder if that would have a difference? Fun thread. Jeanne Here is a link that might be useful: Old FB profile pic with giant EE...See MoreQuestions on Elephant Ear Plant ??
Comments (1)Plant in a well drained area in loose soil. Cut back after frost. Fill a large plastic flower pot with chopped leaves and turn it upside-down over the cut-back stems. This keeps the area dry and well insulated. Around April Fool's day, remove the pot and leaves....See MoreElephant Ear Bulb
Comments (8)Hi, I planted one a few weeks ago and it already had a pointy sprout on the top of the bulb so I planted this just poking out above the soil line. It said on the pack to plant the top of the bulb a couple of inches below soil level. My bulb was fat and round, wonder if yours looked the same? Here's a pic of it so far...to get it going (I live in the UK and dont have your temps), I placed a clear plastic cover over the soil and the sprout opened quickly once it rooted and got going. Been some confusion over it's name..see my other post 'ALOCASIA/COLOCASIA' a few posts down on this page which 'may' give you some more info or confuse you like me! Think I will keep it in my g/h though as it looks like the leaves could get damaged in the winds....See MoreHelp! Elephant ear bulb is rotten
Comments (4)The soil sounds like it is heavy and I agree with seticoni, how is the drainage? If the soil doesnt have enough drainage & the bulbs dont get some bit of air they will rot. I use alot of perlite in my soil and my ee's do well.....See MoreUser
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