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Caladium color question

last year

I'm getting 50 mixed jumbo caladiums. Not sure which are which. Some might be white, pink, or red. I've planted caladiums many times, but I always knew what I was planting. My question is, is there a way to tell from looking at the tuber, what color it will be?

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Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL

last year

Heythere, Rhizo! So good to see you!

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Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
last year
No. If you wanted specific colors, is there a reason you got a mix?
charles kidder
Original Author
last year
It was on sale. 50 jumbo for $50. I wasn't looking for a specific color. I just want them to be homogenized. I don't want to plant a lot of the same color together.

I didn't think you could tell the color, but thought there might be an expert way that I wasn't aware of.
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Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
last year
That's a good deal!
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
last year
get a number of glass bulb jars... and grow a dozen or so .. in water .. take copious notes.. and report back ...

you rarely learn much by not trying something new ...

ken

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rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
last year
Ken, your idea wouldn't work for caladium corms, which aren't true bulbs by any stretch of the imagination.
katob Z6ish, NE Pa
last year
You could pot each tuber up individually and then sprout them before planting out.

I would never confess to doing this because 50 pots of sprouting caladiums on your driveway for four weeks is ridiculous, but it would work (in theory of course)
charles kidder
Original Author
last year
Too late to do anything. I planted them. As many as I could. I have a few leftovers to fill in spots that didn't grow well.
rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
last year
Hey, Tiff!

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