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storing elephant ears -alocasia and colocasia?
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Posted by greenpassion z4-z5 VT (My Page) on Fri, Jul 31, 09 at 10:59
| I have two types of elephant ears, a black magic, which is a colocasia (I think) and a bright green on named Elena, which is an alocasia. Both are potted on my deck and doing great. Can I store the bulbs in peat moss in a dark cool place,like dahalia's? |
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RE: storing elephant ears -alocasia and colocasia?
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hey green passion,
both of your plants can be stored like dahlias, or they can be kept in the pots and allowed to go dormant.. btw, elena is a colocasia as well. |
RE: storing elephant ears -alocasia and colocasia?
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| Good to know. Storing my elephant ears for the first year too! :-) I couldn't believe storing my dahlias actually worked. (I always think things aren't going to work as well as I read about... and I'm often right. haha.) But, now I have about forty dahlias. |
RE: storing elephant ears -alocasia and colocasia?
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| i'll be storing about 200 elephant ear bulbs this fall. i have about 25 varieties.. most of the c.esculenta bulbs will be put on shelves others will be potted up and kept in my "cold room" in the basement.. |
RE: storing elephant ears -alocasia and colocasia?
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| I have to be really clear on this-I don't know if I should take my colocasias out of their pots (they're currently out on the deck, and definatly root bound.) I had figured that it's so late in the season(sept) that I could get away with not having to buy the soil $$$$ to re-pot them, especially since I'd be cutting them down, getting them out of the pots, and storing the bulbs like my dahalias. Is this how it goes? Do I wait for the leaves to wither, then cut them back, and do the storing stuff? Or, could I leave them in the pots and try to keep them in my basement??? |
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