Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Elephant Ear, zone 5: hints for care & feeding?, 0 by mommydi

mommydi wrote:
henryr10, here is what the babies look like... is this what you were refering to? I like the idea of bagging them up over the winter. I could handle that!

I put four to a pot while I was trying to figure out what to do with them. Now they are each in their own pot (same size as one in picture... I'll expose my ignorance... what size is this pot!? Isn't that a stupid question!)

Right now I have them sitting in full sun. As for water, JRush, we live in high desert so they will get little water except for our irrigation system (every two weeks) and what we do by hand so overwatering (i.e. continuous rain isn't an issue ). Do you think plastic would be better than clay in this case? That was why I was wondering if I make a pond and sat the plastic pots in it, if that would be a problem?

I have wanted to put some type of "water feature" in my yard anyway for several reasons. One, because I think it will look cool. Two, because I've always wanted a gold fish pond. Three, because we now have a big dog and the idea of setting up the big plastic inflatable pool seems pretty risky! I thought if I could combine the wading pool/fountain/gold fish pond (fish maybe later when kids are older?), it would be fun. And if I needed it for the EEs, then that would make a difference as to where I put it. (I'll hop over to the Ponds thread for more ideas, info when it gets time for me to actually put the plan into work.)

I look forward to hearing more... I thought these plants were SO awesome when I saw them at my cousin's in Sacramento and I would love to see if I can get them to grow for me here!