Beginner Gardening: Colocasia Esculenta & Watering Needs, 2 by SavvyDaze

SavvyDaze wrote:
Purple, my yard is sand and when I dig to a depth of about 12 to 15 inches, I find red clay in some areas of the yard. The area I planted the Colocasia Esculenta in had been prepped pretty good. I dug out a hole 3 feet in diameter and down about 2 feet. Never saw any clay, but the soil was still pretty sandy. I mixed about 3/4 of a bag of Black Kow compost & 1/2 bag of Organic garden soil in with the native soil I had removed. Now that the leaves are pretty big, they shade their own feet, so I probably won't have to water as often.

I have a question about Esculenta...For a week or so, I thought some of it's roots were showing above ground level, so I'd cover them back up with more compost. Today, they were uncovered again and I was wondering if they were little runners instead of roots. I noticed the same thing happening to my potted Esculenta and potted Gigantea.

The 1st picture is of one in the potted Esculenta. The one in the ground has a few of them peeking out of the soil, too. The 2nd pic is of the one in the potted Gigantea. I though these were clumping and didn't expect any runners like I get with Black Beauty & Illustris.

Are these runners? Above ground stolons? LOL