Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Tropical Garden #86, 1 by Metrosideros

Metrosideros wrote:
A properly mulched Taro Bed.

To get Taro, Colocasia esculenta to produce well on dry land (kalo malo'o) weeds are controlled with mulch, which also provides some nutrition for the plants.

As the plants get larger, they are "hilled-up" on with nutrient rich soil, and more mulch is added to the bed.
If enough care is given, the plants will get at least four feet tall, maybe six ft.
At least 50 pounds of taro corm will be produced from a dozen plants (if I'm lucky, 100 pounds).

The bed is mulched with ferns.