Beginner Gardening: Colocasia Esculenta & Watering Needs, 1 by SavvyDaze

SavvyDaze wrote:
Looks great, purple! Good idea about using melon rinds etc at the base. I usually throw that stuff by the Canna or at the base of my Autumn ferns.

This is the 1st year for me in growing the regular Colocasia Esculenta. So, I planted 1 in the ground and 1 in a very large tub/planter with an attached saucer. For a month, I had the planter receiving 2 hours of morning sun, then bright shade until about 3:30 where it received hot mid-day sun until about 6:30. The leaves weren't as big as the one I planted in the ground mentioned in my first post. So, about a week ago, I moved the one in the planter to the same area as the one in the ground so it doesn't receive that hot mid-day sun anymore; It receives full sun from 9:30-1:30, then shade, and then full sun for about an hour or so in the evening around 6pm. It really likes this spot because it already put out 2 new leaves and they are much bigger than before.

How deep do you two plant your bulbs? The online nursery I bought them from said to plant them 10" deep. So I did. Then after a week, I read online on other websites to plant them between 3" and 5". So, I lifted the one in the ground and planted it at 4". Maybe that made a difference in leaf size?

I mixed Black Kow compost into the soil of both of mine when I planted them and then added a shovel full of it on top of the soil a bout a week ago.