what's wrong with my Elephant Ears?

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Cajun2 (Carole) Cleveland, TX(Zone 9a) Jul 17, 2003

This one grows in full shade, so I don't know why it'd look like this. They get daily watering (I live in Zone 8 in Texas).

Any suggestions?

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lupinelover Grove City, OH(Zone 6a) Jul 17, 2003

Do they have enough food? I grow mine in pots of pure compost that I keep very boggy, otherwise they get kind of burned-looking too.

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Calalily Deep South Coastal, TX(Zone 10a) Jul 18, 2003

Here are some links with pictures of taro leaf blight. http://www.extento.hawaii.edu/kbase/view/files/pictures/Img0008.jpg
http://www.extento.hawaii.edu/kbase/view/files/pictures/Img0009.jpg
YOurs looks more like the plant has gotten too dry in the last week or so. Could soemthing have disturbed the roots?

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Badseed Hillsboro, OH(Zone 6a) Jul 18, 2003

Yeah, I was kind of thinking something is munching the stem, roots or tuber. Mine look like that if I move them.

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Cajun2 (Carole) Cleveland, TX(Zone 9a) Jul 18, 2003

Yes, I think it's maybe just TOO hot and dry here. I should water those twice daily, I think. Or at least once soaking. But yes, I will mulch them again heavily, and FEED them.

Thank goodness it's not the blight anyway.

Appreciate your help!!
~ Carole

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Jul Lake Elsinore, CA(Zone 9a) Jul 18, 2003

You may want to keep them in a bog situation. Maybe make a berm like with veggies and water inside the berm. You can also mulch them with your lawn cuttings. I found the more boggy the conditions, the healthier and bigger they get. My friends plants are large like lupinlovers and she gets 105+ in the summer and it is dry. She finally used this method and has less maintenance and they are beautiful. Good luck

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