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i planted my ee in the triangle of my house a few yrs ago wanting to hide that ugly thing. well it worked fine for a while now it is so crowded that they did not get big last summer.
now i want to remove it and put it somewhere else. how do i do this. do i just get in there and chop away with a shovel? will each of those bulbs make a new plant? am i going to hurt them all?
i guess i should have filled that darn thing with dirt to the top before planting in it. that's what happens to me when i don't plan yrs in advance lol.

I hope rootdoctor comes along and answers for ya. You might try emailing him. :o)

I think there is only one way to get them thinned out and that is to start digging. Yes, each one of the bulbs will make a plant. You have some nice bulbs to work with. Don't worry if you cut off some of the roots. They will still grow just fine.

Nancy,

all the EE i have, i have dug all the tubers [shake off most of the soil attached] from the ground. then wrapped in newspaper. i have placed them inside a box for the winter. the following Spring. i divide them individually... plant them to the depth of each tuber size.

i do not divide them now for fear of fungus growth. hth

I always just get in and dig.... If Im lucky most of them can just be pulled out.....but any that are stuck tight as yours may be just get a shovel and dig.
I try and get as much of the root as I can just so they have more energy but if you leave roots behind it will sprout more EE's and you will be digging again.......
LoL.......these things are hard to kill and so far I have not succeeded in getting rid of any that I didn't want to.

Since you are in Hempstead not far from me, pick your spot and plant them now. They will be fine and come up in the spring.....
Happy digging farmgirl.

Here are some I just transplanted about 3 weeks ago and they are already up and going. This only works in this part of the country. No for you Snowbirds.......LOL...we can usually get away with stuff like this in November and December.....

Dee

There you go...sending me into zone envy again. LOL!!

No need for Root here,the Pros came through!Ditto on all above advice,you have a nice clump of bulbs,you will be able to spread them all over.

yes i will rootdoctor. thanks everyone for your help. i guess i will start digging tomorrow. then let the spreading begin lol.

I want to be envied for my zone instead of being the envier(is that right) wwah, I really need to get some more EE I left mine out for two winters, the first year they did great but last years snows were just too much for them. Maybe Ill just hit the grocery store and pick up their taro there, its cheaper. I dont know so many beautiful ones to choose from.
Farmgirl I would love to see picks after they come up, I bet its going to look great.

Davencat...EE's grow great here in zone 8...we live 35 miles from the Atlantic ocean..and Charleston, SC.

I think of the common ones as weeds...I am always digging them up and trying to burn to get rid of. The newer ones...we are just starting but we do have a fantastic wholesale source for them. We run an Aquatic Farm and Perennials Nursery...

In the Spring....look us up. My common EE's...I give away free...just pay postage...but I would not even think about mailing until Spring. I have thousands.

Have A Blessed Christmas Season...

Stephanie

No kidding about the common ones. My neighbor had extra topsoil she needed to get rid of to flatten her yard. I volunteered to shovel it out and haul it away.....to my yard. I terraced my front yard with it. Now the EE are popping up everywhere. PRoblem with that is, I have planted so many differnt kinds of shade plants, can't remember them all, am afaid to pull up anything for fear it's a good plant. AND, if everything else dies, I know I can always grow EE. LOL
Molly

Stephanie I will definatly look you up come spring or sooner. Thank you. I looked in the stores yesterday and didnt see any taro whatsoever. This summer everyone was selling it. Go figure. I think I would rather wait now that I think on it. I like having my MIL come over and envy what I have growing. Last year I gave her one of my EE pups/sprouts and they turned out beautiful. Hopefully now that I have a compost bin and have been adding that to my soil my plants will get even better. The fertilizer works good but my soil really needed that extra umph from good old fashioned compost.

Davencat,
Most of ours have gone dormant. We do have some Nancy's Revenge and Black Knight and Ruffles in our hoop house...we have some planted outside too and highly mulched. This being our first year with them, we are trying to be on the safe side.

The ones in the hoop house are living but not growing and beautiful as they usually are. We keep the heat no lower than 45...but you can tell they want their 80 degree or higher weather.

In Spring, we will have lots and lots of common ee's. Our web site is http://www.waterpondfarm.com and we are also listed on Dave's Garden. We just placed another 100 shallow water plants up yesterday...but don't intend to ship until spring and we will also be adjusting our prices DOWN once we get everything ordered and in our stock.

We have lots more bogs to put up and lotus and many, many hardy and tropical water lilies.
We are just getting around to adding all the plants that we have and/or have availability to. Most would be happier now just waiting until March or April to ship...it is according to where you live.

The Umbrella Palm is a very nice plant that will grown well inside too. That lives in shallow water, bogs, pots or inside. We have about four living outside (mulched well) and the rest in the corner of the hoop house. Those remain pretty all winter even with the cooler weather.

We have had a compost pile for most of my life..and my mom before me. I love them. You just cannot beat them for better soil. If you get a chance to pick up a box of agriculture worms next year...be sure to get them. There was a coop here on Dave's last year...my compost truly turned into "GOLD" in just a few months. I just opened my box and placed them in the compost and lightly covered. Of course, I gave them some banana peels and other food they love. I have been so pleased!!

We are off to our farm tomorrow where we grow a lot of our plants to weed and place more mulch on everything. We have lots of daylilies and iris there...growing into wonderful mother plants for future babies.

Have a Safe Weekend!
Stephanie

stephanie, what plants can i put in a pond that the geese do not like to eat?

lol.. EE's are so common here
we've got the wild Taro's (colocasia esculenta) (really highly invasive.. on the invasive species list.. all that good stuff) in our native waterways and stuff..
they're reallly *everywhere*
no shortage of the things..
about a month ago i went down to the bayou and pulled up a bunch of 'em and threw some of them in a bucket of water with some soil mixed in... and some of them in the ground
they're the happiest little things..making little ones, and everything..they literally will grow and thrive anywhere.. which is why they are in my yard, to fill in a shady spot that floods when it rains.. and is bone dry otherwise (where nothing else will grow)
lol
note: if they weren't already in our waterways, and being invasive and stuff (heck.. people think they're native to here, they've been here for so long) i would never have these in my yard
anyway.. just thought i'd throw that in here :)
Wild Taro, anybody? *g*

-Kim

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