Well it is still very early in the season but my ears are coming to life!
Here is my melanga that root sent me last year.
Ears in Ohio, zone 6
Here is a big pot of crowded Chicago Harlequin.
Hey! Yours are looking better then mine,Not Fair!!! LOL!
Here is a Xanthosoma Connie sent me last year.
This Alo mac had to travel all the way from LA by car, through several states and be delivered via KY. LOL Thanks Lisa and Peggy!
Trying Xan violaceum in the shadiest part of the pond. Hmmmm...
Mixed babies from the first ear co op last year. These are ones that broke off big ears.
These are wild ears from LA and Ruffles mixed. Hey, I ran out of pots and dirt last year. LOL
Illustris sure likes the bog garden.
My baby Black Magic are happy too.
And why aren't we black yet? LOL
Fresh from Larry! Looking pretty good considering they just came out of a box yesterday. (Excuse the mess-we LIVE here. LOL)
Last year. sniffle sniffle Nancy didn't live through the winter. Waiting to see if one tiny ear I have, turns out to be her.
LOL Root! Yours will pass mine up, I just know it!
How do you overwinter your EE's Badseed?
I tried something new last year and let the cat use the pots as litter boxes. ICK! I think I dumped and repotted them three times. Umm, really, I didn't let the cat do it, she has cattitude! I ended up just letting them go dormant and I was shocked when they started coming up. I was sure they were gonners. The brugs were not so lucky. I lost most of them. I just brought them all into a corner of the basement, only watered about twice through the winter and kept them under fluorescent lights.
Thank you Michelle...I'm going to get a couple this summer and wondered *how* I was going to do it! ;)
They look great Chele.
you might want to clip the ears back of the ones that are weeping over....that will help the roots and develop new growth... .. clip down an inch above where the new leaf is coming. like stress cutting...
root or michelle what is melanga I might want one...
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I am at my moms and dads haven't read e-mail will do so tomorrow... dad and I are going to the MBG tomorrow and getting some plants suppose to have 40%off... woowo.... =)
Melanga is a type of Xan. sold here in the markets,they eat them like Taters.
Badseed, they look just wonderfull, and so healthy! Such a beautiful garden you have!
Thank you Mitjo! I hope when my girls get older, they get into plants like you and Evert. Right now they like a lot of plants but aren't really into growing them as much as they are admiring them. LOL And if I could get them to pull weeds..... Well, maybe someday. ;)
Chele, your plants look great. I'm trying to interest Lauren in plants. She likes to look at them and will help water the garden, but she refuses to pull weeds!
humm looks like x.rubusta- x -x.alt."dwarf green" who has one for trade... have tons of goodies...
Hey Larry, do you want part of my melanga?
Susie, if we could get them to pull weeds and give up designer jeans, life would be perfect! LOL
Chele,your just all ears tonite!!LOL!
I hear them all saying feed me feeed mee!LOL
They look great and soooo happy!
I would love one...
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I am so impressed. Looks like ear heaven!
Great looking ears Michele. I'll try to remember to take a picture of what I thought was Melanga. I bought the tubers at an oriental market in Des Moines, but have been told they aren't melanga. Oh well, they are growing and looking good, so they stay, but maybe someone can tell me what they really are.
Looks so nice Badseed......you have more than I do!!! Now that is just plain embarrasing. If I find any different ones in my yard, will send you some....
As for moving your pond, maybe the girls would just like a big pile of dirt and a big hole to play in!