Hey AuntB mine is just comming back up. I worried as I put it in the ground in Oct. and did not know how it would do or survive. I called PDN and ran over and got it . It was small when I planted it but we will see how it does.
What kind of food do you put around it? What is mixed in the compost?
Lavina
Colocasia Thai Giant- pics please
It is barkish like compost from a Burr Oak tree, I think.. LavinaMae... Lowe's carries it, but they are always out. I don't have a bag of it right now It's cotton burr or boll compost mulch, it looks like rotten bark and dirt (smells good, too :) . I remember the bag saying it can be used as potting/planting medium or as a top dress as mulch...it has been "processed" so that it's broken down, ready to be absorbed by plants. I've used it both ways, and I like it as a component to my planting medium. I don't really feed mine, maybe some fish emulsion or liquid seaweed, or super-thrive 1 or 2X a year and epsom salt when they start looking like they need nitrogen in mid to late summer.. So I'm hoping the new home and meal plan produces some nice color and size, I hope it becomes a spectacle. I may not allow it to bloom this year to see if it's needs a break from re-producing so it can provide more bigger leaves.. I'd like to travel to my uncle's cattle ranch and get well-aged manure from his pens, but that is about a 120 mile trip and I really don't have an extra day to spare. Once things are growing and I have more time I'll make the trip and add it in.. so for now I will buy some from the box store (I read it is about 10% the nutrients of "real" aged farm manure). The bulb or corm has grown a lot, so I've got my fingers crossed for some big ear pics myself, later on. It will be dug in Fall to winter over, growing (staying alive and putting out a leaf once in a while) in my basement. I love seeing everyone's pics, Paul we need a soda can or dollar bill or something next to it, to compare...;) Rita's look as tall as her!
Yes, Ritas was huge, but she has had it in the greenhouse for 2 years, her plan it to get it in the ground this summer.
Sandra
mine this year Rox who won last year? what gets bigger a Thi or a Boreno ? Paul
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Schickenlady, I think it looks huge! We have to work harder to keep ours up north here, right? I figure if I can keep the same plant alive through winter, over and over and over... that's enough for me, any size they get is a bonus... Paul, you are the center of an EE flower! Nice.
Here is my Colocasia thai Giant I put in the ground 4 weeks ago!!
And here is another picture after only being in the ground for 4 weeks,,what a big difference 4 weeks can make!!!!!!!
Looks good.
I took a quick picture of mine today while out walking around.
I need to get mine out of that pot and into a bigger one with fresh potting mix. Guess it'll be planted in the mound next Spring. Mine looks lime green... I've given epsom salts and still light green, it has bloomed this year. You guy's look great!
I've really gotten into EE this year myself. Here's two of mine. I was told the first is a Mac and the second a Gigantea. Both had huge leaves a few weeks ago, but the Col. Gigantea bloomed (twice with 5 blooms each) and that made the leaves a tad smaller. Still beautiful additions to the yard though. The Mac especially took off in the back after it was in the ground.
Hopefully I was able to pollinate this one. It looks like the seed pods are producing something, so I'll know soon. I also obtained a Borneo Giant this year, but I think it was blocked from the sun too much and didn't get a lot of water - it has hardly grown at all. So I've dug it back up and put it in a decent sized pot. It was a small plant to begin with, so maybe next year it'll do better after it's more established. I had high hopes for it.
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keonikale, I think we got you hooked on EE's and that's a good thing i think. You can'nt have to many EE's in a tropical garden! My Borneo's did'nt grow very much for their first year or two and they took off and up they went. My Col. Thailand was giant last summer and this yr. its leaves are no larger than a caladium. This week it has rained for the first time in 8 weeks. It has been a very HOT and dry summer. But the plants are already looking better and getting larger. My Col. Thai. from last summer. Jerry
keonikale, If you can bring your EE's in for the winter so they will not freeze they will keep getting bigger without having to start over again. One of my Alo. Borneo's leaves in june '08. Jerry
Wow. Those are huge.
I'm going to definitely try and bring in a few, but unfortunately I don't have the room for all of them. It's going to be a tightly packed winter as it is now. The bulbs on a few of my Odoras should mean big plants each year regardless, but hopefully the new Mac and Gigantea will also come back strong next year. I did put a few new Odora bulbs too close to trees this year and I think they're competing, and thus not growing as much as I'd hoped. The bulbs were huge, 4 fists or so. Two are giant now, but the other two in the "woods" are much smaller.
I do always hate having to wait for them to get going though in the Spring, I get worried they didn't make it through the winter for a few weeks - and then, finally, I see them sprout.