Saturday, November 19, 2011

Does anyone know how to care for elephant ears?

While i agree with most of the info posted so far I wanted to add a few things.





They love water. They can actually grow in a bucket of water. Peple drop them into ponds with just a basket to hold them down, so dont worry about overwatering them. The big problem is that they do require quite a bit of water, should bewatered a few times a week.





And while you can cut them back and dig up the bulb in the winter, you can also transplant them into a pot in early fall. This gives them a chance to recover. you can them bring it indoors for the winter. While it will have very limited growth indoors and will die if left in too long, they are more than capable of surviving 4-5 months indoors without any sunlight. This lets you have a biger plant the next year as it does not have to start over.





If you live in a warm climate where the temp does not fall below 50 (at night) during the winter, you can keep them outdoors year round. This includes places like southern florida and California.

Does anyone know how to care for elephant ears?
these are very easy to grow and take care of


elephant ears will grow in sun or shade, and they love sunshine, heat, and high humidity





be careful, they can be poisonous to children and pets





plant early in spring with rich fertilizer and keep moist all season long, dig up bulbs in fall for storage
Reply:Really big Q-Tips. ;)
Reply:With a really big Q-Tip, silly
Reply:Depending where you live, they have to be dug up before the first frost of the season, and kept in a dark cool place, like in a bucket. During the year fertilize once a season.
Reply:elephant ears are very easy to take care of. In fact, I have several. Some are located in full sun, partial sun and even shade. I've actually cut the primary stem on a few and they grow back quite rapidly. It does not require much care. In fact, just water regularly and let it grow.
Reply:Lot's of baby oil and daily mud baths.
Reply:If you are talking about the plants you water them well daily, trim back in the fall after the leaves start dying then cover with seveal inches of much for the winter.
Reply:Don't you just eat them? Coated with powdered sugar? Maybe a little drizzle of chocolate syrup?
Reply:lol to the big ear answers, but a shady spot and LOTS of water is what they like, mulch over them in the winter.
Reply:Sorry---couldn't resist-----wash them with a warm rag and do NOT use Qtips in them. :)
Reply:well, 1st you need a REALLY large q-tip...sorry. you'll probably hear that way too much... lots of water. in fact they do well right in standing water, like a pond
Reply:are you shore you have elephant ears not beef curtains
Reply:Get the giant-size q-tips at costco.

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