Trying Out Different Methods is Digging & Storing Elephant Ears + Planting More Daffodils!
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Date: 2022-07-16
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Gaia
I planted elephant ears 2-3 years ago and they only grew a few inches tall so I was very disappointed and decided to let them go by leaving them in the ground. I am in zone 7 Richmond VA. I am redecorating the area they were planted in and ran into them with my cobra head weeded. I went ahead and transplanted the pieces I accidentally cut off and they came up this summer and grew 3-ft tall and are spreading like crazy. I'm still not taking them out of the ground again this year. So far they've made it thru 2-3 winters
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I planted elephant ears 2-3 years ago and they only grew a few inches tall so I was very disappointed and decided to let them go by leaving them in the ground. I am in zone 7 Richmond VA. I am redecorating the area they were planted in and ran into them with my cobra head weeded. I went ahead and transplanted the pieces I accidentally cut off and they came up this summer and grew 3-ft tall and are spreading like crazy. I'm still not taking them out of the ground again this year. So far they've made it thru 2-3 winters
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Catherine
Vermiculite on wikipedia towards end gives mining story of cancer incidences. I would use another trick like cactus soil just guessing at alternative. Learned from being curious about talc, same cancer mortality, as worked with clothes that were tried on especially swimwear. .. would get talc residue. Planted plumeria cuttings overwinter kinda hard as best for spring but some suggested using vermiculite. Did perlite and organic soil with good rooting results.
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Vermiculite on wikipedia towards end gives mining story of cancer incidences. I would use another trick like cactus soil just guessing at alternative. Learned from being curious about talc, same cancer mortality, as worked with clothes that were tried on especially swimwear. .. would get talc residue. Planted plumeria cuttings overwinter kinda hard as best for spring but some suggested using vermiculite. Did perlite and organic soil with good rooting results.
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Sandy
Hi Laura and Aaron! This was really interesting! I don't have any Elephant Ears, but would like to try them. I don't have a place to store bulbs, so would probably try the ones in soil, or cover them with much and hope for the best. LOL! I like that brick area and hope you keep it. I agreed with Aaron about tearing it out before you planted all of the bulbs, but will be nice to see what's under there after the daffodils bloom next Spring. Thank you for sharing!
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Hi Laura and Aaron! This was really interesting! I don't have any Elephant Ears, but would like to try them. I don't have a place to store bulbs, so would probably try the ones in soil, or cover them with much and hope for the best. LOL! I like that brick area and hope you keep it. I agreed with Aaron about tearing it out before you planted all of the bulbs, but will be nice to see what's under there after the daffodils bloom next Spring. Thank you for sharing!
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Chels
Could you post a quick video of what your elephant ears look like right now? Mine already started new growth and have a leaf starting and I'm worried that its doing that in a dark box where I thought it would be dormant. I know you probably won't see this but if you do and could let me know if it's supposed to have growth already that would be so cool. Im in ohio and its our coldest season I just took a peek to see if anything was happening and it is.
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Could you post a quick video of what your elephant ears look like right now? Mine already started new growth and have a leaf starting and I'm worried that its doing that in a dark box where I thought it would be dormant. I know you probably won't see this but if you do and could let me know if it's supposed to have growth already that would be so cool. Im in ohio and its our coldest season I just took a peek to see if anything was happening and it is.
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D'Anna
I do not know if you will ever see this but perhaps you hose out the chicken coop where the chicken fertilizer was in the soil over there and the other area didn't? I don't know if you put in the coop or the previous owners did but I don't know it was worth mentioning since it was a big difference and I am not sure if sun alone would create such larger underground development but we know that chicken manure is liquid gold!
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I do not know if you will ever see this but perhaps you hose out the chicken coop where the chicken fertilizer was in the soil over there and the other area didn't? I don't know if you put in the coop or the previous owners did but I don't know it was worth mentioning since it was a big difference and I am not sure if sun alone would create such larger underground development but we know that chicken manure is liquid gold!
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Theresa
Can an elephant ear indoor houseplant be replanted using the 2nd method (dig up and re-pot in dirt? Mine is so leggy. And can i divide the bulbs after digging up? I'd like to keep in the same size pot. Wondering if I can use that process to repot, but without the dormancy part. This is so helpful to see your process, thank you as always!
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Can an elephant ear indoor houseplant be replanted using the 2nd method (dig up and re-pot in dirt? Mine is so leggy. And can i divide the bulbs after digging up? I'd like to keep in the same size pot. Wondering if I can use that process to repot, but without the dormancy part. This is so helpful to see your process, thank you as always!
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Ken
I'm in Texas and here elephant ears can take all day summer sun and thrive. they just prefer wet feet. as long as the water is there they love the sun and we don't have to dig them in winter. so they get massive. and can become invasive but they're worth it. p. s. the verb form of auger is auger. I augered 1, 172 holes for daff bulbs; )
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I'm in Texas and here elephant ears can take all day summer sun and thrive. they just prefer wet feet. as long as the water is there they love the sun and we don't have to dig them in winter. so they get massive. and can become invasive but they're worth it. p. s. the verb form of auger is auger. I augered 1, 172 holes for daff bulbs; )
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Sherilyn
Do consider. didn't you have underground root eating critters under the smaller Elephant ears? I have 1 slow growing tower boxwood that only grew 1/3 size (never dies, roots nearest to an underground vole runway) compared to it's counterparts 30 feet away, without roots near the vole runway. They get the same sun and feed.
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Do consider. didn't you have underground root eating critters under the smaller Elephant ears? I have 1 slow growing tower boxwood that only grew 1/3 size (never dies, roots nearest to an underground vole runway) compared to it's counterparts 30 feet away, without roots near the vole runway. They get the same sun and feed.
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samantha
You have more discipline than most, Laura. The seeds you plant today, are not instant gratification, unfortunately were are trained these days toward that.
The fruit of your labor will be like the glorious resurrection, what a show it will be! Bless you and Aaron and Benjamin. and sweet little girl
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You have more discipline than most, Laura. The seeds you plant today, are not instant gratification, unfortunately were are trained these days toward that.
The fruit of your labor will be like the glorious resurrection, what a show it will be! Bless you and Aaron and Benjamin. and sweet little girl
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