Colocasia Esculenta   2022
Channel: Bryan Fazenbaker
Date: 12/09/2022

My first attempt to grow Elephant Ear Plants. After purchasing a home in Owensboro, Kentucky, in September of 2021 I researched the Elephant Ear plant that was located there and learned it likely needed to be winterized. There were 8-10 plants that were roughly 4 feet high, nearly covering the HVAC unit  they were planted adjacent to. I dug them all up, cleaned, removed all roots and shoots, applied an antifungal dust, gave a few away, and placed in crawl space below house for the winter (prior to first frost). April came and I replanted the plants in the same location they were removed. Over the next 6 months, I watered liberally (initially twice a day but then three times a day once the temps rose into the 90s). I also fertilized often. First with 10/10/10, then with Miracle Grow. I also was given a bulb the size of a cantelope, and propogated from my original set of EE's twice. One of those was replanted in a large planter that will be coming inside later this fall. For someone that has never grown anything well, other than crabgrass, the results have been spectacular. I have several individual ears that are over 8 feet. A rewarding journey.