Elephant Ear Bulb Has Sprouts

But this is my starting line and it is already rotting.

Elephant ear bulb has sprouts.

For me it s a goner. Tear so i prioritized cleaning and debugging the plants we can bring inside first and then i. Prepare the bed for elephant ears by turning the soil. To see our selection of elephant ears click here.

Elephant ear bulb won t sprout but is not dead what gives. To grow these stunning plants plant the bulbs in the early spring with the right soil conditions. Plant elephant ear bulbs outside after all danger of frost has passed and daytime temperatures remain above 70 degrees elephant ears are tropical plants and cannot tolerate any frost they only emerge when the soil is warm. An elephant ear needs regular feeding with a high nitrogen fertilizer such as a 10 2 8 or a 5 3 3 formula diluted at 1 4 teaspoon per gallon but also check the package label for additional.

Storing elephant ear bulbs for winter alright i recently shared a post about how to debug plants to bring them indoors for the winter. A basement is often a good choice as long as it s not too humid. Sadly we live in a townhouse so we don t have room to bring everything inside. The elephant ear colocasia is a tropical plant that grows up to 9 feet 2 7 m tall and sprouts large arrow shaped leaves that resemble the ears on an elephant.

Care for them properly with frequent watering and fertilizing to watch them flourish. The end with the concentric circles is the top. How to plant elephant ear tubers. Upright elephant ears alocasia can be brought indoors and grown as houseplants.

I potted up my dahlia and elephant ear tubers which i overwintered in my cold basement and the dahlias have long since put on greens. If you re ever in doubt about which end is up plant a bulb on its side and it ll send the green up and the roots down. Select a location in full sun or part sun with a good rich moist organic soil. If you live in an area with cold winters store your elephant ear tubers inside until spring.

I have rescued some plants but at least i started with a plant and leaves and something to work with in those cases. It seems to me that when i have a rotting elephant ear bulb already that i call game over early. To see a video about digging splitting and storing elephant ear bulbs click here. Adventures in bulb harvesting.