elephant ear

"Wilmdale" wrote in message
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Humm..... I wonder how they would do in zone 5? Anyone in zone 5 every
grown elephant ears successfully?
W. Dale
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I'm in zone 6. We bring then inside for the winter after the first light
frost.
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On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 23:23:01 -0500, "Reel McKoi"
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"Wilmdale" wrote in message
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Humm..... I wonder how they would do in zone 5? Anyone in zone 5 every
grown elephant ears successfully?
W. Dale

In zone 5a and trying ee for the first time this year. Alas, a very
cold, wet spring is not ee friendly. I dug up the bulb a couple of
days ago and it is putting out roots but not much else so far.

Stay tuned.

John

"John Bachman" wrote in message
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On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 23:23:01 -0500, "Reel McKoi"
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"Wilmdale" wrote in message
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Humm..... I wonder how they would do in zone 5? Anyone in zone 5 every
grown elephant ears successfully?
W. Dale

In zone 5a and trying ee for the first time this year. Alas, a very
cold, wet spring is not ee friendly. I dug up the bulb a couple of
days ago and it is putting out roots but not much else so far.

Stay tuned.

John
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When I grew them I would wait until the nights were fairly warm, usually
around mid to late May here in TN - then plant them. The earth was soft and
mixed with a lot of compost and composted cow manure. Every spring I added
some bone and blood meal to the area. A little 10-10-10 or 10-15-10
fertilizer wouldn't hurt either. Those elephant ears grew rapidly and got
huge in a few weeks. Keep them moist. They don't care for dry soil or poor
clay soils.
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before flushing." NAMES ARE BEING FORGED.
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On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 10:58:05 -0500, "Reel Mckoi"
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=== They don't care for dry soil or poor
===clay soils.

Hmmmmmmmmm, guess someone needs to go tell all the elephant ears I
have growing up through my clay gravel then that have never seenw ater
other than any rainfall and the ground is as hard as
concrete.............or maybe perhaps inform all our EE's they have
been neglected by not getting fertilizers and a constant
watering........when they have grown huge with no help from a human in
many many years and continue to do fine in hard packed clay, sand in
the water, in the shade, in the sun, under azaleas, pine trees,totally
submerged in aquariums, and a host of other impractical places.

All EE's needs is dirt/sand of any type, and the more moisture and
humidity the better, but it will grow virtually anywhere a weed
will.......wilth little to no intervention by a human..........

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Put some color in your cheeks...garden naked!
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"~Roy~" wrote in message
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On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 10:58:05 -0500, "Reel Mckoi"
blabbered on:

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=== They don't care for dry soil or poor
===clay soils.

Hmmmmmmmmm, guess someone needs to go tell all the elephant ears I
have growing up through my clay gravel then that have never seenw ater
other than any rainfall and the ground is as hard as
concrete.............
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And had I posted they need dry, infertile hard-as-concrete soil to thrive,
you would have claimed the opposite. I didn't say they wont survive in dry
concrete gravely soil like Roy has.... your reading comprehension seems to
be as poor as your grammar and spelling. Now be a good boy and try
rereading my post regarding EE more S:L:O:W:L:Y this time. :-)
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McKoi.... the frugal ponder...
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before flushing." NAMES ARE BEING FORGED.
Do not feed the trolls.
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"Heather" wrote in message
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Picture at http://community.webshots.com/user/heathersmyth under 2004 at
the bottom of the page.

WHat did you use for surface area in the skippy filter? (Is that the right
term? It looks like strips of something in mesh bags.)

A

"Heather" wrote in message
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We are in Zone 5 in SW Ontario. Third year for the elephant ears. Have
green and purple.

Mine are planted in mesh baskets with rocks holding them in place. When
the
roots really get going some of the rocks can be removed to make room for
the
roots and base to expand. They are placed not far from the bottom of the
water fall and not fertilized. The roots extend out the mesh and use
available nutrients in the pond water. Last summer they grew massive and
it
wasn't that great a summer. Also shady where mine are. When expecting
bad
thunder storms with winds I drop deeper in the pond or lay them down.

In the fall I either move to a large pot of water and grow as a house
plant
all winter or let them dry up. I needed to split one last year so let it
dry up; divided it; and restarted it about January. Don't put out until
danger of frost is past.

Picture at http://community.webshots.com/user/heathersmyth under 2004 at
the bottom of the page.

Heather

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Humm..... I wonder how they would do in zone 5? Anyone in zone 5 every
grown elephant ears successfully?
W. Dale


I like the way you supported the light grid. I am envious of the water
hyacinth. Only one of mine survived the winter and it is struggling.
JD