Elephant Ears

Can you plant an elephant ear Bulb directly in the pond water??

The ones you can buy at Wal-Mart,it is the size of a grapefruit.

Thanks
Doug

There's at least a 50% chance I'm right so here's my guess. I don't think
so Doug. I'm guessing you're asking because they look just like Taro. But
Taro are root plants not bulb. Again I may be wrong but I also thought I
saw Elephant Ears (the leaf) as being potentially poisonous to your fish.
Have Fun!!
Bill Brister


"Doug" wrote in message
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Can you plant an elephant ear Bulb directly in the pond water??

The ones you can buy at Wal-Mart,it is the size of a grapefruit.

Thanks
Doug

On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 06:00:12 GMT, "Bill"
wrote:

There's at least a 50% chance I'm right so here's my guess. I don't think
so Doug. I'm guessing you're asking because they look just like Taro. But
Taro are root plants not bulb. Again I may be wrong but I also thought I
saw Elephant Ears (the leaf) as being potentially poisonous to your fish.
Have Fun!!
Bill Brister


Colocasia esculenta, one of the plants sold as Elephant Ear and as
taro, is poisonous. The poison is Oxalic acid, or oxalate crystals.
It is insoluble in water. Taro must be processed before it can be
eaten. It should not hurt the fish, as they won;t chomp down on it.



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- Charles
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-does not play well with others

Charles wrote:

Colocasia esculenta, one of the plants sold as Elephant Ear and as
taro, is poisonous. The poison is Oxalic acid, or oxalate crystals.

Ouch. Sugar beets and Skunk cabbage also have Oxalic acid in them. I
tried tasting each, NEVER AGAIN. Ohhh, that hurt.

Charles wrote:

Colocasia esculenta, one of the plants sold as Elephant Ear and as
taro, is poisonous. The poison is Oxalic acid, or oxalate crystals.

Ouch. Sugar beets and Skunk cabbage also have Oxalic acid in them. I
tried tasting each, NEVER AGAIN. Ohhh, that hurt.

On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 06:00:12 GMT, "Bill"
wrote:

There's at least a 50% chance I'm right so here's my guess. I don't think
so Doug. I'm guessing you're asking because they look just like Taro. But
Taro are root plants not bulb. Again I may be wrong but I also thought I
saw Elephant Ears (the leaf) as being potentially poisonous to your fish.
Have Fun!!
Bill Brister


Colocasia esculenta, one of the plants sold as Elephant Ear and as
taro, is poisonous. The poison is Oxalic acid, or oxalate crystals.
It is insoluble in water. Taro must be processed before it can be
eaten. It should not hurt the fish, as they won;t chomp down on it.



--

- Charles
-
-does not play well with others

There's at least a 50% chance I'm right so here's my guess. I don't think
so Doug. I'm guessing you're asking because they look just like Taro. But
Taro are root plants not bulb. Again I may be wrong but I also thought I
saw Elephant Ears (the leaf) as being potentially poisonous to your fish.
Have Fun!!
Bill Brister


"Doug" wrote in message
...
Can you plant an elephant ear Bulb directly in the pond water??

The ones you can buy at Wal-Mart,it is the size of a grapefruit.

Thanks
Doug

I just planted mine in kitty litter with pond tabs you can see them at
webshots. They were huge.. I haven't gotten them in the pond yet this year
as we may still get a frost but go to
http://community.webshots.com/user/peggy256

I really need to update. Lots of landscaping done but look and you'll see
how well they did sitting right in the pond.

Good luck. I too got mine at Wal-Mart's

Peggy


"Doug" wrote in message
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Can you plant an elephant ear Bulb directly in the pond water??

The ones you can buy at Wal-Mart,it is the size of a grapefruit.

Thanks
Doug

Thanks for the pictures, Peggy! Worth a thousand words.
Lovely pond btw....

Nedra
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118

"Peggy" wrote in message
. ..
I just planted mine in kitty litter with pond tabs you can see them at
webshots. They were huge.. I haven't gotten them in the pond yet this
year
as we may still get a frost but go to
http://community.webshots.com/user/peggy256

I really need to update. Lots of landscaping done but look and you'll
see
how well they did sitting right in the pond.

Good luck. I too got mine at Wal-Mart's

Peggy


"Doug" wrote in message
...
Can you plant an elephant ear Bulb directly in the pond water??

The ones you can buy at Wal-Mart,it is the size of a grapefruit.

Thanks
Doug

Thanks for the pictures, Peggy! Worth a thousand words.
Lovely pond btw....

Nedra
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118

"Peggy" wrote in message
. ..
I just planted mine in kitty litter with pond tabs you can see them at
webshots. They were huge.. I haven't gotten them in the pond yet this
year
as we may still get a frost but go to
http://community.webshots.com/user/peggy256

I really need to update. Lots of landscaping done but look and you'll
see
how well they did sitting right in the pond.

Good luck. I too got mine at Wal-Mart's

Peggy


"Doug" wrote in message
...
Can you plant an elephant ear Bulb directly in the pond water??

The ones you can buy at Wal-Mart,it is the size of a grapefruit.

Thanks
Doug