I thought it was just droopy and needed to be watered but then I noticed the kink. Is there anything I can do to help it so it doesn’t break off? I was thinking about staking it with something but unsure
Picked this up two weeks ago. It was pretty limp, gave it a hood water and it perked up. After a week, I pulled it out of the pot, freshened up the dirt and put it back. Now its looking like this. I did find little white insects on some leaves, so sprayed them down with Neem. Any advice??
Threw these bulbs that I got on discount last year into some soil. They survived the NC winter that got VERY cold and they’re growing AGAIN. I made a grave error: planting too close to my gate. Every time I open it I shake hands with a leaf 🤣
I’d like to state that I had no idea what I was doing, they have about 6” of potting soil that is then followed by the clay soil underneath, and they seem to like it 🤷
Aside from their ornamental beauty, incredible size, and edible nature, I find the hydrophobic nature of Colocasia Esculenta leaves one of the coolest things about them. This hydrophobicity helps the plant self-clean, prevent disease by keeping moisture from sitting on or penetrating the leaves, and aids in photosynthesis in the sense that leaves remaining dry ensures unobstructed gas exchange and optimal sunlight absorption. The hydrophobicity specific to Colocasia Esculenta has also been researched and informed new technological advances in waterproof materials, particularly for the military. Amazing plant💚
I thought I would share my results in case anyone wanted to give this a try.
I’ve been trying to get Colocasia to grow in SoCal in regular soil pots for a few months but they just weren’t doing very well. I have experience with freshwater aquariums so I figured I’d give a small pond set up a try.
I washed the roots off, planted only in leca, topped with lava rock for aesthetics, and placed it on an east facing wall outdoors. Last image was about a week after transition.
After I saw some new shoots, I started dosing small amounts of Maxi-Gro and slowly stepped it up as growth picked up. Eventually added a 800gph pump turned all the way down for circulation.
From left to right, I have Pharoahs Mask, Redemption, Kona Coffee, and Mojito. I have a large escuelenta moved to a separate pot when it got too crowded here (also in leca with an airstone, doing very well).
You can see Pharoahs mask and redemption is taking the longest time to take off, but they were also the least healthy before transition. Almost all the roots rotted in regular soil - now there are some water roots making its way out of its mesh pot. They’re still small compared to the others, but still a massive improvement from day 1.
Is this too big of a jump in size for my colocasia esculenta rhubarb
Recently planted 2 new black swan colocasia plants in the ground (1 month). Both had stem damage from shipping but those leaves have fallen off. The one on the left seems to be doing fine, the one on the right however is paper thin. The plants get approx 4-6 hrs of direct sunlight and even more indirect sunlight for maybe 12 hrs. We've had quite a bit of rain the last few days but as i understand these plants like it wet. Soil is generally sandy. Adjacent plants are all doing fine.
So I order these guys online, they were shipped to me, they didn’t ship well, so we had to cut back and start over as corms. I think my ID tags were possibly misplaced.
The first pic says “black magic” but it’s looks more like ruffles to me.
Second pic says “black Coral.” Which I think its correct.
The last one says “black ruffles” but I have SO MANY “black beauty” that I know that’s what it is. Did my tags get switched. Please help. The photo identification apps are not helpful