I agree with the full sun bit. I live in south Florida and my colocasia absolutely thrive in direct sunlight

Great job, you explained it so well, now I'm going to give it a try 😊

Great video Craig as always. Thanks.

@GrowParadise

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Great video Craig. You’ve got to love Colocasias. I had a Metallica I bought for £5 at the end of last summer, I kept it in an unheated bathroom and noticed stolons coming from it. I cut some off and put them in soil, 1 week later I had 2 new Colocasias growing!

@GrowParadise

Жыл бұрын

Good to know!

Great video Craig! Very interesting watch this

@GrowParadise

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it mate 👍

Nice video. I learnt a lot from that. First time trying to grow one.😅

Great video! I definitely have some runners I can separate off.

@GrowParadise

Жыл бұрын

Go for it!

Really nice video, well done.

@GrowParadise

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Robert 👍

Thank you so much for this video! I just got a beautiful Colocasia esculenta Illustris and was wondering how I can share some with friends later :)

Brilliant video Craig, was wondering where you get the pots from, I only see black one that won't be recycled

Just discovered your great channel and invaluable help for my new tropical border. I recently bought an Alocasia - also called Elephant Ear, do these need to be treated exactly the same as Colocasia ?

great video bro! do u find varities other than pink china survive in a pot in the unheated greenhouse over winter for you there?

@GrowParadise

Жыл бұрын

I keep my greenhouse to a min of 5°C and most survive that in a dormant state

I grow `Aloha`, `White Lava` and `Black Magic`. Every year I try some new varities. They are started up on the baathroom which is the warmest place in my house. This year I try `Fharaohs mask`. They are overwintered in the bedroom by 14 degrees and added some plant light. The esculenta I grow in the ground and dig up in late autumn (Denmark) and keep at 8 degrees in a greenhouse during winter.

@GrowParadise

Жыл бұрын

Oh, Pharohs Mask looks amazing 👌

Select Colossia varieties are also grown for edible stems.

I have 4 huge ones .. should I drag them into the greenhouse to over winter them .. they are humongous..

I grew my first elephant ear plant last year but I brought my plant inside over the winder, I absolutely love this plant!

Such a helpful video, thank you! I'm going to attack mine this weekend and see how many plants I can get for free!!

@GrowParadise

Жыл бұрын

Let me know how it goes 😁

Another great video. I have colocasia gaoligongensis in the garden which iv lost somewhere in the mulch 😂 what do you think the chances are of this popping back up?

@GrowParadise

Жыл бұрын

Blimey, we'll just have to wait and see 😁

Hi, i have a doubt. I planted a colocasia for fun tbh but it grew into this beautiful plant. Being a newbie i wondered whether you could help me I planted this around march and its may now and i noticed some tiny plantlets growing just near the main stem and im not sure whether its a form of vegetative propogation or its just weeds because the leaves are tiny like i said they look like tiny plantlets so should i remove them or replant them in another pot? (P.S. im a real newbie, no hate please ❤)

@faithjones9157

8 ай бұрын

Hello 👋

Link for plant and seed shop?

Hi Craig, is tap water ok to use?

@GrowParadise

Жыл бұрын

Yes, absolutely

കൊതുക് അതിൽ വരാതിരിക്കാൻ എന്താണ് ചെയ്യുക...

Mine the leaves are more upright than a regular elephant ear ( almost fan like )

@pamelatyer1030

9 ай бұрын

I think maybe alocasia upright

Hi I bought them last year sadly none of them grow back this year. I think I kill them all pink white black green please advice on winter store 😢😢😢 thank you.

@GrowParadise

Жыл бұрын

I've created a video all about winter storing these plants 👍

My pink China has rotted over the winter 😢

@GrowParadise

Жыл бұрын

Thats frustrating, was it planted out?