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Post by wildlifefriendly on Jan 25, 2012 22:49:42 GMT
It will be interesting to see what sized plants they make next year. These were from the tiny plant I got from Malvern last spring.
I'm going to try growing them in the pond this year.
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Post by grindle on Jan 26, 2012 5:49:55 GMT
if they all grow at the same rate as the original one you'll end up with a forest ;D
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Post by wildlifefriendly on Mar 3, 2012 10:20:10 GMT
My ‘Black Magic’ started to go a bit mushy so I took it out of the compost, I have quite a few corms of varying sizes, the largest is about the size of an orange. The corms are solid.  The ‘Black Stem’ is still in full leaf. All but two Black Magic turned to mush, I let them all dry out except for one which I stored in dry compost, this one is still alive (just).  It has been on a heated mat for a couple of weeks with no change. The one corm which survived has been on the mat too and is showing no signs of life. Colocasia 'Black Stem' is very much alive, it didn't even die back.  I took some runners off it last summer and these are still alive too.  I have a baby which I kept inside over winter, this is doing well and is growing its second leaf this season.  Should I start to increase the watering now or wait a little longer? |
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Post by grindle on Mar 3, 2012 13:34:49 GMT
;D I can see you in the mirror
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Post by Lou78W on Mar 3, 2012 14:09:20 GMT
;D ;D....so can I  I was going to buy a bulb/corm at the GC,...bog standard one, but they were asking £8.99.....can buy one with leaves on for a few quid more  |
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Post by jrae on Mar 3, 2012 14:51:08 GMT
Aha, I thought your plants look familiar. We eat Taro where I live  it tastes like sweet potato but it's tougher even when boiled. It grows like some sort of godzilla weed wherever there's water so we have to keep pulling it out of the area around the spring or else it will probably choke our farm's water supply. The one that has reddish stems and and leave veins are sweeter than the plain green ones. I've also tried what they call Laing (taro leaves cooked with coco milk shrimp and lots of chili peppers). Tastes really great but all those chili peppers plus coco milk usually means you get to meditate on the loo an hour or two after eating. ;D |
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Post by steve on Mar 3, 2012 14:53:24 GMT
Colocasia mojito is looking good, mine is still alive too, They will need a little water if they are putting out new leaves but not too much yet |
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Post by wildlifefriendly on Mar 3, 2012 16:13:33 GMT
Thanks Steve, I'll go easy on the watering until it is warm enough to move it outside. They are the same family Jrae. I was going to buy some Taro to see if I could get them to grow. ;D I can see you in the mirror I missed that, it is a good job I was respectable. ;D |
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Post by grindle on Mar 3, 2012 18:15:12 GMT
;D
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Post by wildlifefriendly on Mar 18, 2012 9:21:45 GMT
Houston we have lift off  Colocasia “Black Magic” |
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Post by steve on Mar 18, 2012 12:08:04 GMT
must be magic ;D
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Post by grindle on Mar 18, 2012 14:10:04 GMT
 going great guns now
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Post by wildlifefriendly on Mar 18, 2012 18:42:47 GMT
I'm fairly certain now that this one has made it through the winter, all the others bit the dust. This one I cleaned off and storred in dry compost, the others I stored like my dahlias or left them in their original compost.
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Post by grindle on Mar 18, 2012 21:04:17 GMT
certainly seems to have done the trick  |
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it tastes like sweet potato but it's tougher even when boiled. It grows like some sort of godzilla weed wherever there's water so we have to keep pulling it out of the area around the spring or else it will probably choke our farm's water supply. 
