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I have had taro plants (elephant ear is what I call them) growing wild around my yard. After putting in a pond and reading about taro in ponds, I cut some of them out and stuck them, as is without any soil, in the pond and they are doing great. Are there different varieties of taro- water vs. soil grown? Also, are they they same plants that grow in Hawaii and that are eaten? Karen in Kalifornia
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> > Also, are they they same plants that grow in > Hawaii and that are eaten? > Yes!
Just remember unless the root is properly cooked it is toxic. — Frank Caggiano http://www.atlantic.net/~caggiano
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They are toxic!? Please elaborate? Kyla – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> > Also, are they they same plants that grow in > > Hawaii and that are eaten? > Yes! >Just remember unless the root is properly cooked it is toxic. >– >Frank Caggiano >http://www.atlantic.net/~caggiano
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Both the leaves and turbers contain oxalic acid, which is found in many foods to one degree or another. Cooking renders it harmless. regards > They are toxic!? Please elaborate? > Kyla
– Frank Caggiano http://www.atlantic.net/~caggiano
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< Let them grow and soon you will have little baby taros. > <Your taro plant is in the process of making more taro plants. > Cool. Cindy
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>Newsgroups: rec.ponds >I have a Taro plant in a pot with the crown about 2" under water. >The pot is not small in relation to the plant (I didn’t think so >anyways) but in the last few days I noticed roots coming up around >the top edge of the pot and now I have 3 huge roots that have >lunged out and are about 2 feet long. 2 of them look like they are >trying to crawl up over the pond edge and the third one has shot >out towards the middle of the pond. What do I need? Bigger pot? – You need _more_pots_; one for each of those ‘roots’ (creeping rhizomes, more likely) to dive into. If you do that, you ought to have more plants as they find their new dirt and burrow into it. – (Works for my one poor sad mistreated water lily, which sent out little "seeking’ rootlike appendages. I just put a pot (with dirt, natch) under the end(s) and it made new plants there. – >What about these monster roots? Can I cut them off? If I – Cut ‘em when the new plants are established. – >shouldn’t cut them off, I don’t know how I’m going to contain them >in a bigger pot. They are really thick. The plant is doing well. >Does it matter that the plant is in a clay pot? Cindy – Probably a Good Thing. I swear by clay pots. – Science/Religion: Dharmakh and Jhalahd at Tanagra. Net-Tamer V 1.10.1 - Registered
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Hi Cindy, Your taro plant is in the process of making more taro plants. One of the ways they propagate themself is to send out runners. You’ll soon find plantlets along the runners. Wait ’til they develop, then cut them off. I’ve found it much easier to overwinter these babies, than to bring Taro inside. > 2 of them look like they are trying to crawl up over the pond edge and the >third one has shot out towards the middle of the pond. >What do I need? Bigger pot? What about these monster roots? Can I cut >them off? If I shouldn’t cut them off, I don’t know how I’m going to >contain them in a bigger pot. They are really thick. The plant is doing >well. Does it matter that the plant is in a clay pot?
No, but the clay pot, if allowed to freeze, will break in the winter. Taro really do require big pots. This help to keep them from toppling over in the wind, and gives them plenty of grow room. Pam – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Cindy
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I have a Taro plant in a pot with the crown about 2" under water. The pot is not small in relation to the plant (I didn’t think so anyways) but in the last few days I noticed roots coming up around the top edge of the pot and now I have 3 huge roots that have lunged out and are about 2 feet long. 2 of them look like they are trying to crawl up over the pond edge and the third one has shot out towards the middle of the pond. What do I need? Bigger pot? What about these monster roots? Can I cut them off? If I shouldn’t cut them off, I don’t know how I’m going to contain them in a bigger pot. They are really thick. The plant is doing well. Does it matter that the plant is in a clay pot? Cindy
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Those are not roots I’m afraid. Your taro is making it’s big push to take over your pond. Let them grow and soon you will have little baby taros. Once the new plant has it’s own roots, cut it off and plant it. I’m giving away some of my taro this weekend. Soon, you will be doing the same! cheers, >I have a Taro plant in a pot with the crown about 2" under water. The pot >is not small in relation to the plant (I didn’t think so anyways) but in >the last few days I noticed roots coming up around the top edge of the pot >and now I have 3 huge roots that have lunged out and are about 2 feet long. > 2 of them look like they are trying to crawl up over the pond edge and the >third one has shot out towards the middle of the pond. >What do I need? Bigger pot? What about these monster roots? Can I cut >them off? If I shouldn’t cut them off, I don’t know how I’m going to >contain them in a bigger pot. They are really thick. The plant is doing >well. Does it matter that the plant is in a clay pot? >Cindy
Bill Edwards * "Thru the gateway, Arizona State University * off the repeater, Department of Sociology * over the firewall, Tempe, Arizona * nothing but ‘NET’."
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I have had taro plants (elephant ear is what I call them) growing wild around my yard. After putting in a pond and reading about taro in ponds, I cut some of them out and stuck them, as is without any soil, in the pond and they are doing great. Are there different varieties of taro- water vs. soil grown? Also, are they they same plants that grow in Hawaii and that are eaten? Karen in Kalifornia
Response:
> > Also, are they they same plants that grow in > Hawaii and that are eaten? > Yes!
Just remember unless the root is properly cooked it is toxic. — Frank Caggiano http://www.atlantic.net/~caggiano
Response:
They are toxic!? Please elaborate? Kyla – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> > Also, are they they same plants that grow in > > Hawaii and that are eaten? > Yes! >Just remember unless the root is properly cooked it is toxic. >– >Frank Caggiano >http://www.atlantic.net/~caggiano
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Both the leaves and turbers contain oxalic acid, which is found in many foods to one degree or another. Cooking renders it harmless. regards > They are toxic!? Please elaborate? > Kyla
– Frank Caggiano http://www.atlantic.net/~caggiano
Response:
< Let them grow and soon you will have little baby taros. > <Your taro plant is in the process of making more taro plants. > Cool. Cindy
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>Newsgroups: rec.ponds >I have a Taro plant in a pot with the crown about 2" under water. >The pot is not small in relation to the plant (I didn’t think so >anyways) but in the last few days I noticed roots coming up around >the top edge of the pot and now I have 3 huge roots that have >lunged out and are about 2 feet long. 2 of them look like they are >trying to crawl up over the pond edge and the third one has shot >out towards the middle of the pond. What do I need? Bigger pot? – You need _more_pots_; one for each of those ‘roots’ (creeping rhizomes, more likely) to dive into. If you do that, you ought to have more plants as they find their new dirt and burrow into it. – (Works for my one poor sad mistreated water lily, which sent out little "seeking’ rootlike appendages. I just put a pot (with dirt, natch) under the end(s) and it made new plants there. – >What about these monster roots? Can I cut them off? If I – Cut ‘em when the new plants are established. – >shouldn’t cut them off, I don’t know how I’m going to contain them >in a bigger pot. They are really thick. The plant is doing well. >Does it matter that the plant is in a clay pot? Cindy – Probably a Good Thing. I swear by clay pots. – Science/Religion: Dharmakh and Jhalahd at Tanagra. Net-Tamer V 1.10.1 - Registered
Response:
Hi Cindy, Your taro plant is in the process of making more taro plants. One of the ways they propagate themself is to send out runners. You’ll soon find plantlets along the runners. Wait ’til they develop, then cut them off. I’ve found it much easier to overwinter these babies, than to bring Taro inside. > 2 of them look like they are trying to crawl up over the pond edge and the >third one has shot out towards the middle of the pond. >What do I need? Bigger pot? What about these monster roots? Can I cut >them off? If I shouldn’t cut them off, I don’t know how I’m going to >contain them in a bigger pot. They are really thick. The plant is doing >well. Does it matter that the plant is in a clay pot?
No, but the clay pot, if allowed to freeze, will break in the winter. Taro really do require big pots. This help to keep them from toppling over in the wind, and gives them plenty of grow room. Pam – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Cindy
Response:
I have a Taro plant in a pot with the crown about 2" under water. The pot is not small in relation to the plant (I didn’t think so anyways) but in the last few days I noticed roots coming up around the top edge of the pot and now I have 3 huge roots that have lunged out and are about 2 feet long. 2 of them look like they are trying to crawl up over the pond edge and the third one has shot out towards the middle of the pond. What do I need? Bigger pot? What about these monster roots? Can I cut them off? If I shouldn’t cut them off, I don’t know how I’m going to contain them in a bigger pot. They are really thick. The plant is doing well. Does it matter that the plant is in a clay pot? Cindy
Response:
Those are not roots I’m afraid. Your taro is making it’s big push to take over your pond. Let them grow and soon you will have little baby taros. Once the new plant has it’s own roots, cut it off and plant it. I’m giving away some of my taro this weekend. Soon, you will be doing the same! cheers, >I have a Taro plant in a pot with the crown about 2" under water. The pot >is not small in relation to the plant (I didn’t think so anyways) but in >the last few days I noticed roots coming up around the top edge of the pot >and now I have 3 huge roots that have lunged out and are about 2 feet long. > 2 of them look like they are trying to crawl up over the pond edge and the >third one has shot out towards the middle of the pond. >What do I need? Bigger pot? What about these monster roots? Can I cut >them off? If I shouldn’t cut them off, I don’t know how I’m going to >contain them in a bigger pot. They are really thick. The plant is doing >well. Does it matter that the plant is in a clay pot? >Cindy
Bill Edwards * "Thru the gateway, Arizona State University * off the repeater, Department of Sociology * over the firewall, Tempe, Arizona * nothing but ‘NET’."
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