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I just bought a Thailand Giant EE

WSimpson

By WSimpson
in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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I haven't had one for a few years and miss those huge leaves . Here I've learned that to keep it alive through  the winter I need to mulch heavily . I need to put a 6 inch high load of mulch around the growing buds .  Adding half a foot of leaves would work too . As spring weather comes around more consistently I start to pull away the mulch . Then you end up with some live tissue and a lot of muck that I pull out and from around  the centers of the growing buds   . This helps to dry up the goo . When the heat really builds in ,  larger and larger leaves start growing . 

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Yea I've heard that variety is a little cold sensitive.  Order a coffee cup alocasia and thank me later

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I got some Jack's Giant this week.  Here's hoping we get decent rain this summer.  It's my first attempt at a big Colocasia, it was too dry in Oregon to even bother. 

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They love steer manure to get them big here. I’ve seen big green ones and purple ones in peoples pounds but the biggest one was on a farm and they dump lots of cow manure on them. 

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What does EE stand for?

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  On 3/5/2024 at 7:21 AM, Than said:

What does EE stand for?

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Elephant ear. It's the common name in the US for nearly anything in the Colocasia, Alocasia, Caladium, or any other Aroid genus with big heart shaped leaves. Such as the OP's Leucocasia

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  On 3/5/2024 at 1:43 PM, apriliarider15 said:

Elephant ear. It's the common name in the US for nearly anything in the Colocasia, Alocasia, Caladium, or any other Aroid genus with big heart shaped leaves. Such as the OP's Leucocasia

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Ah I see, thank you. I also dunno what OP means but it's OK 😅

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  On 3/5/2024 at 2:01 PM, Than said:

Ah I see, thank you. I also dunno what OP means but it's OK 😅

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OP = Original Poster ..Person who started the thread / topic. :greenthumb:

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