Make sure you WANT THEM. They have a tendency to take off and encroach
where you don't want them. Would suggest a pot for each.

Oh yes, I want them allright - they look like a fun plant and I have a LOT of
garden to fill this year after killin off a large patch of lawn I felt was
useless.

I could definately plant them inside pots and bury the pots as well. The area
is very fertile as I regraded it and dumped a lot of my compost there and added
bagged manure and topsoil in the fall.

It gets sun in the morning and shade from about 11am-2pm then sun again until
it sinks below a 6' stockade fence.

Water no problem as well.

So how about it? Which end is up? If I have to I'll put them all in a pot of
soil and water until they've sprouted enough for me to tell.





TakeThisOut wrote:
I just picked up 6 Elephant Ears bulbs (tubers?) They're as big as
cantelopes.
According to the package, I can plant them indoors now (4-6 weeks before
the
outdoor growing season begins) I have 6 huge 10 gallon post and the rich
soil
mix ready to go, but 1 problem... I can't tell which way the bulb is "up".
These bulbs are very clean and dirt-free and have no root or old stem
remanents
on it.

On each bulb, one end appears to have been cut cleanly with a knife as it's
kind of squared off so the bulb will sit on a flat surface. And all over
the
opposite side of the sphere there seem to be round discolorations of
varying
diameters, so I figure the squared off end is the root, and the other end
is
the stems. Correct?

I Did a google search on these and there have been lots of posts on this
board
regarding elephant ears, but not this issue.

TIA

Now - 52 degrees and raining in Long Island NY
Tomorrow - 31 and snow 2-4"




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