Re: Aroids

From: "Julius Boos" ju-bo at email.msn.com> on 2001.04.02 at 03:37:49(6128) Dear Frank, Sounds like you have been growing these things with great sucess! I`d like to try to determine which variety of Colocasia esculenta you are having such sucess with, if it is C. E. esculenta, the 'dasheen' variety, or C. e. antiquorum, the 'eddoes' variety, or maybe even Xanthosoma sagittifolia, so will ask a few questions---are the leaves peltate or sagittate, in other words are the 'inner sides of the 'V' in the leaf blade partially closed in to form a sort of 'U', or do they stay open in a 'V' down to the petiole or stem? Where did your plants originate?? Are the tubers which they produce elongate, say 7-10" long by 2-3" thick, or more oval and round, and are multple small tubers produced, or just a couple larger rounder tubers?? I may be able to get a couple other cultivars locally here in Florida for you, some are quite cold tollerant. I can also send you GOOD recipes for your excess tubers!!! I look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Julius Boos +More W.P.B., Florida >> I have been growing Colocasia Esculenta (Green Taro) successfully in Oklahoma now for four years and would like to add some different varieties. Am interested in any of this family of Araceae that will grow in a heat factor of 8 and hardiness zone 7. Currently, my seven bulbs have reached a size of from six inches to the largest at ten inches. Four of my ten plants bloomed with seed, but I did not know how to collect till finding this Web site. My plants grow over four feet tall with leaves up to (and over) eighteen inches wide by two feet long. Last fall, when I dug them up to prepared them for winter, I had to give away five each 5 gallon buckets full of various sizes from 1 inch to 4 inches in diameter. Previous years have rated three to four buckets. I would like to know if anyone would like to, or could, make a swap for some of their varieties?? I can send anything from just coming out of dormacy to stalk/leaf up to almost 12 inches. Or I will buy, because finding different varieties here is impossible. Thanks<<

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