Colocasia gaoligongensis, one of the most hardy

Mr List

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what do you do with yours in winter?
Bob

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Nothing, it stays in the ground.
Mr List

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not even mulch down there?
Bob

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Mulching is something I always promise myself I'll do every year but never get around to. It looks a mess,but i always leave all the dead plant material to fall to the ground in the borders and leave it there until the worst of the cold weather is over.
I'm sure it provides a certain degree of protection against frost. A clump of Esculenta that I normally would dig up got left out last winter and has returned OK this summer albeit a little smaller.
Mr List

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well last year was a very short winter.

i will most likely stick to mulching plants for their first couple of years until they get built up a bit.
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Re: Colocasia gaoligongensis, one of the most hardy

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Mr List wrote:
i will most likely stick to mulching plants for their first couple of years until they get built up a bit.
Very wise Ken. They are very tough, and Tony Palmer built up quite a few in his garden, over near Stockport I believe, but lost all outside in Dec 2010. so there are limits. The mulch has to be thick enough to stop the rhizome freezing. If severe weather strikes just throw something.... anything, over the area to slow frost penetration down. :wink:
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Alexander

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Thats a plant I should try outside here to!

Here they seem to be availble.

www.bencandlin.co.uk

Alexander
miketropic

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I might pick some up later this season and see if they will do ok in zone 6
Alexander

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miketropic wrote:I might pick some up later this season and see if they will do ok in zone 6
Maybe you can use it to make moonshine...

Cheers,

Alexander
miketropic

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Alexander wrote:
miketropic wrote:I might pick some up later this season and see if they will do ok in zone 6
Maybe you can use it to make moonshine...

Cheers,

Alexander
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Alexander

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miketropic wrote:
Alexander wrote:
miketropic wrote:I might pick some up later this season and see if they will do ok in zone 6
Maybe you can use it to make moonshine...

Cheers,

Alexander
we can make moonshine out of anything believe that icon_thumright
Even out of shallot or urine...?

Cheers,

Alexander
miketropic

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I guess you could but the taste would be awful....

Finally grabbed one of these yesterday..well grabbed one plant it had a 8 ft runner on it so I might have a few we will see how well it does here
Alexander

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miketropic wrote:I guess you could but the taste would be awful....

Finally grabbed one of these yesterday..well grabbed one plant it had a 8 ft runner on it so I might have a few we will see how well it does here
Just kidding! Well hillbillies can make anything I guess...

Alexander
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