Everything looks amazing! Great work!!!!

Mike

You should try the Thai Giant Colocasia plant in your garden.

Put it in a sheltered* place with morning/mid day sun and it would
explode there with the warmth you guys get,they love heat
and will grow fast like a Banana plant when night-time lows
are 75F+

Here is the nicest one I grew(maybe three 4' leaves) right before a
storm snapped it in half...I believe it was only mid July or so.......looks prehistoric!

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This years Thai giant in the same spot..should be more protected by the way bigger Bamboo this time..

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Ill have to check them out. MAybe even for down here at the beach place, lotsa room here and even warmer

They are amazing, So you overwinter them in the ground, then???

No I brought it inside near a south window and it just held on.

I was surprised how quick it ramped up but it did have some size last year,they just decline over the winter though.

A guy in N.C.did overwinter one this year so who knows,maybe you could there.

since mine tried to put out the twin leaves it has gone all stupid..the large leaf is now standing straight up like an alocasia...the aborted leaf put out a new leaf which was monstrose and very deformed..and the one that is standing tall refuses to bust open and give me a good size leaf...

If it has not been to wet down there,try over watering it and see if that breaks it loose.

Unless you think to much rain could be part of it? Just trying to be careful here 🙂

I guess my thinking is,there is nothing a decent rainfall can't set right,
unless your a cactus,I expect to see mine in shards on the ground
after last nights rain 😆

If it has not been to wet down there,try over watering it and see if that breaks it loose.

Unless you think to much rain could be part of it? Just trying to be careful here 🙂

I guess my thinking is,there is nothing a decent rainfall can't set right,
unless your a cactus,I expect to see mine in shards on the ground
after last nights rain 😆

well you were half right..it rained...it broke it loose..flower time 😕 ..might cut em off and hope for a bigger leaf soon

Be careful if you do,sometimes(although it may not appear so)the new leaf is
in the same sheath as the flowers...I accidentally cut one off once.

The leaves will continue to increase in size even with flowers after
one or 2 the same size(first leaf after flowering might be slightly smaller)
mine just went through this and is really ramping it up now.