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That's awesome Billy boy,mine is really moving now 😀
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Posted : 07/08/2010 11:41 am
My Dad asked me today "how can a plant get so big in such a small pot" Fertilizer Dad!!!! 😀 😀 😀
Bill
Posted : 07/08/2010 9:23 pm
Has your Dad offered you planting space on his property?
8)
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Posted : 08/08/2010 5:32 pm
My Mom is a plant nut like me so there's no room in the house at all 😆 😆 😆
Posted : 08/08/2010 7:51 pm
My folks live in Portland so they could grow Gunnera but would never get a Colocasia like Jim's. My mom has tried regular EE and they never get far without the heat. Which we have down here.
My wife and I decided on the garden space for the Thai Giant race, so she's in on it.
She had marked out a spot in my original design for artichokes and despite a lot of work amending the soil they always shrivel in the heat. So, now we have a 10' by 10' spot available.
Jim has been posting on the EPS so maybe we could get some Italians or Ukrainians in on it, too. --Erik
Posted : 08/08/2010 8:09 pm
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Anywhere without warmth/heat would be tough.
Mine go crazy when the lows at night are near/+ 80
Erik
with your heat they would probably need afternoon shade,like the east side of a structure 8)
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Posted : 09/08/2010 12:03 pm
Darn. That will be tough, but I'll take a look. I dedicate the little bit of shade I get from the gazebo to Trachies.
The spot we had in mind is about the most sun-blasted we have. --Erik
Posted : 09/08/2010 12:13 pm
Holy MAN Jim that's a humongous plant! I've always wanted to try EE's too, maybe that will be my next mission next year!
That must be so much fun to grow!
Heidi
~ palms on the Canadian west coast
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Posted : 09/08/2010 12:41 pm
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Really is fun to watch the leaves change size-way bigger than EE's!
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Posted : 09/08/2010 4:56 pm
okay then....instead of EE's my next mission is Thai Giant...then count me in on the race..lol
Heidi
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Posted : 09/08/2010 5:25 pm
Great, Heidi!
I predict I'll be in the lead by late May but lose in the end as they fry in July. --Erik
Posted : 09/08/2010 10:30 pm
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Don't count out that 😈 Bill!
He will probably build a greenhouse around his and it will already have 5' leaves on it by May 👿 😯
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Posted : 10/08/2010 10:47 am
Hater!!!!
😉
Posted : 10/08/2010 11:27 am
Dude, thats Thai is huge! Im waiting for someone i know to send me an offset.
My colocasia is jsut on its second leaf, took forever to get the bulbs to pop. Im not letting them go dormant, im bringing them inside ( the Alocasia odora). Weve had plenty of heat. The other plants grew in and shaded them... so... lesson learned.
Just started to get in to EE. Gotta say im hooked 😈
Grats again dude on the awsomeness:D
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Posted : 10/08/2010 11:35 am
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Oh Canada-thanks not sure about the offset thing-
to my knowledge these do not pup.
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Posted : 10/08/2010 4:03 pm
