Elephant Ear Growing Guide: Planting, Care & Harvest

Colocasia esculenta

Growing calendar

Typical timing for central Japan (Kanto region). Shift it for your own climate, and record your actual dates.

Guides

• Where to Grow an Elephant Ear: Sun, Heat, Wind and Winter
• How to Water an Elephant Ear: The Plant That Wants Wet Feet
• Repotting an Elephant Ear: Pot Size, Mix and Handling the Corm
• Elephant Ear Year-Round Care Schedule: Growth, Dormancy and Storage
• Elephant Ear Pests and Problems: Spider Mites, Rot and Torn Leaves
• How to Propagate an Elephant Ear from Offsets, Runners and Division

Pests and diseases (0)

Written byYasuGrowing vegetables and fruit in Chiba, Japan, and building Gadenin. Corrections are welcome. 15 years of growing.