Giant Elephant Ear Bulbs

I dug up the Elephant ears yesterday to prepare them for winter. The bulbs have very coarse roots spidering in all directions. A good cleaning reveals baby bulbs hanging off their sides. these babies can be dried and planted next year. The bulbs can triple in size in a growing season. Here are two pictures of the bulbs, one after the initial cleaning and the other shows them spread on the newspaper for drying. To get an idea of the size of the biggest bulbs, I have set them next to a 2 liter soda bottle. You can see all the baby bulbs that came from about 20 plants that I grew this year. After they dry for a couple of weeks, I will pack them in peat moss and replant next spring after the last freeze.