The Secret to Growing Alocasia | The Barefooted Gardener

Love your plants there are beautiful, I like how you explain everything on your video. Good look. Keep the good work beautiful yard.

I came across some cuttings and gave them some love and now don't know what to do with them

Thanks for sharing, how would I winterize my ALOCASIA

Love it , I also add elemental sulfer after they dry

Can you compost the leaves? And when you dig up your allocation, do you put them in pots and do you cut their leaves off? May be leaving one or do you leave all the leaves when you put them in pots to put it inside?

Your very knowledgeable.
I bought bulbs ( alocasia ) I bought one Colocasia.
I have in pots so I can move into greenhouse during winter.

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Good video.
One Q, how about fertilizer?

I’m a new alocasia / calocasia devotee. I bought one large alocasia last year on a whim because of its cool coloration and placed it at my front door. It took the heat and morning sun of summer effortlessly. So I bought 2 more for my patio: alocasia Metalhead and Colocasia Illustris.

Yes great video. 🎉

Hello, just came across your video and really enjoyed it as it explains the different types of Alocasia as I've just got one from a nursery and never had one before, is it ok to keep it in the pot in doors, by the way I live in Egypt

Zone 6??

Just got mine!

I love your!

💚Wonderful plant ... But why barefooted ❓😊 ~ Good 🍀👍🏼

I would like to know what u do at the end of the season- to overwinter it.

i eat colocasia

Where was the "secret" part?

I got the seed and just planted it like a week now when will I start noticing if it's going to grow in my potting soil.

What kind of soil do you use?

Hey. One popped up in my back yard. Its huge. What size drum should I place it in?

Holy moley, this is a vid busting with info. Well done! Your plants are loving life. I was searching for the species name of one of my plants and came across it in this vid. Thanks so much!

Love your website. If you’ve not visited the website of Brian’s botanicals do so . I visited his green houses in Louisville Ky. It’s heaven for plant lovers .

Is this plant are safe to animal i mean cats and dogs?

Just got my first one the king! Wish me luck.

Guy, This is fantastic garden, I just start leaning Toropical garden and your is so impressive.

FRO THE BULB, I HAVE FOUND THAT IF I POT IT WHERE ONLY THE TIP OF THE BULB IS EXPOSED, THEY ROOT MUCH FASTER. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS PLANT AND ALWAYS WISH I HAD MORE. I MUST WARN EVERYONE THOUGH THAT IF YOUR PLANT DROOPS, WITH THIS PLANT, IT DOES NOT MEAN IT NEEDS A DRINK LIKE THER PLANTS. THIS MEANS IT IS TOO WET

OK IM BEING FRANK HERE. I LIVE IN IDAHO AND OUR FALL AND WINTER GETS PRETTY HARSH. I HAVE A COUPLE VARIETIES BUT THE ONE I NEED TO BRING INDOORS IS MY GIGANTICA. IT IS POTTED AND ONY TWO FEET TALL SO FAR. MY QUESTION IS, CAN I TREAT IT AS Y OTHER SPECIES WIT MOIT=STURE AND WATERING INDOORS? ALSO, FOR THIS TYPE OF ELEPHANT EAR, HOW OFTEN SHOULD I POT AND WHAT SIZE POT WOULD ENCOURAGE LARGER LEAVES?

Thank you for this. I am considering planting a Alocasia patch in a bright, sunny spot in growing zone 8b (Beach area). What kind of mixing plant(s) do you think might go well with an Alocasia? I was thinking of a Canna Lily.

Do all alocasia create a trunk?

I have a huge alocacia from Whole Foods I rescued. The middle leaf got damaged pretty bad from people handling it. I live in Southern California. I have no idea where to plant it because I don’t have a whole lot of shade. It’s in my spare room right now. Can I keep it outside in semi full sun?

Nice💚... I'm gonna need your help in the near future

Beautiful!!

In zone 5-6- Chicago land. I e overwintered colocasia, but want to get bigger leaves- I see to be getting a bunch of smaller leaves- any thoughts why that would be

I LOVE your little pond/ water feature!! Its beautiful!!

Is this the alocasia macrorrhiza upright? Manto de Eva that is also called. Elephant ear is a name to many varieties that doesn't help me much when looking for one of them with the correct name. If anyone has the correct name in English.

Growing my first, brought it from Lowe’s and it’s beautiful

I have a variegated alocasia I bought as a starter plants and it's putting out nice leaves, but not really growing tall, and the same for my new guinea gold alocasia. I put them big pots and set them outside every day and put them in the garage at night for darkness and humidity. I also have the miracle-gro organic. Do u have any suggestions? Also I only had them for 2 months and half.

I have got the purplish color plant for my bog filter but I don't know much about them, would it be suitable for a watery environment as I like to clear up my pond of algae?

Love the vid would like to hear more about the zones people are in, I’m in San Diego and have both colo and alo

I just repotted my alocasia calidonia (it's indoor) and it's starting to droop, one leaf at a time. Any suggestions? It doesn't seem under or over watered.

I’m growing my 1st one outdoors in light shade (zone 9a). Will I have to dig it up for the winter in North Florida?

Alocasia and Colocasia as well -do these both grow out of tuber looking root structures? Like a rhizome kind of I guess?

I made a birdbath one time using a big giant leaf like that as a stamp kind of thing for the concrete and never knew you could grow plants like that in zone 6 which is also where Im at! Where Im at now.

I didn’t see the stingray elephant ear ?

If I told you you had huge elephant ears, would you hold it against me?

We are thinking about adding two of these in pots out by our pool Zone 6. They will be in full sun all day. In the winter time, my plan is to bring them into an outdoor bathroom that I have setup to keep the room temp above 45° for over wintering them, along with my Majestic Palms. As for the soil in a container (that will be on a time to get watered daily), do you think I should add brown mulch to my potting soil to help with drainage?

i just got a tea cup … how do you over winter it? Im 7a do i let it dry out then store like i do canna rhizomes

Great informative video. We live in North West corner of South Carolina zone 7 unfortunately we have a mole problem. Do you have any suggestions on cages to protect them ?
Thank you

Can the alocasia still grow a lot in a vase? And has to BE a big One or they prefer the small spaces like begonia?