Overwintering elephant ears in pots

Prepare Your Elephant Ears For The Winter

After your first frost, cut the stems to about 6 inches tall.
Put the tubers in a grocery bag, plastic pot or bulb rate and cover with a mix of peat moss and soil.
Add water to the container and store it in a cool, dark place to ensure the tuber stays dormant throughout the winter.

Do elephant ears need to be dug up for winter?
Can you overwinter elephant ears?
Do elephant ears need to go dormant?
Can you keep elephant ears in pots?
Do elephant ear bulbs multiply?
When should Elephant Ears be dug up?
How do you keep elephant ears alive in the winter?
Will elephant ears grow back each year?
Are elephant ears poisonous to dogs?
Do elephant ears make good house plants?
Why do elephant ear plants cry?
How do you look after elephant ears indoors?

Do elephant ears need to be dug up for winter?

It is very important to the success of saving elephant ears for the winter that you dig the elephant ear bulbs out of the ground undamaged. Any damage to the elephant ear bulb may result in the bulb rotting over the winter. In order to keep the bulb undamaged, it is a good idea to start digging about a foot (31 cm.)

Can you overwinter elephant ears?

Overwintering Indoors

The roots will freeze in the cold soil, killing the plants. In cold areas you have two choices: you can grow elephant ears in pots and keep them in a frost-free area over winter in a dormant state, or dig the tubers in the fall and replant in the spring.

Do elephant ears need to go dormant?

Elephant ears do go dormant. Expect some pretty big bulbs, we sell most of our exotic elephant ear bulbs in the 7" to 9" size, these bulbs can weigh in a 2" each!

Can you keep elephant ears in pots?

If you decide you don't want to plant your elephant ear plants in the ground, container growing is perfectly acceptable for these plants. Elephant ears do well in containers so long as you provide them with the right sized container, proper soil, and adequate sunlight.

Do elephant ear bulbs multiply?

Elephant ears can become huge plants with gigantic leaves. Many spread through underground runners, or stolons, and send up baby plants along the way. These babies can be separated from the parent plant and installed elsewhere.

When should Elephant Ears be dug up?

You will want to dig up elephant ears when the weather starts to get cold and the leaves start to get brown and crunchy. You can wait until after the first frost, but not much longer after that, or the tuber will die. Remove the large leaves, leaving just a small stem 1 to 2 inches long.

How do you keep elephant ears alive in the winter?

It's a fairly simple process:

After your first frost, cut the stems to about 6 inches tall.
Put the tubers in a grocery bag, plastic pot or bulb rate and cover with a mix of peat moss and soil.
Add water to the container and store it in a cool, dark place to ensure the tuber stays dormant throughout the winter.

Will elephant ears grow back each year?

Are elephant ears perennials? Most are perennials in Zone 9 and warmer, where they will come back each summer. If gardening in cooler zones, you can treat them as annuals or dig up the tubers before the first frost and keep them in a cool, dry place over winter.

Are elephant ears poisonous to dogs?

What is Alocasia (Elephant Ear) Poisoning? The elephant ear plant is a houseplant with giant pointed leaves that look like elephant ears. This plant may be nice to look at, but it can be toxic to your dog. In fact, it can even be fatal if not treated right away.

Do elephant ears make good house plants?

Upright elephant ears (Alocasia) can be brought indoors and grown as houseplants. Keep the plants in bright, indirect light and keep the soil consistently moist, not wet.

Why do elephant ear plants cry?

Water when the soil starts to feel a little dry. If your Elephant Ear plant gets too much water, it will let you know by “weeping” or dripping water from the tip of the leaf.

How do you look after elephant ears indoors?

Remove dead stems from the base of the plant to encourage a clean well groomed appearance. When grown indoors In winter, keep the soil on the dry side as they don't like having too much water near their base during their dormant period. Our favourite Elephant ears include: - African Beauty (A.