[zeropoint46]

I'm a novice when it comes to this, so apologies for the dumb question. Can you explain how you manage the taro plant? Like how can it grow in a pot completely submerged then be brought inside? Can taro be both grown partially submerged and out of water? Thanks for the info.

[ilamont]

Google taro water garden, and you will see many results, including instructional videos for this plant. We purchased the taro plant from a garden supply store that sold us the plastic liner. This was more than 10 years ago. This species of taro can live in partially submerged pots, and we still have it planted in the original pot. The plant tries to self propagate in the late summer sending out little runners with leaves attached but it can’t root anywhere because there is no shallow muddy spots by our pond. It’s just the plastic liner which drops off to about 2 feet at the edge of the plastic. On the other side of the hard plastic liner is ordinary soil, which is not wet enough for the taro, but other plants, including ferns and ground cover take root there and grow over the edge of the plastic liner as shown in the video below.

https://youtu.be/8ExfrhjpMp4

[elihu]

I have a taro plant that I bring inside in the winter. Basically, I just transfer the pot to a large tub of water, where it can be mostly submerged.

I let the water level get pretty low last winter so only the bottom few inches of the pot were in water. It didn't do well and almost died, but over the summer in the pond it multiplied quite a bit and we could have had half a dozen taro plants if I wanted to plant all the runners.

[pvaldes]

Many robust aquatic plants are aquatic only for a while. They evolved to respond to flooding and to stand dry spells. You can just put the pot inside and treat it as any other indoor plant. You could probably just let it dry in winter. Colocasia can be cultured in water and also out of the water.

[lostlogin]

I’m not sure if it’s the same taro, but people grow it in the ground here in New Zealand.