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["elijah smith" <elijahs@earthlink.net>]

Hey guys -

I've had taro resprout from the corm, quite happily, it just takes a lot
longer to get to a full sized plant.  Not sure, thought, that supermarket
taro would still be alive enough to grow...

Elijah

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Schinnerer" <john@eco-living.net>
To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 10:13 AM
Subject: [permaculture] Taro


> Aloha,
>
> > Is this the same Taro that I see in the specialty isle of the
> > supermarket?
>
> Probably, unless some produce manager is really really confused...
>
> > Is it possible to buy some of that and get it to grow
> > locally?
>
> I don't know S. IL climate - what's it like in the winter?  Taro is a
> tropical/sub-tropical.  For a bunch of info both cultural and botanical,
> see:
>
> http://www.hawaii-nation.org/canoe/kalo.html
>
> The huli (start) for planting is the very top (crown plus a little flesh)
> of the corm and the leaf stalk.  Taro for sale in stores has usually had
> the crown, or at least the whole leaf stalk, cut completely off.
>
>
>
> John Schinnerer, MA
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