Suran

you must really love your sister , I`ll may gone grow one for my dear mother in law and tell her to keep it warm in her bedroom

do you know where your one are coming from?

 

Madahhlia , on ebay they go for £13 each , but we talk of a really small size ......that could be a nice idea actually .

 

If it flowers I hope that she'll see the funny side of it!
That is the least that you can do for you MiL after all the times that she has looked after your plants whilst you've been on holiday!

Not really. All I know is that the wholesaler is Indian..........

 

Longk time ago i saw some small bulbs and asked what it was , they called fox nut ,
it sound really funny but didn`t get it .....them funny bulbs are producing this plant





in case you see them ....will worth give a try .

 

I'll need a large pond - the leaves can grow up to one metre across!

 

longk look at this flower , it you all over

 

So we really need the dung of a decomposed cow as well.​

Here are my first two..................
Longk - you deserve a pat on the back for those two.

Keep us posted on how they do in the dry on a radiator. I have been starting mine off (Colocasia) in polybags with high humidity.

Madahhlia - in theory, you are right they should be available in many places. Bradford, close to me, ought to be good - but other that the central market, which sells Eddoes, I can't find any good sources.

 

They're just there for 24hrs to dry after they got wet on the walk home.

No pond though!

 

that was my plan , dry them and put them in the greehouse untill i woke up and find my garden in the snow .....

 

How about one of these? At least they're an indication about which streets/areas might be good to explore. Mr Yam sounds especially hopeful.

http://bradford.enquira.co.uk/food-dining/greengrocers/

 

Madahhalia - that's brilliant - thank you so much.

It never occured to me to look in the yellow pages (or equivalent) - I sometimes go to Bradford and thought the easiest thing was to drive around. But its not.

 

Guys it`s Wednesday , got 2 bag coming from India yesterday .



lucky enough , I got a total of 10 bulbs at the price of £26 , that means £2.60 each
overall he had some fresh dasheen arrived yesterday from the Caribbian but very expencive as they are out of season , but already rooted .....the dasheen are £3 each.






I`ve started dry them out to avoid rotting .

please put your name on it , I will try to divide them by weight .

 

Sal - that's very very good of you. I would love 2 suran, if you can spare them. I have quite a few large Eddoes - which may well be the same as your dasheen - so I wouldn't want you to buy any extra for me. But if you have any suran or dasheen left over that you want to get rid of - I would be very happy to take them, I don't want you to be left holding any tubers that you don't want.

 

Me too. I sent Sal a PM saying I would fit in with everyone else.

 

I know I'm probably too late, but should there be any left I would graciously accept! I can pay in cash, favours, left arm, 1.5 kidneys etc....