Taro requires very warm temperatures between 77 degrees - 95 degrees fahrenheit and must have consistent moisture. Taro grows best in a soil pH between 5.5 and 6.5. Growing a taro plant is as simple as growing pumpkins. Kalo has tubers or runners that branch off of grown plants like strawberries. Taro tubers are harvested about 200 days after planting when leaves turn yellow and start to die.
The runners are basically roots that act as seeds. When growing taro, all that needs to be done is to first plant the taro runner into a pot of soil (soil must be light and moisture retentive) and then water it consistently. Plants must be spaced 18 inches apart and rows are spaced 3-4 feet apart. Suggestions are to water taro often in dry weather and to feed the taro with rich organic fertilizer, compost, or compost tea. Taro also prefers a high-potassium fertilizer.
Taro root grows best in the Spring and Taro can be grown for its tubers only where summers have at least 200 frost-free warm days. Taro corms can be planet in dry or wet areas and must be planted in furrows or trenches about 6 inches deep and covered by 2-3 inches of soil.
Taro grown for its leaves can be grown in temperatures as low as 59 degrees fahrenheit outdoors in a greenhouse. Taro leaves can be picked as soon as the first leaf has opened and the leaves always come back so you will never see a taro plant stripped of all its leaves.
The runners are basically roots that act as seeds. When growing taro, all that needs to be done is to first plant the taro runner into a pot of soil (soil must be light and moisture retentive) and then water it consistently. Plants must be spaced 18 inches apart and rows are spaced 3-4 feet apart. Suggestions are to water taro often in dry weather and to feed the taro with rich organic fertilizer, compost, or compost tea. Taro also prefers a high-potassium fertilizer.
Taro root grows best in the Spring and Taro can be grown for its tubers only where summers have at least 200 frost-free warm days. Taro corms can be planet in dry or wet areas and must be planted in furrows or trenches about 6 inches deep and covered by 2-3 inches of soil.
Taro grown for its leaves can be grown in temperatures as low as 59 degrees fahrenheit outdoors in a greenhouse. Taro leaves can be picked as soon as the first leaf has opened and the leaves always come back so you will never see a taro plant stripped of all its leaves.