taherrmann4
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After several years of putting elephant ears in my creeks and waterfalls I am now rethinking this strategy for next year. While they are neat and serve a purpose in helping suppress the algae by sucking up nutrients from the creeks and providing shade, they are soooo large that they take away the view more so on the waterfalls than the creek. They also have a huge root system that is like carpet, I have to go and tear these out or they create a damn effect by increasing the water level in the creek behind them and this has caused some problems for me in my waterfalls. A few weeks ago it seemed as though I was losing a bit too much water and found where some of the roots were so thick that they increased the depth of the water therefore forcing it over my liner. This was in a section that is only about an inch from the water going over anyway (cut the liner a little short 6 years ago, lesson learned). All of these elephant ears started out about the size of a half dollar or smaller and are now about the size of a softball so they grow very quickly, I consider my creeks the breeding ground for elephant ears and will give these away next year to family and friends and whoever else wants some. In addition to the one big bulb each one has lots of off shoots that are about the size of a quarter or smaller, so I probably have 30-40 extra bulbs, and this is every year. If I had a way to sell them I would but I am not good with the whole craigslist thing.
So if anyone is interested in some elephant ears next year pm in the spring and you can have some just pay shipping.
This is the waterfall with elephant ears taken yesterday
This is what my waterfall looks like w/o the ears
This is the size of the bulb in my creek
Showing how big the leaves are
So if anyone is interested in some elephant ears next year pm in the spring and you can have some just pay shipping.
This is the waterfall with elephant ears taken yesterday
This is what my waterfall looks like w/o the ears
This is the size of the bulb in my creek
Showing how big the leaves are