Taro – 2 Corms

Each packet contains 2 small Taro Corms with multiple buds on each piece. The Taro Corms are structurally plant stems, with nodes and inter-nodes with buds and produce adventitious roots. On the top of the corm, one or a few buds grow into shoots that produce normal leaves and flowers.

It is a tropical plant grown primarily as a vegetable food for its edible corm, and secondarily as a leaf vegetable.Taro corms are a food staple in African, Oceanic, and South Asian cultures.

This edible plant can grow up to 2m in height and produces heart shaped to arrow shaped leaves that droop downwards. Apart from it’s edible uses, this plant is highly decorative. Grows best in full sun to partial shade in moist soil or shallow water to 15 cm deep. Can be grown in containers.

Common Names: Taro, Yam, Cocoyam, Dasheen, Ubi Keladi, Eddoe, Elephant’s Ear, Keladi.

Planting Taro Corms

• The plant likes fertile, moist soil and full sun, but also grows in light shade.
• It can be grown directly in the garden or in large containers.
• It is usually planted in late winter or spring, and harvested the following autumn to early winter.
• Place the bottom half of the corm in sandy soil and leave the top half of the corm sticking up above the soil.
• Keep the planted corm in a dark, warm place, until shoots start to form.
• Shoots will usually start to grow within a couple of weeks, but they can sometimes take several months.
• The plant requires 200 days of frost-free growing, from planting to harvesting the tubers.