Growing Colocasia Pink China In The UK - October 2023

In this video, I do an update on my Colocasia esculenta 'Pink China' as well as a few of my other Colocasias. There might even be a flower forming on the Pink China.
This is the second year I have been growing Colocasia Pink China plants in my garden. It is meant to be the most cold-hardy Colocasia esculenta that you can grow and it did survive the very cold weather we got here last winter. With a little bit of mulch, it can be easily overwintered in the ground in most locations in the UK and similar climates.
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[@faran23]

Enjoying your vids..

[@PeterEntwistle]

Thanks! I'm glad you are enjoying them 😊

[@lyonheart84]

Very pretty looking foliage plants. I had some Alocasias but i thought all of them had expired last winter in the extreme cold but recently a small leaf has popped up in a wheelbarrow i throw waste soil into so i guess I'd better try and save it lol.

[@PeterEntwistle]

Thanks, Brett. Yeah, I am very happy with how it's done this year. It was very slow to get going after the main plants rotted away after winter. But I think the wetter summer has actually helped the pups get growing, Colocasias actually really like wet environments. Yeah, you should definitely pot up your alocasias, they can make nice houseplants.

[@tropicalsat52n86]

Nice one! I have some planted with one of my bananas! I just got the bulb from a shop and planted it. Didn’t know there were so many lol

[@PeterEntwistle]

Thanks! Yeah, most of the ones I grow are ornamental varieties, only the 'Pink China' is meant to be hardy enough to survive in the ground out of the ones I grow.

[@kazman9755]

We use the leaves and roots (corms) in Indian cooking. You have to be careful to remove the thick veins with a sharp knife otherwise you will get plant bits stuck in your throat (needle-shaped raphides in the plant cells); the same is true of the corms - we usually boil until cooked and then curry them.

[@PeterEntwistle]

Thanks for watching. Yeah, I know colocasias can be used when cooked, although I’ve never tried cooking it myself. I had some cooked when I was on holiday. I’ll have to look into how to prepare them and have a go at it someday 👍

[@PlantMad]

Hi yes it is a flower

[@PeterEntwistle]

Thanks! I'm going to keep an eye on it as it starts to open, although we are expecting some cold temperatures here in a few days, just hoping that doesn't damage it 🤞

[@PlantMad]

@@PeterEntwistle hopefully it gets to open for you

[@aroid_artist]

Looking lovely! Mine didn’t come back till really late after last winter but they are catching up now. Looks like we are due a 0 next week (Cheshire) so maybe thats gonna stop them. Defo looks like an inflorescence forming to me. There’s a German video on TH-cam that shows them coming through very yellow like yours.

[@PeterEntwistle]

Thanks! Yeah, mine took quite a while to get going this year too. I think the wet summer has helped it do quite well. Yeah, I had a look at a few photos and videos and yeah it does look like an inflorescence 👍
Yeah, I've been keeping a close eye on the weather and at the moment It's showing some lows of 2°C at the moment, but it could easily get colder than that in my location. Just hoping we don't get a frost just yet 🤞