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elephant ear plant flowering

3 years ago

Hello plant people ! ive just recenly gotten an elephant ear plant , it gave its gorst flower a few months in so i figured id cut it to give more life to my leaves. then right after that i noticed what seemed to be a leaf coming but it was just another flower , does this mean i dont get any more leaves because it doesnt seem like they can come from anywhere else . please help

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HALLETT & Co.
3 years ago
I live in coastal Georgia so elephant ears are an outdoor plant for me and I have several varieties. I never trim the flower off unless it gets unsightly, they will produce new leaves with or without the flower stalk in place.
Shyanne Myster thanked HALLETT & Co.
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
3 years ago
unless you are down under.. its winter.. EVERYTHING slows down ...

water it properly.. and otherwise ignore it for the next 3 months.. i suspect it will either have a new leaf by then.. or it will be getting ready to leaf since it will be spring ..

expecting things to happen fast in winter is not a fun game ....

ken
Shyanne Myster thanked ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
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