[header] How to grow taro [title] Purchase your tubers from a seed supplier or exotic market. [step] A taro tuber is a fleshy bulb that grows underground, similar to a potato. Although you may be able to purchase taro tubers at a garden supply store, they can be hard to find.
[header] How to grow taro [title] Purchase your tubers from a seed supplier or exotic market. [step] A taro tuber is a fleshy bulb that grows underground, similar to a potato. Although you may be able to purchase taro tubers at a garden supply store, they can be hard to find.
Try looking online for seed stores that carry turbanchigas, japanese mitheir, or similar tropical plants. [substeps] Japanese tubers can be grown in drier climates, particularly during the summer months. A specialty market which carries produce may be the better option, since tubers which are sold for food will work fine for planting. [substeps] Try looking for tuber at an indian, east asian, or latin american market. Even if you don't have a local garden supply store, you may still find the tubers laying at your local seed supplier. These tubers will produce a longer crop and produce specialized produce, which will require less maintenance and energy. In the wild, taro tubers can live to six to eight years. [substeps] Some taro tubers grow as propagators, while others get scraped off with the crevices knocked apart during the growing process.