Tips for Growing Arums and Their ilk

Hello everyone.
I'd thought i'd post some of the tips i have learned over the past couple of months growing Amorphophallus and similar plants

#1: They enjoy a moisture retaining soil that still has the ability to drain. My potting mix for Aroids is:

2 parts compost
1 part peat moss
one-ish part perlite
1/2 part vermiculite
and depending on the plant any where from 0 to one-ish part fir bark
Of course this mix is just the basic, i use lots of different ingredients

As for the pot i use mostly plastic (always a large size... it's amazing how big amorphophallus bulbs get in one season)

#2: DO NOT BE AFRAID TO FERTILIZE!
Especially large/fast growing aroids such as colocasia's and amorphophallus'. i'm not talking about HUGE doses... but some fertilizer at about half to a full tablespoon weekly to bi-weekly will suffice (Example: my Colocasia gigantea Thailand Giant Strain grows like a weed! but the leaves will stay the same size unless you fertilize it heavily ) also a good rule of thumb is "The bigger the plant is the more fertilizer is can take"
But you still have to be careful of over doing it so... just a heads up

#3: STUDY YOUR AROIDS! the Araceae family is huge and diverse, and studying your plants is the next best thing to get knowledge Next to growing them!

I hope this little post of tips makes you wanna go out and buy TONS of aroids! (okay... so i'm an enabler, sue me! )
So whether the Giant foul smelling Amorphophallus titanum strikes you as beautiful ( you *know* it is)
or if it's the simple and charming commercial Anthurium hybrids, i say long live the aroids!

hi

my name is sherry i am student n like to eat n listen n my hobby is grading so give me some suggestion for growing arums and their ilk

Hello, Sherry.

Which aroids are best for you depends on your growing conditions - some make good house plants while others are slightly more demanding.

A quick list of some of the easiest (in my opinion) are:

Calla lilies (Zantedeschia species/hybrids)
Amorphophallus konjac
Colocasia esculenta
Arum italicum
Sauromatum venosum

Theres tons of others but i'm to tired right now to list them all

If you need more just tell me. If you have a wellsized patio or yard that has fairly good sunlight i'd say you can start looking at Colocasia species/hybrids, there's some beautiful ones; and they're easy to grow!

As a final note: a lot of aroids have 'unique' fragrances some smell sweet, while others smell like rotting corpses. Luckily most of them have no scent at all.

Happy growing.

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BETTER YET, just buy some 'SUSHINE PLANTER MIX' in the green bag. Works great for all of them