by Michael Vanecek | Jun 18, 2010 | Taro Patch
It’s been a couple of months since I last posted about my little bucket-lo’i project. I have several 25 gallon molasses tubs re-purposed to be used as pots to grow my taro in. Since these particular taro plants prefer semi-aquatic conditions, I opted to...
by Michael Vanecek | Apr 19, 2010 | Taro Patch
For the last couple of years I’ve kept taro in the greenhouse in large molasses tubs filled with water. The taro themselves grew in smaller buckets of topsoil submerged in these tubs, which I have dubbed bucket-lo’i. Of all my taro, these taro grew the...
by Michael Vanecek | Apr 18, 2010 | Taro Patch
A poi pounder is a stone shaped somewhat like a half an hour-glass with a rounded bottom. It’s usually carved out of a gray lava with tight pores. In those days, these stones were pecked at with a hammer stone to shape it – a process that took many many...
by Michael Vanecek | Dec 20, 2009 | Vanilla
I have been growing vanilla for the better part of a decade. And I’ve killed my share of the orchids as I learned the ins and outs of this mysterious vine. It has been an education that I paid for, but one that was worth every penny – as today I have...
by Michael Vanecek | Oct 1, 2008 | Taro
General characteristics: Medium in height, erect, maturing in 8 to 12 months, producing numerous runners but no oha; characterized by purplish-red petioles with reddish-lilac edges. Petiole: 60 to 90 cm long, reddish-purple fading to reddish-lilac at base with a white...
by Michael Vanecek | Oct 1, 2008 | Taro
General characteristics: Medium in height, moderately spreading, maturing within 12 to 15 months, producing from 2 to 5 oha; distinguished by the white petiole bases and the light reddish-brown petioles, indistinctly diffused with yellowish-green. Petiole: 60 to 85 cm...
by Michael Vanecek | Oct 1, 2008 | Taro
General characteristics: Medium in height, moderately spreading, maturing within 9 to 12 months, producing from 5 to 10 oha; characterized by unusually large, prominent purple piko. Petiole: 65 to 90 cm tall, dark green, red at edge, purplish at apex, white or...
by Michael Vanecek | Oct 1, 2008 | Taro
General characteristics: Short to medium in height, moderately spreading, maturing within 9 to 12 months, producing from 6 to 15 oha; distinguished by the lilac-purple flecked petioles which are almost lacking in green and fairly numerous oha. Petiole: 60 to 75 cm...
by Michael Vanecek | Oct 1, 2008 | Taro
General characteristics: Medium in height, well spreading, maturing within 9 to 12 months, producing from 5 to 10 oha; characterized by its light green petioles with pinkish base. Petiole: 60 to 85 cm long, slender, drooping, light green, indistinctly whitish-green at...
by Michael Vanecek | Oct 1, 2008 | Taro
General characteristics: Resembles Mana Keokeo except that petioles are decidedly lighter green and leaf blades are sagittate rather than ovate. Petiole: 60 to 85 cm long, light green, pinkish-red at edge, white at base. Leaf blade: 45 to 55 cm long, 30 to 35 cm wide,...
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