Xanthosoma Albo Marginata Mickey Mouse Care
Xanthosoma Albo Marginata is a plant that produces edible tubers. Xanthosoma Albo Marginata is known by its Javanese name rat taro, because the tip of the leaf resembles the tail of a mouse and the base of the leaf resembles an ear. This plant is a large herb whose stem tubers are used as a source of non-cereal carbohydrate food.
- Characteristics, Shapes & Colors
Xanthosoma Albo Marginata has a characteristic green leaf color with white patterns. The leaves are not shiny but look bright. Xanthosoma Albo Marginata can grow up to 1.5 meters.
- How to care
- Place Xanthosoma Albo Marginata plant in a place that has a light intensity of 60% - 70% with a temperature between 22-30 °C.
- The most suitable growing medium for Xanthosoma Albo Marginata is a mixture of perlite, cocopeat, peat.
- For the intensity of watering Xanthosoma Albo Marginata need 3 in times a week so that the growing medium is not too dry. If it is too dry, Xanthosoma Albo Marginata will wither and inhibit its growth..
- For the fertilization period Xanthosoma Albo Marginata can be done once every 2 weeks with organic fertilizers.
- How to propagate
Xanthosoma Albo Marginata can be propagated with tubers.
- The first step is choose the old and healthy Xanthosoma Albo Marginata then unload the growing medium and look for bulbs at the end of the roots.
- Plant bulbs in growing medium and do enough watering.
- Put it in a shady place.
- The new shoots will appear after approximately in 3 weeks.