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title: "Just planted my first ever elephant ear bulbs, any tips?"
description: "Just planted my first ever elephant ear bulbs, any tips?"
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community: "Plant Pro Tips"
author: "AnAmerican"
published: "2024-03-30T02:33:04.131663Z"
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# Just planted my first ever elephant ear bulbs, any tips?

_Posted by AnAmerican on 2024-03-30_

Just planted my first ever elephant ear bulbs, any tips?

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## 3 comments

### Mullein commented on 2024-03-30

Fun! They should be pretty easy to sprout. The plants don’t like the soil drying out once it grows leaves. Other than that, I’ve found them to be fairly hardy

#### AnAmerican replied on 2024-03-30

Thanks!

### Smallbeetoes commented on 2024-03-30

I have not grown from bulb before, but mine likes to pretend to die- drop all leaves and then sprout leaves that are as small as the tip of my pinky. So just continue to care for it for a little while if it seems dead

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