Hi Teen.

I would imagine it would work seeing as colos are semi aquatic or "marginal" plants,but in my experience they perform better in a mix,provided it's watered enough.

Pics would be cool too.

It would be nice to see what we're working with here. :)

I just want to root them in water then plant them in a mix...I will eventually get a pic

In the meantime please describe what you've got. Can you tell how many nodes each runner has in it? How big are they? What kind of container is the water in?

Here they are.

Here are nods....

Okay now I see what's going on much better...didn't realize you had leaves already.

Yeah you can keep them in water all winter if you wanted and they'd be okay...in fact it might be the best way to store them until spring.

I'm guessing this was your plan all along..?

I was going to let them root then plant them, but I guess leaving them there is better then. Thank you for the help asleep, you are such a good friend

Awww shucks,..thanks man! :)

hi
I grow them outdoors in a Marsh garden . Have never been able to get them to grow without standing water,
looks like esculenta from the pic . There is another "Black magic" which is actually Alocasia infernalis . Entirely different . They will not tolerate standing water or even being too moist.
Esculenta in it's many forms is very easy to grow IF you provide enough water and when happy will over run everything lol gary

I think these will be thriving plants that will grow big. Im going to grow them and treat them like drama queens just to make them grow huge!

The "Black Magic" isn't a particularly large growing one, not compared to some of the other C. esculenta varieties and cultivars (there's over 2000 of them now).

I see what you mean Tropic...spose a lot depends on what you call big. lol

Found a neat thread in a search...check out those pics!

Here is a link that might be useful: Old EE thread here at GW