Well actually, by now it is really cover your tubers.
Elephant ear leaves got bitten off by the first freeze.
Now, it is time to protect the mama tuber and her baby sidekicks(pups).
I sometimes dig some up to store inside my workshop, but since it is all ready full I am risking losing some of my Colocasia collection.
I did bring in some baby Coffee Cup /Colocasia escuelenta shoots earlier.
I only have one bunch of Mojitos now, so I covered them really well.
Be sure to not only mulch around the stems, but also between the stems.
There have been years when I did not mulch at all.
What usually happens is the big mama turns to pink mush, but some of the deeper baby tubers survive. These take years to get as big as they were previously.
Don’t forget your bananas. They should be in a ring of mulch also.
Cover your ears. Here comes winter.
FLOWER
floweralley 
Did you get any of that snow? My sister in GA got nearly 9″ – amazing!
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Only two inches.
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Where I live (at about the same latitude as Stockholm, but om the west side of Sweden) there was one inch of snow this morning, but it’s gone now. It’s been raining this afternoon. Last night, however, we had -11° Centigrade (equals 12°F). No green plants survive that. But my grapevines do. They have survived -13°F, Temperatures here change drastically by the day. I suppose that could be as harmful for some plants and wildlife as a good old winter with lots of snow.
Ellington
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You are making me feel like a wimp for complaining about my little bit of snow and cold. I could not live where you are.
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