10/10/04, the black taro was doing pretty good out of reach of the deer. i pulled it out of the pot, repotted it, and put in into the basement for the winter. due to a lack of room in the indoor tub pond, it is sitting by itself with some water in the two gallon pot. in that condition, it lost all of its black color and looks like regular taro!
on 5/8/05, i put the black taro back out in the 2 gallon pot "pond." it is alive but not in great shape. as of 6/2/05, it is still alive but the raccoons un-pot it virtually every night so it 