We propagate Elephant ears from shoots that pop up and you get a reasonable mature puppy, dig it up, put it in a small pot, and in a few months, it is ready for the ground. Same with Kava. The killer with Kava is that it takes 2-5 years for it to get massive enough to give enough root. Nothing good on this planet comes easy. And as Chris as often said, they don't like to be crowded. He spaces them way apart so that also cuts down on yield. It really makes you work for the root. I wonder how much kava a full grown plant provides. If you have 5 plants in your backyard, and you harvest them periodically, will 1 plant last the year?
@Alia, you grow your own root. How many mature plants makes for a years supply?