re: Help with getting rid of elephant ear plants

I believe they are in the succulent family like banana trees and their root is a giant bulb. Only way to get rid of them is to dig the full bulb out. At my previous house, I had a banana tree that grew to about 6' in diameter. That is the whole thing was a ring with many stalks growing out of it. I had to dig the whole son of a gun out with a shovel one chunk at a time. Even then, a few weeks later I noticed a little sprout coming out of the ground and dug down to find one little piece about the size of a peach had fallen off the shovel and inadvertently covered back up when I filled the hole in after removal, and that sucker sprouted instantly.