I noticed once an Alocasia has acclimated to your environment, they're surprisingly hardy. Anytime a new leaf is beginning to unfurl, I'll slightly increase how often I water it because I noticed the size and uniformity of the new leaf is affected by how much water it receives. Just my experience though!
I agree. Almost every silver dragon I’ve brought home lost the leaves within weeks but new growth has acclimated to my home and looks to be doing better. Normal house humidity of 50% and so far so good.
My first Alocasia was a silver dragon and it lost all its leaves after 2 weeks in my house. I left it with my other plants and watered it once every couple of weeks. After a few months it produced its first new leaf and now, one year later, it has 8 leaves and I’ve also propagated 3 corms from it. I now have 4 Alocasia in my collection and love them 😊
I thoroughly enjoyed this video! I’ve been bitten by the alocasia bug and currently have 8 kinds! My silver dragon also got root rot and I tried your perlite hack and not only has it bounced back, but it’s thriving! It’s doing so well, that I’m tempted to leave it in perlite. Thank you soo much for the tip!
Omg....I am so happy to hear this! I'm always a bit worried about giving out some information because you just never know how it will turn out. It is so awesome to hear about your success. Thanks for sharing Nerisa!
Great video today. I had a Pink Dragon go dormant on me and only from my shear laziness in not getting around to throwing it out did I realize that it was in fact only dormant and not dead. It has just this month given me the biggest leaf yet and a new one is forming still. It is a gorgeous plant right now with like 4 or 5 leaves. I have 2 Maharani's, One has a leaf with a lot of yellowing spots on it. I may have to cut that leaf off. The other plant has a tiny off shoot growing at the edge of the pot, so cute. My Black Velvet is not looking so great. Only has 3 small roundish leaves and it looks like it wants to start curling up and dieing. Don't know what to do with that one. I was about to give up on Alocasia's after I thought I killed the Pink Dragon, because I also killed another one, can't remember the name. But now it is my best looking one. OH, I also have a little Dragon Scale that is doing very well. That one is pushing out leaf #5 or 6, it is a small plant. I need to repot that one but it's doing so well, my grandmother's words keep going thru my head "leave well enough alone". I look forward to the updates.
Good thing for your laziness hahahaha. I know a lot of people don't like alocasia because they do go dormant, but I really enjoy them now. Thanks for the comment! I love hearing other peoples experiences with these plants!
Mine is acting kinda like my polly did before it went dormant ….no growth for weeks now lol The corm is good so pretty sure she’s gonna hibernate for a bit
This video was so helpful to me. I brought a Polly back from IKEA and it's my first alocasia which is kinda alien compared to most regular house plants. But a couple weeks after I brought it back, it started dropping leaves so I thought it was dying but now I'm pretty sure it's going dormant because of my air conditioning. So now I'm just gonna keep taking care of it, see what happens, and start propagating the corms 🙂
That is awesome, Christian! I think this happens way more then you think. People think they are dying and throw them out. Keep me posted with the recovery of yours!
You can pop them onto a heat pad ❤️ I leave mine going all the time because I have an air conditioner. They get the warmth from the sun, artificial light and also the heat pad ☺️
I’m so happy to hear that they can tolerate a little bit of lower humidity. I wanted to get some but have been worried that they won’t tolerate our low humidity. With huge humidifiers blasting I can only get at best to 45-50.
@@EverythingPlants can we put them in our drawing room and TV lounge where sunlight is not powerful because of curtains..?? Moreover where I live ( in South Asia ) where humidity is not that much but mostly very dry hot summers and chilling winters.. what you suggest??
I'm waiting to buy a dragon scale and African mask. They're so pricy. I'm so afraid to just buy a leaf cutting though. Your plants look super. Learned some good tips. Thanks.
Are you in Canada? I've seen the black velvet as low as 5 bucks now, which is crazy. the-little-big-plant-co.myshopify.com/products/alocasia-black-velvet?_pos=5&_sid=11122a2fc&_ss=r
Thanks Jeff, I brought a really nice one of these plants a month back and remembered you had made a video. Humidity seems be an issue from what I see in videos from the US, not something that is bothered with where indoors are concerned here in Australia. Cheers and thanks for this informative video, you’ve given me some ideas 😀😀👍❤️
Glad it was helpful! I chop things up to keep the channel entertaining and informative with actual results and not just talking about it. LOL It is sometimes painful to do but I know that the plant will respond with new growth over time...plus I now have more to experiment with, trade or even sell them.
You are definitely succeeding in keeping your channel interesting and informative. I think we can't get enough of plant experiments! I love that you manage to keep your alocasias in really low humidity while every other source (on TH-cam at least) says that they need at least 70% to do well. Now we don't have to risk causing mold in our houses for keeping alocasias anymore haha
Just came across your video. I am currently trying to bring my silver dragon back to life. The roots appear to be ok so I'll just keep my eye on it. Thank you
OMG!!! I’m so excited to try this perlite approach!!! All my alocasia’s have died and I want to be a successful grower because I’m obsessed with alocasia’s! Thank you!!!
Thank you so much for this video!!! I received a beautiful Alocasia Polly for Mother’s Day and it is progressing well. I think I’m hooked, and would like more. Do you find they all require the same degree of care or in your opinion are some Alocasia’s more difficult than others?
Hey, thank you foe doing this! I have a sil error dragon and it seems to have a flower bulb coming out after crispy leaves and some yellowing. I placed it in my guest room which is sunny, bright and warm. I also had a levoit in there for my maculata. The flower popped out in no time. There is also another stem appearing. I have no idea what's that about. At this point, what should I expect?
Great video!! I love my alocasias. I have zebrina, dragon scale, black velvet, scalprum and polly so far! I would love to find a cuprea sometime! Thanks for the tips 😚
I used perlite for the first time to pot a plant (not an alocasia, but an orchid I am trying to rehab) but I was pretty stressed that it didnt seem to keep any moisture. Seeing you use perlite was reassuring :) thanx :)
This was so helpful. I got my first Alocasia and it died as soon as I got it home. I was about to throw it when I noticed the "bulb" looked alive and now it's coming back!!
Some nights it is still getting a bit below 10C so I have just been placing them in the shed over night. Last night it was warmer (11C) so they stayed outside.
Alocasia definitely loooove humidity! Some will tolerate a little less, but many won't and in general they all *prefer* higher humidity. I love that they will give a second chance by regrowing from corms if they die back due to less desirable conditions
Yes they do, but I have a few varieties that grow regardless of the humidity. The silver dragon, dragon scale, sinuata, frydrek and hilo beauty are all in 40%
Lovely Alocasia collection yeah alot of people can struggle with this type of plant. My issue more with watering since they like there soil moist so watering can be tricky. All my plants do have a good airy mix. Also getting yellow leaves at the tips or around the edges or in the middle of the leaves. I found an Alocasia Dragon Scale for €9 in Ikea so I thought i give it a try. Has lost two leaves at the bottom mainly the smaller size ones. And has given me two new leaves but one looks deformed looking for some reason. I have been thinking getting the Alocasia Cuprea looks so Alien like and metallic too the Azlanii one is more expensive also another pretty one. Also want the Alocasia Sinuata which definitely more amazing than the Dragon Scale the leave colour and structure. My all time favourite wishlist one is the Alocasia Scalprum so mystic looking and dragon look aswell. Not a fan of perlite anymore now builts up green colour and too powdery want to get the bigger perlite size but cannot find. Thank you for sharing how to cut the stem i have been doing it wrong cutting at the bottom of the stem 😰. Will know for future. I think they need some bulbs inside the plant to provide growth and nutrients aswell so i would not remove all of it.
That is the downside with perlite when it get a bit of algae build up, but honestly I really haven't had an issue with it. Try using an opaque container which doesn't let any light through.
I believe that discoloration or lack of color on the back is leaf edema, because that sometimes happens to my Alocasia Bambino when I accidentally overwater it, and then it starts to "bleed" out the red coloring
@@EverythingPlants I tried the alocasia Polly. It didn't go very well. Not a pretty picture 🖼️, after about 3 months. With this north , north-northwest north-northeast facing window. I have too really consider, supplementing my light sources.
I just bought a Alocasia Zebrina. I have it in a West window, only gets 1 or 2 hours of direct light. I've had it only for 2 days, if it goes dormant which could happen I know now not to throw it away. I keep a bowl of water near it for humidity.
I thought my Stingray died. But two plants came up after I left in shade house over winter in temperate climate. No leaves have died. Although it's looking healthier than ever, with many leaves, the leaves are only the size of my hand top to tail. 14 leaves total. Gorgeous
So wait... about what you said about the moss 21:38: when the "thin layer" of moss is dry, that means that enough substrat underneath is dry too? Meaning that when just a bit of substrat is dry, the moss is still wet? I'm asking because the layer of moss seems like it would make it more difficult to really know the need of water, opposite to when you can just stick your finger in the substrat. And if substrat and moss don't dry at the same pace, that could even give flase information, no? It's a real newbie question and I never used moss anyway.
Hey Axel. I like to use terracotta pots for moisture control and better air flow, but they dry out much faster then compared to plastic. So I have started to add the sphagnum moss. You can still check the soil by poking your finger through or just lifting up the moss (which i occasionally still do) I have found that when the moss on top is crispy then generally the soil on top is drier as well. So I give it water. Does this answer your question?
Something to add even if this is late-ish that I had experience with and if you might be curious about this, too. There was a black stem alocasia that I had purchased back in November and it came potted in nothing but sphagnum moss. It actually loved the moss quite well and it was so easy to see when I needed to water it as opposed to soil which can sometimes just appear darker. Whereas the moss would just feel dry and actually look dry. I only recently got to repotting it because it just seemed so happy in it and it was outgrowing the pot by leaps and bounds. Not sure how it thrived so long that way. As for top moss, I use the same method for my orchids/nepenthes that he described and it works pretty well. Top is dry, check underneath. Usually a good indicator and a reminder to just check the plants. It was really the same with the blacks stem, too. Top was crusty? Check the rest.
I only have two (a black star and a black velvet) and transitioned both from soil to diy pon with no problem. The velvet even tried to flower 3 separate times. I removed the inflo each time. I use a wicking system and only have to water every 9ish days - great for someone who travels a lot.
The main reason for converting was so I could use a wicking system with a reservoir, which allowed me to water less frequently. I add leca into the pon to make it more airy. Many in my FB leca group say their alocasias do great in just leca also. While in soil I let the alocasias dry out between waterings but they have surprisingly been fine with always being damp/moist (but never wet) in the Pon mix.
Thanks for this video. I just repotted my Alocasia Black Velvet, Black Ninja and Silver dragon and i got some corms. I was actually researching what to do with them hence I stumbled upon your video. I think my Alocasia Nebula has just gone into dormancy. The leaves suddenly curled up, started yellowing and died off. I checked on the bulb and it still firm and the roots are still healthy. I think I accidentaly cause its dormancy by forgetting to water it how I normally would. I was so afraid to over water it. Btw, my collection includes: Polly, Dragon Scale, Silver Dragon, Black Velvet, Black Ninja, Cuprea, Zebrina, Frydeck, Purple Cloak, Lauterbachianna and Bambino.
I've got some black coral colocasia's which are just booming under my canopy outside, and I'm down in the SE, so it's hot. I also have two Mojito's inside, and am thinking about putting them outside, but don't know if they can handle it yet, as they are very small and I've not had them long. I also have Pharoah's mask, Dragon's tooth, Poly, Dragon's breath, Bambino, Stingray, Frydek, Purple Sword, Sarian, Dragon's scale, Silver dragon and Mayan Mask. Wow, I didn't realize how many Alocasia's/Colocasia's I had until I started listing them. I also have Californicus (Green Alocasia) and Mammoth Colocasia outside. My question is which medium is best to grow them in, as it seems too hard to keep them from going dormant in soil. So right now I'm trying a chunky soil with a crap load of perlite in it. But I see you're doing pure perlite with some and other mediums with others. Any help is appreciated, as we all know how finicky these guys are. Thanks.
Alocasias are pretty amazing. I'm in Canada and it still gets pretty cool at night, so I stick them in the shed lol I have lost a couple leaves, but I like to tell myself that I'm just make them tough hahaha
I'm glad I saw this video, I have a baby silver dragon that is yellowing and about to go -- now I know not to toss it, I will put it in perlite and hope that it will thrive this time.
Great video, my alocasia give me one leaf, and another one is yellow, also the leaves don't grow. The yellow leave is about two inches long, and the new leave is one inch. Also, I noticed they don't change their color; they are still green. Help! What do you think I am doing wrong?
Thanks for the info on the corms and smaller plants. A mystery alocasia just popped up in the pot next to the alocasia lauterbachiana I have. Rounded leaf and spotted stem. Hopefully the mix of coconut coir will help in its own pot. Also did the same for some corms that came off of my alocasia black stem. Fingers crossed that it works. Found your video while looking for care for jewel alocasia since I'm getting an imperialis. It's really put to rest any unease of things I read from earlier places, and a past bad experience with a polly (which wasn't really my fault). Wonderful mojito and black coral(?) you have. You should look at the 'Hawaiian Punch' variety if you like colocasia, too.
My alocasia Polly was (is) one of my easiest plants. So then I bought a black velvet-which flowered! I decided I needed an alocasia collection immediately. I now have Silver Dragon, pink dragon, dragon scale, cuprea red secret, reversa, melo (my favorite? Maybe?), and frydek. I think that’s it? Someday I’ll have dragon’s breath and dragon’s tooth. But they’re so expensive lol.
I purchased one and now they are turning yellow. Do I cut the leaves? I think I may have let it go too long without water so I will be watering it more. What about putting them outside in shade?
Which one did you buy? It's common for them to drop a leaf when you first bring it home as the conditions change. You can leave the leaf and just let it fall off on its own. I have mine in medium to bright light and don't let them get completely dry. It may go dormant but just keep going with the same care
Love your alocasias! Got my first one a few days ago, a black velvet. Been heaps excited looking for different types but didn’t want to get ahead of myself, wanna be sure that I can look after them before I get more…. Are the silver dragon and dragon scale leaves textured is smooth? Thank for sharing your knowledge! 🙏
@@EverythingPlants I have had little luck with my black velvet . But both my Cuprea and the silver dragon are doomed . I chopped off the yellow leaves of my silver dragon and put it in leca . I don't know if she will make it . There was no root rot .
Hilo Beauty is a Colocasia, not an Alocasia. Their leaves are so much thinner and more delicate and I've had a really hard time ridding them of spider mites, even in very clean and humid conditions
What would it mean if my Silver Dragon is showing some guttation? I've not had it but a few days. I checked its soil when I got it home and it was dry on top, very slightly moist halfway down and moist at the bottom. I watered it lightly. And within a day or two it started "weeping".
Have you tried putting your Alocasias in pon with semi hydro? I have about 15 plants and many corms growing. I keep my humidity at 65/70% humidity, all are doing fantastic. They really seem to love this growing medium.
@@EverythingPlants Seems to be the perfect medium, but make you own, not necessary to buy brand. Has eliminated all my watering concerns and roots are growing out of the pots!
I'm slowly introducing alocasias to my collection. So far I have 2: Black velvet and dragon scale (???) I have both of them in PON. They're doing great. 🥰 thanks for the video, Jeff.
@@EverythingPlants I think you would LOVE growing humidity-loving plants in pon. Alocasias and Marantas (Calatheas, Ctenanthes, et al) do brilliantly in it. Hoyas grow really fast once I transfer them to pon (or pon+pumice, pon+LECA.) Interestingly, I don't have ANY luck with otherwise easy pothos in pon. It withers away! SO strange!
@@irairod5160 I have actually been doing a bit more research on pon...unfortunately there aren't any shops around here that carry it. The ones I can find on Amazon have shipping costs added onto the price....THE SEARCH CONTINUES
@@EverythingPlants Oh no! I'm sorry. I hope nurseries around you start carrying it soon, I really love pon and it's made it possible for me to keep a few plants that I used to struggle with. Alocasias do well in LECA, and in plain bonsai rocky substrate (lava and pumice) too, and those are much easier to find. Maybe a little experiment is in order?
I have my Frydek, Silver Dragon, Dragon Scale, Stingray, Black Stem, Boa, Zebrina, and Sarian. Coming out of winter, these all made it through but I think I lost my Sarian as it lost all of its leaves. Gotta check the roots. My Silver Dragon and Dragon Scale both went into dormancy. The Dragon Scale is coming back and two corms from the Silver Dragon are coming back. My Frydek was very large until the winter progressed and it lost its older leaves one by one. I'm down to one leaf, BUT it flowered and I'm getting berries soon. I hope after this cycle it will still make it. I also have a Frydek corm that is coming out now, too. It is a learning process and a journey that I'm glad I'm not alone on! Thanks for this awesome and informative video!!
Hey Ben Cards. 👋 Probably like most people, I was pretty scared to get into alocasia. Now it is goal to learn and conquer these plants, along with many other plants. Thanks for sharing all of your information about your plants!
@@EverythingPlantsHey! 👋 Thank you so much for responding! Yeah, I am really trying to conquer caring for alocasia. And just checked my Sarian and it does have root root but it is forming new beautiful white roots so I repotted it into sphagnum as part of its intensive care so hopefully it's not too late!! Can't wait to see the updates on all of your alocasia!!
@@EverythingPlants if your alocasia often dormant.it is means that there ia a problem with the planting medium you are using.if i use humus soil as a planting medium .bamboo leaves and a little sand
Hello fellow Hilo Beauty owner!! I feel like I don't often find others who own this plant 🤣 Interesting that yours is currently the only one thats in dormancy- hmm (hoping mine doesn't hehe)
@@EverythingPlants so far mine hasn't got dormant... but the leaves have got absolutely tiny and atm it only has one leaf... I hope it bounces back in the summer
My pink Dragon just put our a new leaf with no loss and another one is starting on it already and we're not even finished the full unfurl. My Zebrina is new and isn't doing anything yet which I consider good. It came with three leaves. But, my Polly (Amazonica mask) has put out one leaf and lost two... I think she's getting ready for a new leaf as well but it's interesting when they all live next to each other under the same lamp 🤣
@@EverythingPlants nope! Water when they need it but before they're dry, use a diluted Orchid fertilizer (it's what I had) and I use maraphyl phytoplankton extra diluted as well. When I see active growth I fertilizer a bit more often! It's weird that the Polly is doing so different than the other two 🤷🏼♀️ perhaps BC to my knowledge they're more of a hybrid dwarf species? I have monstera deliciosa, adansonii, pothos, coffea arabica and even fiddles and calatheas! I'm wondering if maybe the soil it came in needs replaced but I don't want to be shock it when it's trying to grow either 🤷🏼♀️
Funny you ask that because I am making a video on this as I type this. The short answer is no. Most plants slow their growth over winter because of the less amount of sunlight to photosynthesize.
found your channel a few days ago while hunting for propagation tips and ive been binging all of your videos. Could you tell me the names of the ones with the thicker stems around the 10:21 mark? thanks!
Didn't your mother tell you that if you don't have anything nice to say, then don't say anything at all??? I'm not a professional....just learning like everyone else. I hope you enjoy the videos and stick around for more...but not if you are just here to criticize.
@@EverythingPlants I just quoted you and was amused by this 🙄🤷🏼♂️ because you made a video about propagation despite not even knowing the term for the thing that is the main factor. I mean, did you not research the topic? You have a professional channel and earn money with it, a lot of subscribers, this looks professional, so I was 'shocked' to hear you were obviously not looking up some facts beforehand. I'm curious and not mean. I came here because I was looking for help with this topic. You intended to target people like me by making this video, including the title and thumbnail. So forgive me if I find that irritating, that you seem to be missing the biological most basic baseline and you may likely have never touched a biological/scientific research regarding the topic, despite having a house full of plants. It's actually more funny than mean. 😉👍 But if you are offended by it I'm sorry. 😊 Something nice to say: your collection of plants is stunning!☝️
Hello Jelly....and to start off, thanks for saying something nice at the end 😂 I am not offended at all. The comment just came off a bit snarky, so I fire back a bit too haha. I do research all the time, but the corms and bulbil are often called just bulbs. I should have used the proper terms to not convey confusion. I hope you stick around for more vidoes
Those are beneficial bugs. They attack the bad bugs as they emerge from the package. I sometimes use them as a preventative.....don't know if it really helps, but I currently don't see any bad pests
2:43 this is exactly what my silver dragon is doing but I’ve had it for at least 6 months. I thought it was getting root rot but I took it out and the roots looked completely healthy. Also found a few nice sized corms! I have one tiny little leaf coming in from a pup. But other than that, the older leaves have pretty much have all went droopy and/or yellow and fallen off. One last one looks like it’s doing the same thing. The leaves that are left all looks healthy for now. I wonder if it got offended when I cut all it’s flowers off.?? I just put that together, maybe that’s it!!
@@kbm4409 give it a bright spot....don't let it get completely dry and expect some leaves dropping. They are wonderful plants but take some time to learn.
@@EverythingPlants I was asking for both cleaning and watering purposes. It’s hard to wash/ water velvety leaves according to my chocolate soldier succulent. A small amount of powdery mildew is on a few of the black velvet leaves and I don’t know how to handle it without destroying the whole plant. Thank you so much for responding 🫶🏽
@@jalenhollins9991 normally I try not to get them wet just because if there's water sitting on the leaves these ones rot very easy. The only time I will get the leaves wet is when I'm trying to clean them and again that can be difficult because of their velvety softness lol I only spray off my leaves but for your situation maybe try a microfiber cloth to clean and dry off the leaf.
I believe Dormancy is connected to acclimation and watering. After losing a huge variegated Freuden due to it not being acclimated although pushing out leaves and pups the variegation was irregular. After removing the pups the Mother plant died. I personally have no success with soil so I’ve transferred all 10 Alocasia to semi hydro Lecha and they love it. Also it takes the guesswork out of watering. It’s truly made the hobby less than a chore.
I noticed once an Alocasia has acclimated to your environment, they're surprisingly hardy. Anytime a new leaf is beginning to unfurl, I'll slightly increase how often I water it because I noticed the size and uniformity of the new leaf is affected by how much water it receives. Just my experience though!
I also increase the watering slightly as well! Thanks Peter!
I agree. Almost every silver dragon I’ve brought home lost the leaves within weeks but new growth has acclimated to my home and looks to be doing better. Normal house humidity of 50% and so far so good.
Man you should try your alocasias in semi hydro. They will LOVE it
Ahhh, that’s a very smart move! I have a few alocasias putting out new leaves and will definitely do this once they start unfurling! 💚🌱
My first Alocasia was a silver dragon and it lost all its leaves after 2 weeks in my house. I left it with my other plants and watered it once every couple of weeks. After a few months it produced its first new leaf and now, one year later, it has 8 leaves and I’ve also propagated 3 corms from it. I now have 4 Alocasia in my collection and love them 😊
I thoroughly enjoyed this video! I’ve been bitten by the alocasia bug and currently have 8 kinds! My silver dragon also got root rot and I tried your perlite hack and not only has it bounced back, but it’s thriving! It’s doing so well, that I’m tempted to leave it in perlite. Thank you soo much for the tip!
Omg....I am so happy to hear this! I'm always a bit worried about giving out some information because you just never know how it will turn out. It is so awesome to hear about your success. Thanks for sharing Nerisa!
Great video today. I had a Pink Dragon go dormant on me and only from my shear laziness in not getting around to throwing it out did I realize that it was in fact only dormant and not dead. It has just this month given me the biggest leaf yet and a new one is forming still. It is a gorgeous plant right now with like 4 or 5 leaves. I have 2 Maharani's, One has a leaf with a lot of yellowing spots on it. I may have to cut that leaf off. The other plant has a tiny off shoot growing at the edge of the pot, so cute. My Black Velvet is not looking so great. Only has 3 small roundish leaves and it looks like it wants to start curling up and dieing. Don't know what to do with that one. I was about to give up on Alocasia's after I thought I killed the Pink Dragon, because I also killed another one, can't remember the name. But now it is my best looking one. OH, I also have a little Dragon Scale that is doing very well. That one is pushing out leaf #5 or 6, it is a small plant. I need to repot that one but it's doing so well, my grandmother's words keep going thru my head "leave well enough alone". I look forward to the updates.
Good thing for your laziness hahahaha. I know a lot of people don't like alocasia because they do go dormant, but I really enjoy them now. Thanks for the comment! I love hearing other peoples experiences with these plants!
Mine is acting kinda like my polly did before it went dormant ….no growth for weeks now lol The corm is good so pretty sure she’s gonna hibernate for a bit
This video was so helpful to me. I brought a Polly back from IKEA and it's my first alocasia which is kinda alien compared to most regular house plants. But a couple weeks after I brought it back, it started dropping leaves so I thought it was dying but now I'm pretty sure it's going dormant because of my air conditioning. So now I'm just gonna keep taking care of it, see what happens, and start propagating the corms 🙂
That is awesome, Christian! I think this happens way more then you think. People think they are dying and throw them out. Keep me posted with the recovery of yours!
You can pop them onto a heat pad ❤️ I leave mine going all the time because I have an air conditioner.
They get the warmth from the sun, artificial light and also the heat pad ☺️
I’m so happy to hear that they can tolerate a little bit of lower humidity. I wanted to get some but have been worried that they won’t tolerate our low humidity. With huge humidifiers blasting I can only get at best to 45-50.
That should be pretty good. 👍
@@EverythingPlants can we put them in our drawing room and TV lounge where sunlight is not powerful because of curtains..?? Moreover where I live ( in South Asia ) where humidity is not that much but mostly very dry hot summers and chilling winters.. what you suggest??
I'm waiting to buy a dragon scale and African mask. They're so pricy. I'm so afraid to just buy a leaf cutting though. Your plants look super. Learned some good tips. Thanks.
Are you in Canada? I've seen the black velvet as low as 5 bucks now, which is crazy.
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I think I have watched this one 4 or 5 times! I could watch alocasia videos all night. Feel free to showcase them again!
So this is a good video??? Haha
@@EverythingPlants 👍🤣
I do love myself some plantporn
Thanks Jeff, I brought a really nice one of these plants a month back and remembered you had made a video. Humidity seems be an issue from what I see in videos from the US, not something that is bothered with where indoors are concerned here in Australia.
Cheers and thanks for this informative video, you’ve given me some ideas 😀😀👍❤️
Thanks for watching Margaret and congrats on your new plants!
2:12 - makes sense. Recently got an alocasia zebrina, and this is exactly what it did. I was woried; so, this video helps a lot. Thanks!!
What grow lights do you have??
I primarily use soltech aspect and highland.....also have a couple mother plantspectrum
What a great and informative video. Thank you for sacrificing your bushy dragon scale to show us how to divide the plant haha
Glad it was helpful! I chop things up to keep the channel entertaining and informative with actual results and not just talking about it. LOL It is sometimes painful to do but I know that the plant will respond with new growth over time...plus I now have more to experiment with, trade or even sell them.
You are definitely succeeding in keeping your channel interesting and informative. I think we can't get enough of plant experiments!
I love that you manage to keep your alocasias in really low humidity while every other source (on TH-cam at least) says that they need at least 70% to do well. Now we don't have to risk causing mold in our houses for keeping alocasias anymore haha
Thanks for the vid. Recently bought a Silver Dragon, so far so good. If I run into a problem I know who to call 😅
Anytime, friend!
Just came across your video. I am currently trying to bring my silver dragon back to life. The roots appear to be ok so I'll just keep my eye on it. Thank you
Hey and welcome to the channel!
Beautiful collection thanks for sharing needed some help
Thanks for watching Diann
OMG!!! I’m so excited to try this perlite approach!!! All my alocasia’s have died and I want to be a successful grower because I’m obsessed with alocasia’s! Thank you!!!
Just the info I needed. Tysm.!
Happy to help!
The teeny baby corms will grow? Wouldn’t they need to finish developing before throwing any leaves out?
Tiny ones have sprouted for me
Thank you so much for this video!!! I received a beautiful Alocasia Polly for Mother’s Day and it is progressing well. I think I’m hooked, and would like more. Do you find they all require the same degree of care or in your opinion are some Alocasia’s more difficult than others?
Hey, thank you foe doing this! I have a sil error dragon and it seems to have a flower bulb coming out after crispy leaves and some yellowing. I placed it in my guest room which is sunny, bright and warm. I also had a levoit in there for my maculata. The flower popped out in no time. There is also another stem appearing. I have no idea what's that about. At this point, what should I expect?
I’ve learned a lot about Alocasia care from this video. Thanks for sharing!
Glad it was helpful! And thanks for joining the live stream today
Great video! Lots of practical tips--super informative. Thanks!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Gosh those outside plants are BEAUTIFUL! The first purple one? I'm in love
Hawaiian purple something....it is so nice!
Great video!! I love my alocasias. I have zebrina, dragon scale, black velvet, scalprum and polly so far! I would love to find a cuprea sometime! Thanks for the tips 😚
That is a nice list of alocasia you have there!
I just found out about the scalprum and have got to get one.
The oil slick shine on some of those leaves 😍
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I used perlite for the first time to pot a plant (not an alocasia, but an orchid I am trying to rehab) but I was pretty stressed that it didnt seem to keep any moisture. Seeing you use perlite was reassuring :) thanx :)
Thanks for sharing and keep me posted with the results!
This was so helpful. I got my first Alocasia and it died as soon as I got it home. I was about to throw it when I noticed the "bulb" looked alive and now it's coming back!!
That is so awesome Liz. This is exactly why I'm making these videos. Imagine how many have been throw out lol
Great video! I’m so curious about the ones you keep outdoors. What is the outside temp where you are? Do you have to bring them in at night?
Some nights it is still getting a bit below 10C so I have just been placing them in the shed over night. Last night it was warmer (11C) so they stayed outside.
These plants are all beautiful.. Sooo.. can i use the purple grow like to them?
I 💚 alocasias! I really enjoyed this video, thank you.
Thanks for watching Anna!
good to see a video not talking about fancy media like pon
That stuff is expensive! Lol
Alocasia definitely loooove humidity! Some will tolerate a little less, but many won't and in general they all *prefer* higher humidity. I love that they will give a second chance by regrowing from corms if they die back due to less desirable conditions
Yes they do, but I have a few varieties that grow regardless of the humidity. The silver dragon, dragon scale, sinuata, frydrek and hilo beauty are all in 40%
Lovely Alocasia collection yeah alot of people can struggle with this type of plant. My issue more with watering since they like there soil moist so watering can be tricky. All my plants do have a good airy mix. Also getting yellow leaves at the tips or around the edges or in the middle of the leaves. I found an Alocasia Dragon Scale for €9 in Ikea so I thought i give it a try. Has lost two leaves at the bottom mainly the smaller size ones. And has given me two new leaves but one looks deformed looking for some reason. I have been thinking getting the Alocasia Cuprea looks so Alien like and metallic too the Azlanii one is more expensive also another pretty one. Also want the Alocasia Sinuata which definitely more amazing than the Dragon Scale the leave colour and structure. My all time favourite wishlist one is the Alocasia Scalprum so mystic looking and dragon look aswell. Not a fan of perlite anymore now builts up green colour and too powdery want to get the bigger perlite size but cannot find. Thank you for sharing how to cut the stem i have been doing it wrong cutting at the bottom of the stem 😰. Will know for future. I think they need some bulbs inside the plant to provide growth and nutrients aswell so i would not remove all of it.
That is the downside with perlite when it get a bit of algae build up, but honestly I really haven't had an issue with it. Try using an opaque container which doesn't let any light through.
I believe that discoloration or lack of color on the back is leaf edema, because that sometimes happens to my Alocasia Bambino when I accidentally overwater it, and then it starts to "bleed" out the red coloring
Thanks!
I’ve gotten so much out of this video! Thank you
Thanks! I hope you check out some more videos!
Thanks for that video!! Really useful 😊
Glad it was helpful!
When they go dormant can that be anytime of the year ?
I suppose it can but whenever it's not receiving adequate conditions.....less light, less water etc
Threw mine out found them regrouping in my compost pile. Thought another was dead planted another in the pot, they old one reappeared😅
Hi Jeff, 👋 all the varieties of alocasia's. They are just stunning.
Thanks. Do you have any?
@@EverythingPlants I tried the alocasia Polly. It didn't go very well. Not a pretty picture 🖼️, after about 3 months. With this north , north-northwest north-northeast facing window. I have too really consider, supplementing my light sources.
I just bought a Alocasia Zebrina. I have it in a West window, only gets 1 or 2 hours of direct light. I've had it only for 2 days, if it goes dormant which could happen I know now not to throw it away. I keep a bowl of water near it for humidity.
Thank you for informative alocasia video… now I know Not to buy these! Lol…..too much work for too little reward.
Perfect timing!! My alocasia went dormant and I was wondering what to do next.
I hope it answered questions
Beautiful collection of alocasias!
Thanks Marigene
what’s the settings on your grow lights?
Thank you for this video! I just lost a stingray alocasia to root rot, hopefully I can keep the next one alive.
I thought my Stingray died. But two plants came up after I left in shade house over winter in temperate climate. No leaves have died. Although it's looking healthier than ever, with many leaves, the leaves are only the size of my hand top to tail. 14 leaves total. Gorgeous
So wait... about what you said about the moss 21:38: when the "thin layer" of moss is dry, that means that enough substrat underneath is dry too? Meaning that when just a bit of substrat is dry, the moss is still wet?
I'm asking because the layer of moss seems like it would make it more difficult to really know the need of water, opposite to when you can just stick your finger in the substrat.
And if substrat and moss don't dry at the same pace, that could even give flase information, no?
It's a real newbie question and I never used moss anyway.
Hey Axel. I like to use terracotta pots for moisture control and better air flow, but they dry out much faster then compared to plastic. So I have started to add the sphagnum moss. You can still check the soil by poking your finger through or just lifting up the moss (which i occasionally still do) I have found that when the moss on top is crispy then generally the soil on top is drier as well. So I give it water. Does this answer your question?
Something to add even if this is late-ish that I had experience with and if you might be curious about this, too.
There was a black stem alocasia that I had purchased back in November and it came potted in nothing but sphagnum moss. It actually loved the moss quite well and it was so easy to see when I needed to water it as opposed to soil which can sometimes just appear darker. Whereas the moss would just feel dry and actually look dry.
I only recently got to repotting it because it just seemed so happy in it and it was outgrowing the pot by leaps and bounds. Not sure how it thrived so long that way.
As for top moss, I use the same method for my orchids/nepenthes that he described and it works pretty well. Top is dry, check underneath. Usually a good indicator and a reminder to just check the plants. It was really the same with the blacks stem, too. Top was crusty? Check the rest.
Thanks Jeff! I'm loving the alocasias, hoping that one of mine comes out of dormancy, but we'll see...
Thanks Lauren! Which alocasia is that?
@@EverythingPlants it's just a Polly so the stakes are not too high, but a good one to start with I think
I thought that halo had been reclassified as a caladium? what do you think?
I've heard it called both....it has the delicate leaves like a caladium.
Love Alocasias have some at home
I only have two (a black star and a black velvet) and transitioned both from soil to diy pon with no problem. The velvet even tried to flower 3 separate times. I removed the inflo each time. I use a wicking system and only have to water every 9ish days - great for someone who travels a lot.
I have yet to try pon. What are the advantages to using that medium for you?
The main reason for converting was so I could use a wicking system with a reservoir, which allowed me to water less frequently. I add leca into the pon to make it more airy. Many in my FB leca group say their alocasias do great in just leca also. While in soil I let the alocasias dry out between waterings but they have surprisingly been fine with always being damp/moist (but never wet) in the Pon mix.
Thanks for this video. I just repotted my Alocasia Black Velvet, Black Ninja and Silver dragon and i got some corms. I was actually researching what to do with them hence I stumbled upon your video. I think my Alocasia Nebula has just gone into dormancy. The leaves suddenly curled up, started yellowing and died off. I checked on the bulb and it still firm and the roots are still healthy. I think I accidentaly cause its dormancy by forgetting to water it how I normally would. I was so afraid to over water it. Btw, my collection includes:
Polly, Dragon Scale, Silver Dragon, Black Velvet, Black Ninja, Cuprea, Zebrina, Frydeck, Purple Cloak, Lauterbachianna and Bambino.
Thanks for watching Clarisse! Sure sounds like your Nebula has gone into or began dormancy and that's so awesome that you recognized it!
I've got some black coral colocasia's which are just booming under my canopy outside, and I'm down in the SE, so it's hot. I also have two Mojito's inside, and am thinking about putting them outside, but don't know if they can handle it yet, as they are very small and I've not had them long. I also have Pharoah's mask, Dragon's tooth, Poly, Dragon's breath, Bambino, Stingray, Frydek, Purple Sword, Sarian, Dragon's scale, Silver dragon and Mayan Mask. Wow, I didn't realize how many Alocasia's/Colocasia's I had until I started listing them. I also have Californicus (Green Alocasia) and Mammoth Colocasia outside. My question is which medium is best to grow them in, as it seems too hard to keep them from going dormant in soil. So right now I'm trying a chunky soil with a crap load of perlite in it. But I see you're doing pure perlite with some and other mediums with others. Any help is appreciated, as we all know how finicky these guys are. Thanks.
Alocasias are pretty amazing. I'm in Canada and it still gets pretty cool at night, so I stick them in the shed lol I have lost a couple leaves, but I like to tell myself that I'm just make them tough hahaha
What is the soil mixture you use for the silver dragons?
I'm glad I saw this video, I have a baby silver dragon that is yellowing and about to go -- now I know not to toss it, I will put it in perlite and hope that it will thrive this time.
Good luck and keep me posted
Great video, my alocasia give me one leaf, and another one is yellow, also the leaves don't grow. The yellow leave is about two inches long, and the new leave is one inch. Also, I noticed they don't change their color; they are still green. Help! What do you think I am doing wrong?
Which type of alocasia do you have? There are many different varieties with many different sizes!
Thanks for the info on the corms and smaller plants. A mystery alocasia just popped up in the pot next to the alocasia lauterbachiana I have. Rounded leaf and spotted stem.
Hopefully the mix of coconut coir will help in its own pot.
Also did the same for some corms that came off of my alocasia black stem. Fingers crossed that it works.
Found your video while looking for care for jewel alocasia since I'm getting an imperialis. It's really put to rest any unease of things I read from earlier places, and a past bad experience with a polly (which wasn't really my fault).
Wonderful mojito and black coral(?) you have. You should look at the 'Hawaiian Punch' variety if you like colocasia, too.
Thanks so much!!!! I hope youbstick around for more videos
My alocasia Polly was (is) one of my easiest plants. So then I bought a black velvet-which flowered! I decided I needed an alocasia collection immediately. I now have Silver Dragon, pink dragon, dragon scale, cuprea red secret, reversa, melo (my favorite? Maybe?), and frydek. I think that’s it? Someday I’ll have dragon’s breath and dragon’s tooth. But they’re so expensive lol.
Wow, that is quite the collection!
@@EverythingPlants thanks! Right back at ya! :D
I got a 4 pack of alocasias off of heyrooted for a decent price, my very first alocasia didn't make it but im hoping these do!
I purchased one and now they are turning yellow. Do I cut the leaves? I think I may have let it go too long without water so I will be watering it more. What about putting them outside in shade?
Which one did you buy? It's common for them to drop a leaf when you first bring it home as the conditions change. You can leave the leaf and just let it fall off on its own. I have mine in medium to bright light and don't let them get completely dry. It may go dormant but just keep going with the same care
Love your alocasias! Got my first one a few days ago, a black velvet. Been heaps excited looking for different types but didn’t want to get ahead of myself, wanna be sure that I can look after them before I get more…. Are the silver dragon and dragon scale leaves textured is smooth? Thank for sharing your knowledge! 🙏
Hello! The silver dragon and dragon scale feel like plastic to be honest. It is a weird feel for sure.
How large to they grow?
They typically don't get tall and usually have about 3 leaves at one time.... depending on the variety
What a great, informative video!
Thanks Cherylann!
Am starting to hate alocasias . I get one leaf and lose 3 . 😢
I'll be making another video soon.....don't give up yet. Which one(s) are you struggling with??
@@EverythingPlants I have had little luck with my black velvet . But both my Cuprea and the silver dragon are doomed . I chopped off the yellow leaves of my silver dragon and put it in leca . I don't know if she will make it . There was no root rot .
Put them in perlite!!
Great video soo informative 👍 Perfect timing just bought a Dragon Scale ,Thank you
Glad it helped
Hilo Beauty is a Colocasia, not an Alocasia. Their leaves are so much thinner and more delicate and I've had a really hard time ridding them of spider mites, even in very clean and humid conditions
Thanks....and it is a pain so far. It's lost leaves three times now 😅
What a beautiful Alocasia....
Thanks Zaleha!!!
What would it mean if my Silver Dragon is showing some guttation? I've not had it but a few days. I checked its soil when I got it home and it was dry on top, very slightly moist halfway down and moist at the bottom. I watered it lightly. And within a day or two it started "weeping".
It's just excess water being released....reduce the watering frequency slightly and it should solve the problem.
@@EverythingPlants okay! Thank you! 😊
What plant light bulbs do you use?
great and informative video thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Where do you find this kind of plant
Will pumice act the same as perlite? Just potted my silver dragon in straight pumice.
I've never used it, but I think they are very similar and would have similar results for sure.
Have you tried putting your Alocasias in pon with semi hydro? I have about 15 plants and many corms growing. I keep my humidity at 65/70% humidity, all are doing fantastic. They really seem to love this growing medium.
Hey Diane. I have not tried pon yet. Might be something to try down the road!
@@EverythingPlants Seems to be the perfect medium, but make you own, not necessary to buy brand. Has eliminated all my watering concerns and roots are growing out of the pots!
I like to cut plant leaves and leave the petioles they always fall off it's an old bonsai technique.
Nice! Thanks Kevin
I'm slowly introducing alocasias to my collection. So far I have 2: Black velvet and dragon scale (???) I have both of them in PON. They're doing great. 🥰 thanks for the video, Jeff.
I've never tried pon before. I'm sure it would be similar to perlite for care.
@@EverythingPlants I think you would LOVE growing humidity-loving plants in pon. Alocasias and Marantas (Calatheas, Ctenanthes, et al) do brilliantly in it. Hoyas grow really fast once I transfer them to pon (or pon+pumice, pon+LECA.) Interestingly, I don't have ANY luck with otherwise easy pothos in pon. It withers away! SO strange!
@@irairod5160 I have actually been doing a bit more research on pon...unfortunately there aren't any shops around here that carry it. The ones I can find on Amazon have shipping costs added onto the price....THE SEARCH CONTINUES
@@EverythingPlants Oh no! I'm sorry. I hope nurseries around you start carrying it soon, I really love pon and it's made it possible for me to keep a few plants that I used to struggle with. Alocasias do well in LECA, and in plain bonsai rocky substrate (lava and pumice) too, and those are much easier to find. Maybe a little experiment is in order?
I have my Frydek, Silver Dragon, Dragon Scale, Stingray, Black Stem, Boa, Zebrina, and Sarian. Coming out of winter, these all made it through but I think I lost my Sarian as it lost all of its leaves. Gotta check the roots. My Silver Dragon and Dragon Scale both went into dormancy. The Dragon Scale is coming back and two corms from the Silver Dragon are coming back. My Frydek was very large until the winter progressed and it lost its older leaves one by one. I'm down to one leaf, BUT it flowered and I'm getting berries soon. I hope after this cycle it will still make it. I also have a Frydek corm that is coming out now, too. It is a learning process and a journey that I'm glad I'm not alone on! Thanks for this awesome and informative video!!
Hey Ben Cards. 👋 Probably like most people, I was pretty scared to get into alocasia. Now it is goal to learn and conquer these plants, along with many other plants. Thanks for sharing all of your information about your plants!
@@EverythingPlantsHey! 👋 Thank you so much for responding! Yeah, I am really trying to conquer caring for alocasia. And just checked my Sarian and it does have root root but it is forming new beautiful white roots so I repotted it into sphagnum as part of its intensive care so hopefully it's not too late!! Can't wait to see the updates on all of your alocasia!!
Just curious how long some of your plants have been growing in the perlite?
The one silver dragon has been growing in perlite for about a year now....maybe a bit more!
Would pumice work?
No.not really.alocasia rarely goes Dormant like caladium.based on my observation because i have also alocasia that grows without being dormant.
As long as they get what they need for growth they will not go dormant
@@EverythingPlants if your alocasia often dormant.it is means that there ia a problem with the planting medium you are using.if i use humus soil as a planting medium .bamboo leaves and a little sand
Hello fellow Hilo Beauty owner!! I feel like I don't often find others who own this plant 🤣 Interesting that yours is currently the only one thats in dormancy- hmm (hoping mine doesn't hehe)
I let it get too dry....its coming back again....it got dry again hahaha
@@EverythingPlants so far mine hasn't got dormant... but the leaves have got absolutely tiny and atm it only has one leaf... I hope it bounces back in the summer
Please tell me what is perlite!?
Merci beaucoup pour cette vidéo👍👍🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🤝 des belles plantes est bien expliqué
Some of those are colocasia, a different genus of plants.
Yup...the mojito and one other one.
My pink Dragon just put our a new leaf with no loss and another one is starting on it already and we're not even finished the full unfurl. My Zebrina is new and isn't doing anything yet which I consider good. It came with three leaves. But, my Polly (Amazonica mask) has put out one leaf and lost two... I think she's getting ready for a new leaf as well but it's interesting when they all live next to each other under the same lamp 🤣
Is there anything different that you do for the care of your plants?
@@EverythingPlants nope! Water when they need it but before they're dry, use a diluted Orchid fertilizer (it's what I had) and I use maraphyl phytoplankton extra diluted as well. When I see active growth I fertilizer a bit more often! It's weird that the Polly is doing so different than the other two 🤷🏼♀️ perhaps BC to my knowledge they're more of a hybrid dwarf species? I have monstera deliciosa, adansonii, pothos, coffea arabica and even fiddles and calatheas! I'm wondering if maybe the soil it came in needs replaced but I don't want to be shock it when it's trying to grow either 🤷🏼♀️
Oh and my humidity was 45 percent but it's currently 63 percent thanks to crazy amounts of rain 😬 I thought the alocasia would be in heaven
They are corms😊
Can you elaborate on "Alocasia like chunky soil?“.
Question! Do you fertilize these in winter???
Funny you ask that because I am making a video on this as I type this. The short answer is no. Most plants slow their growth over winter because of the less amount of sunlight to photosynthesize.
What are the tag like things hanging on the stems
Beneficial mites.
found your channel a few days ago while hunting for propagation tips and ive been binging all of your videos. Could you tell me the names of the ones with the thicker stems around the 10:21 mark? thanks!
The ones on the right hand side with thicker stems are actually dieffenbachia. One is the reflector and I'm not sure which variety the other one is
How long can they go dormant for?
If they aren't getting the proper requirements they will stay dormant until they do
You have like 500 Alocasia but you "dont know how these rhizome bulbs are called?“ 😂
Didn't your mother tell you that if you don't have anything nice to say, then don't say anything at all??? I'm not a professional....just learning like everyone else. I hope you enjoy the videos and stick around for more...but not if you are just here to criticize.
@@EverythingPlants I just quoted you and was amused by this 🙄🤷🏼♂️ because you made a video about propagation despite not even knowing the term for the thing that is the main factor. I mean, did you not research the topic? You have a professional channel and earn money with it, a lot of subscribers, this looks professional, so I was 'shocked' to hear you were obviously not looking up some facts beforehand.
I'm curious and not mean.
I came here because I was looking for help with this topic. You intended to target people like me by making this video, including the title and thumbnail.
So forgive me if I find that irritating, that you seem to be missing the biological most basic baseline and you may likely have never touched a biological/scientific research regarding the topic, despite having a house full of plants. It's actually more funny than mean. 😉👍 But if you are offended by it I'm sorry. 😊
Something nice to say: your collection of plants is stunning!☝️
Hello Jelly....and to start off, thanks for saying something nice at the end 😂 I am not offended at all. The comment just came off a bit snarky, so I fire back a bit too haha. I do research all the time, but the corms and bulbil are often called just bulbs. I should have used the proper terms to not convey confusion. I hope you stick around for more vidoes
@@EverythingPlants all good 😇👍
Wonderful video. What are the pouches hanging from them?
Those are beneficial bugs. They attack the bad bugs as they emerge from the package. I sometimes use them as a preventative.....don't know if it really helps, but I currently don't see any bad pests
@@EverythingPlants amazing thank you!! are you able to share the brand name with me so I can read up on it?
@@marjanwardaki8751 Koppert. They have a variety of different stuff for all pests
@@EverythingPlants Thank you so much!!
2:43 this is exactly what my silver dragon is doing but I’ve had it for at least 6 months. I thought it was getting root rot but I took it out and the roots looked completely healthy. Also found a few nice sized corms! I have one tiny little leaf coming in from a pup. But other than that, the older leaves have pretty much have all went droopy and/or yellow and fallen off. One last one looks like it’s doing the same thing. The leaves that are left all looks healthy for now.
I wonder if it got offended when I cut all it’s flowers off.?? I just put that together, maybe that’s it!!
6:51 shoot, maybe I wasn’t watering it enough! 🥴😖🤷🏻♀️😆
I don't let mine get super dry. Maybe a bit more then 50% dry and then I'll soak it
@@EverythingPlants that’s good to know, thank you!! Love your channel! 🪴
5:02 where did you get those grow lights??? I’ve been looking for good ones forever!!
Never mind I found another comment that said the same thing. Thank you!
@@AdelynMcCurley-lb8cu in newer videos I have links and discount codes to other grow lights if you are interested....thanks for watching
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Do you ever bottom water
I do with some plants....I haven't bottom watered an alocasia yet. Do you?
@@EverythingPlants I just got it and I'm trying to give it the best chance at survival
@@kbm4409 give it a bright spot....don't let it get completely dry and expect some leaves dropping. They are wonderful plants but take some time to learn.
@@EverythingPlants thank you
How do you water a black velvet’s leaves without molding and rotting the leaf?
Are you just wanting to clean them off? I have a fan that runs for air flow. This would help with your situation
@@EverythingPlants I was asking for both cleaning and watering purposes. It’s hard to wash/ water velvety leaves according to my chocolate soldier succulent. A small amount of powdery mildew is on a few of the black velvet leaves and I don’t know how to handle it without destroying the whole plant. Thank you so much for responding 🫶🏽
@@jalenhollins9991 normally I try not to get them wet just because if there's water sitting on the leaves these ones rot very easy. The only time I will get the leaves wet is when I'm trying to clean them and again that can be difficult because of their velvety softness lol I only spray off my leaves but for your situation maybe try a microfiber cloth to clean and dry off the leaf.
Am I supposed to snip those leaves?
I believe Dormancy is connected to acclimation and watering. After losing a huge variegated Freuden due to it not being acclimated although pushing out leaves and pups the variegation was irregular. After removing the pups the Mother plant died. I personally have no success with soil so I’ve transferred all 10 Alocasia to semi hydro Lecha and they love it. Also it takes the guesswork out of watering. It’s truly made the hobby less than a chore.