Thank you so much for making this video. My brother and sister-in-law gave me an alocasia polly for christmas last year and it is all but dead. I couldn't bring myself to throw it away as I hoped it would come back in the spring. And then I found your video. I ran downstairs and tipped out the pot on the kitchen floor - I almost cried when I saw the little bulbs in the soil. Even if the main plant is dead, hopefully it will live on in a baby plant. x
I had three main stems from the plant I got and two of them seemed like total goners, leaves were dying. It was hard to do but I honestly chopped the leaves off and just left them as stem nubs. Seemed scary but I think it helped them conserve energy for new growth and I see them sprouting some new leaves slowly but surely! Even if the stems fail, you can cut up the root tuber into smaller pieces and replant those! I watched some other youtube videos for that method which was helfpful!
@@sydneyedwards4127 Hi Sydney! My Zebrina is dying as well. How short did you cut the leaves/stem? I think I cutted them around 20cm or so. I'm too scared to cut the root tuber :P
I've been using the shallow puddle method over the last six months since I found your video and I've 100% success getting the corms to sprout! Some take more time than others, but they have all put out leaves. Thank you so much for your wonderful advice.
Hi! I tried your “shallow puddle” method & it worked beautifully!! I’m wondering when you moved the bulbs into leca? Mine have some roots and are sprouting, but I’m unsure when I should be moving them! Any advice is appreciated 🥰
OMG yay!! So glad the shallow puddle method worked well for you! I moved mine to leca after it rooted but before it sprouted too much as I didn't want the sprouts to grow sideways
Thank you, such a clear video! I initially tried growing them in soil, nothing happened. A month later, I decided to do the shallow puddle method, and it's working! I placed the container in a transparent take away container, almost full sun, they're loving it!
@@ThePlantUtopia just chillin still lol 😂 well at least when I checked last ... not even a week ago. I’m gonna check them again when I get back home later!
I placed two bulbs in soil and watered them regularly, but nothing happened for months...until last week, I checked and I saw two tiny leaves poking out. I hope they continue to grow because I had completely given up on them and now I'm invested.
Amazing that you got the soil method to work! I think I may have just been a bit too impatient with it, especially as other methods worked better for me
@Vanzful Have you been continuing to have success with your bulbs? Just wondering since it’s been a few months since you posted about them! Im getting ready to try my hand at this method and some bulbs for the first time!
@@vanzful This gives me so much hope! I'm a little nervous, but it's trial and error so we shall see. Good thing is that I can always try again in the future as well and I still have my parent plant! Thanks for replying, excited for you! :)
I treat the croms like I would treat an avocado seed, pretty much the same methods work for both, I have also grow a avocado seed many times just in soil, place in soil, leave the top unburied and showing and water often, I'm guessing if you scrape off the outer shell and left the top of the croms above soil and allowing light to reach them, they would spout much faster
Oh wow, love this video. I’m in Australia so we are in spring and I was wondering how to get my Polly back. I’ve just found about 6 bulbs and I’m going to get her growing again. You have a lovely personality and got to the point which awesome
Amazing video!! I used your advice and have grown 5 leaves from bulbs yay! I’m wondering how you maintained the plants in leca after they sprouted? Did you keep the bulbs half submerged in water? I noticed one of my leaf tips turned mushy and hopefully I can figure out why☺️
Awwww. So happy I bumped into you. I repotted my Alocasia giraffe today and to my great surprise I found a lot of bulbs. Some were detached from the roots and some were hanging on for dear life. I had no clue how to grow them since it was my first time to see such. Thanks again, I can't wait for my babies to grow. :)
After watching your video I tried the “shallow puddle” method but I added a sheet of paper towel to the bottom of the Tupperware. They are doing great but they don’t have signs of a leaf, roots are there though! Fingers crossed
ooh I've also heard that works well too! I find patience is key with these... sometimes they take a while to sprout a leaf but if they've got roots you're probably looking at success!
Hi Emma, great video! I have some Alocasia bulbs that I have now put in a shallow puddle thanks to you sharing your methods😊I was wondering if I should put them on a heat mat?
Hi, thank you for sharing. I did the puddle method, and it really works! My babies are coming out with a new leaf. The question is, when is the best time to report on soil? What type of soil do you suggest?
omg yay! so so exciting! I pot mine up once their first leaf is starting to grow so it sounds like it's time for you! soil wise I'd go for something moisture retaining so with something like vermiculite but honestly i don't keep any alocasias in soil myself, all in semi-hydro
@@GoodGrowing Hi, sorry for the late response. Most of my bulbs are starting to pull a leaf. I don't know what vermiculite or semi-hydro is. Can you please explain me? Thanks one more time.
Hi I’ve used shallow puddle method and your video helped me so much! Now my alocasia regal shield has white roots and a small leaf do I need to wait till it grows more leaves or can I transfer it already? can do a video of how to transfer it to Leca or soil please? I don’t want to kill it by doing wrong method ! And THANK YOU for this video. When I first found the bulb I put it directly in the soil and saw no results and that’s when I found your video it helped me sooo much and I’m so happy that my bulb has a small new leaf . Keep doing more videos .
that's so exciting!!! regal shield babies are some of the most beautiful imo! I'd say it's defo time to transfer to leca or soil at this point, just be sure to keep it hydrated for the first few days and you should be fine! you got this!
Awesome video! These are my favorite plants, and I love how many bulbs we can get from them to experiment on. I've actually had a 100% success rate planting them in Pon and simply watering them everyday. It drains so well, so it's a nice environment. But it does take longer than the water or Leca method. I do think any method that has partial submersion in water and more exposure to sunlight (i.e. not buried in substrate) makes it work so much faster which is why the Leca method you use is probably the best.
Is your plant still in leca or soil by now? I have moved mine from water to sphagnum moss and I’m thinking about putting them in soil. Mine aren’t as big as yours yet, but if you’ve moved them to soil please let me know the mixture!
I have actually moved my bulbs from leca to pon and they have absolutely THRIVED since. And tbh I've not even tried putting them into soil cuz pon worked so well I figured it's best not to mess with the success! I'm sure it'll be fine though if you have a good well draining mix that still holds some moisture
i recently made this also! I had my alocasia bulbs on soil for a long time and nothing happened, but as soon as i made a "germinator" they started to sprout. I made it out of a disposable plastic container (like those you buy takeaway food in) with a lid, for moisture i put paper towels on the bottom and on the top, and then added water. I kept it closed most of the time and opened it to take a look of how were the babies doing. A few days later i had roots coming out and 2 or 3 weeks later i had to put them in soil because they were getting attached to the paper. Maybe this will work for you also in another opportunity!!
Bro, i tried this 3 week back, except i did it with moss and it worked cause i see a stem coming out! but now im kind of stuck. Like, when did you take out the bag? And when should i start watering?
I have this one, and today after watering, I noticed, a bulb? or something, sticking from the ground right next to my plant... I tried getting it out, but it's definitely attached to something else, and won't budge... I don't even know if it's viable, cause it looks pretty dry... it's definitely smaller than the once you are showing at 1:20... probably not viable tho... I'm just curious why would it be sticking out above soil, that's just weird... I definitely didn't dislodge the soil when watering, cause it's still in the nursery mix, and that thing is like a block of something something, it's not something I could dislodge unless I used both hands, and "will somebody think of the roots" type of force...
My alocasia died and i just left the pot where it was. Few days later there was a mini sprout. And im too scared to move it lol. My plants was in soil with rice hull and pumice
Its unfurled 1 leaf now, and another on the way! And to think just a few weeks ago the original plant died. Im being so careful not killing this one haha
Oooh, I know that smell! I put 3 Melo corms in a shallow puddle, put a clear container over it, and waited. I put it in a sunny windowsill. The first time I lifted the “lid”, I was blown away by the smell. A rotten decaying smell 🤢. Now I’m trying growing corms from my Pink Dragon in sphagnum moss in a closed container. And they started sprouting almost right away 👏🏻
Given the Brazilian origins of these plants, and the tropical weather, with possibly very heavy rainy seasons, the plants may well be accustomed to growing in shallow puddles in the wild. Very interesting, and thank you in behalf of the four bulbs I found.
Actually the Alocasia amazonica(Polly) is not from any jungle, it is a hybrid “created” by a nurseryman in the 1950’s in Miami. It was given the name amazonica because that was the name of the plant nursery!
I just planted maharani baby corms in bottle caps with a bit of water to get them going , I can’t wait to try my stingray . I just purchased a pink variegated black velvet alocacia corm for 10$ I hope it grows but it’s coming from another country and free shipping let’s pray 🙏🏼 this works . I just saw the plant and it’s beautiful- black with pink variegation . I’m no quitter if this one doesn’t work out tfs ❤
I did the shallow puddle and it worked very well! I in the same water I added a Pothos cuttiing for propagation since I read somewhere that they produce growth hormones and all bulbs are growing ♡♡♡
I have seven corms that I got from Alocasia Polly, which had root rot. I put them in moist sphagnum moss in a tiny nursery pot, but I didn't cover it like you did in that container. Do I need to cover it? if yes, could you explain why please?
Hey! I've not tried propagating in pon directly. But for all my recent bulbs I've used the shallow puddle method and then put the bulbs in pon once they are beginning to sprout leaves. It's worked really well and is an easy transition for them
I’m soooooooo glad I saw this video. I repoted my plant a month ago and found 5 “bulbs”, planted them all in moss. And you guessed it, they were all upside down, but still sprouting! Replanted them the right way up, now waiting for the new shoots to push through the moss. 😊😊😊😊😊
You shouldn’t have close the jar completely like that. Like human being, plants need oxygen as well. You close it to keep it humid but still leave air for them to breath.
Stratum! Never had a failed corm (bulb) in barely damp stratum with a humidity dome and warming mat. I’m sure I will one day but so far it’s been easy.
So I know this video is really old butttt I just had to replant my black velvet. I found a bulb but it was still white. I still took it 😂😩 will it still work? Thank youuuu!
My alocasia has been growing a lot and I recently noticed suddenly a stem grew connected to a bulb shape which opened to reveal a flower type thing? What is it and what should I do with/about it?
Ahhh can you help me? I got an alocasia black velvet today and there are three like roots growing out of it… I don’t know if they’re corms I can cut and put in new pots to propagate or what?!
Hey so I watched this a couple weeks ago and I got to thinking and wanted to suggest trying this experiment again with more air flow to each method. Love this video. Just found some lil bulbs in my guy.
I kinda killed an alocasia black velvet and the last leaf fell off quite easily from this round-ish thing it's growing from. Not sure if this is a bulb or what but I kept it in the soil and it's been months already but it's not yet rotting. Any ideas if there is still hope for my alocasia or if I need to try a different method to keep it alive?
Thanks for this video. It was super helpful! I put my colocasia mojito in dormancy last fall and now I'm looking for the best way to bring them back. I will definitely give the leca jar a go! I can't wait to bring all my plants outiside :)
I found that when you cover them they don’t sprout but I soil you only want the bottom half in the soil. I’d you didn’t cover them in method one and two they would have sprouted.
I have had an Alocasia Polly for a few months, was giving it the water, light, drainage, etc that I needed but it wasn’t doing a dang thing. Lost a few leaves. Then I saw a video the other day that mentioned theirs was being strangled by garden mesh. Little did I know, so was mine! And during this process of removing the mesh, I got 13 bulbs! One already has its own roots. Gotta figure out what to do with them now! Very informative video, thank you
This just happened to me too! I’ve had mine for almost 1.5 years and only just discovered the mesh trapping it today and a bonus 8 corms. I hope it can finally push out some new growth now!
Informative video but if I may suggest, go straight to the point. There’s lots of info in the video that really is not necessary for all and they make the video way too long. Thanks
I appreciate the feedback. I spend a lot of time researching for these videos and I want to give as much information as possible because it is stuff that I would have wanted to know. And that is why I timestamp the videos so people can skip to the sections they need. So feel free to skip to what you need. I certainly will not be offended :)
I clean my corms and peel off some of the coating then set them in bottle caps plant side up and set them in a container with lid once they root i transfer to peat pellets in a mini green house
Hi! When did you move your bulbs from water to leca/soil? I am using the shallow puddle method and both my bulbs are sprouting and one has roots (yay!). I didn’t know when I should move the bulbs when the roots form. Thanks!!! And thanks for the great video!!
I just bought an Alocasia from my local Cafe and when removed it from the Dirt I found 5 small bulbs and put them into my propagation jar filled with Leca.. Wish me luck :)
Hello ! Thank you very much for you video ! I have been experimenting on a variety of ways to make the bulbs sprout. As you seem to have the best result with le Leca method, I'm going to try that and I was wandering : Did you close the container in this method to create a greenhouse effect, like with the shallow puddle method ? Or do you keep it ventilated while slittly immerged, like cuttings in water ? I wish you good fortune for all you Alocasias :)
Thank you soooo much for this video. It was incredibly informative. I just put my corm in LECA. do I need to cover the top? And do I regularly top off the water to keep it at the same level it's been? Thank you!!
No problem! So glad it's helped! I wouldn't cover the top no. As for topping off the water, you can every once in a while to keep the very bottom submerged
Thank you for this! I just got an alocasia odora bulb for Christmas and the only bulb I've ever grown was an already rooted alocasia polly! Definitely trying lecca (that's what my polly is still in)
I keep watching this video because there aren’t many videos about alocasia bulbs. If you peel the brown skin during the water the bulbs grow fast and they won’t rot as easily.
Haha yeah, I noticed the same when I was wondering what to do! Yes I've heard that from some other people as well! I've given it a try on some recent bulbs I've got in my shallow puddle
All my bulbs have began to grow roots using the shallow puddle method. How long do I wait before moving them into soil or another potting medium? I assume they shouldn't stay in the container until they sprout leaves?
I typically keep them in the shallow puddle method until they grow their first leaf and then pot up. potting might be a bit awkward because the leaves are usually growing all sideways but they'll straighten out pretty quick
I got 7 bulbs and they're now in a shallow puddle in a tiny Tupperware container. Someone in the comments of another video said she removed the brown sheath on the bulbs and they grew roots pretty quickly so I have removed the sheaths and the bulbs look like tiny garlics 😂
Emma, this was so informative. I tried the perlite method and failed miserably. Going to do LECA from now on. Did you cover the LECA jar? And did you change out water? Thanks for sharing your experience.
Yay I 'm so glad you enjoyed :) I didn't cover the LECA jar. As for the water, I just kind of topped of off when it was looking low, never really changed it for that method. Good luck with your next attempts!
I'm currently trying out this method and started with the 'shallow puddle' method and both of them gave me a bulb with root growth so far (+- 3 weeks) I did change the water today in the shallow puddle and leca. It gives you some insight on how far the roots are growing and sprouting and particularly with the shallow puddle there was some fungal growth and rotting on some of them so i took those out and refreshed the water. I think refreshing the water will shock the plant once it's rooted to the leca but I think if the roots are just sprouting its okay to strain and refresh. I'm not an expert tho haha just speaking from current experience
@@mayissalty6279 Yeah changing the water every once in a while is important. Especially, like you said, if it has some funky stuff growing on it. I'm pretty sure it shouldn't be too much of a shock as long as the new water is also room temperature. Glad you've had so much success!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!! I followed your leca prop, and it was under grow light 12 hours a day and I’ve already seen new roots in less than a week!! It was in soil for 2 months before and I barely see any new roots, let alone the new growth. Follow her advice guys, it works!
Did you add anything to the water when you put it in leca? Did you fertilizer it while in leca? How? I just got like 4 starter alocasias and I want to try this method.
I didn't add anything while the corm was growing without roots/a leaf. Once the plant was a bit more established I used liquid gold leaf fertiliser diluted to their hydroponic recommendation
Hey! This vid helped me out a bunch. I found some bulbs and I’m gonna try the shallow puddle method. A few questions: Is just enough water to keep them wet good? And the lid stays on top right? Do I ever need to take the lid off? Should I keep it on a sunny windowsill or a dark environment like a cabinet?
Ah how exciting! I did like 3-5mm of water so like 1/2 the bulb was covered and kept the lid on most of the time. Every few days I'd take the lid off for a couple of hours to let it get fresh air and I'd change the water if it was getting a bit gross. As for light, doesn't matter too much in the beginning before leaves. I kept mine in a low light part of my shelves but it wasn't like full black cabinet. good luck!
Thanks for the informative video. I’m giving the leca abd puddle water a go 🤞 however, can you pls tell me if you put them in the dark or just ‘normal’ indoor light environment or even use grow lights? I’m assuming just the normal indoor light
Ooh yay very exciting! I kept mine in just normal light, nothing special. I suppose they could probably do alright in the dark even until the leaves start sprouting... but I'm not too sure
Woah.. I came across your channel in 2023, and haven’t come back to watch a video this far back yet.. I can’t get over how different you look and sound here!! I feel like I look like a completely different person 3 years later as well, but wow!! And it’s funny because you currently have the same hair colour that you do in this video 😂💜
@@GoodGrowing great then and now!! You definitely seem more comfortable now and I love that for you!! I just love that you happen to have that similar purple colour currently too 💜👌🏼
I did the "Shallow Puddle" method and 2 of my 3 Polly bulbs sprouted! Thank you!!! QUESTION! When did you know to move them to the leca? I don't have Leca so I'm gonna probably move them straight to soil, so I'm a little worried, how long should I let the roots/stem get? Since they are in the water, I doubt they'd be able to keep themselves straight up :/ Any advice is helpful, and again, thanks for the video!
@@jamie2808 Not an artificial light, natural light with 4-5 hours of direct sunlight. They ended up dying on me cause I moved them into a pot but left them in the direct sunlight and they burned up >.< I'd suggest once you repot them slowly move them away from direct sunlight into a regular well lit area.
Sweet video I got like 30 when I re potted mine. I put them in a cherry tomato container and cove=ed all but 2 of the holes in the lid on a bed of shredded sphagnum moss and sprayed them down w a mist bottle. 1 week in and nothing yet but im hopefull this method will work well. I'm thinking its a good consistent air water mix.
@@GoodGrowing ive got tiny roots starting out of a bunch of them, I need to check them and pot up a few and see how they take to soil. Your baby ones were adorable. I can't wait! And I think the sphagnum moss may be coming back to life if thats a thing....
Mine was in soil for 3 months, absolutely nothing came, so I did the shallow puddle method yesterday. Is it a right time now for this, considering that this plant will go dormant in a month or two time? Or this doesn't affect the bulbs while they are in their growing period, whenever it is.
Nice! I hope the switch will help! I'm sure the best time to start trying to spout the bulbs would be spring or early summer. As we are going into autumn now, the process may get slower as light and temperatures drop but I don't think it would stop the process completely. Just try and keep them in a warmish location. Best of luck! Let me know how it goes! :)
@@GoodGrowing It does work! 5 bulbs are growing so well, which makes me really happy haha, especially after that 3 month wait with absolutely no result, but this, it took only a week time! Incredible. Thank you, Emma.
I saw your video yesterday. I went to check my Alocasia plant. I found a bulb. I went to Amazon I bought Leca and I already have my bulb inside a jar with Leca. THANK YOU SO MUCH
After trying the shallow puddle method and opening the lid now and then I got mold on all the bulbs. After cleaning them I put them back but after every 2 days they are fuzzy again. So I rinsed them again, good cleaning and put them in LECA yesterday.... today I again found mold. Does someone knows what to do?? I really want this to work
@@GoodGrowing thanks for replying! They are still firm and big. Got 12 of them :) now I clean them everyday but it's time consuming haha. But I had them for a month in the puddle and I see they made some progress... But still mold everyday. Should I let them dry for some days and try again with Lecca or will I screw up the progress they made so far?
@@Twistyh101 i'm really not sure as I didn't experience any of that. it may be worth rinsing them with a diluted hydrogen peroxide solution to get whatever is causing the mold gone. I personally wouldn't leave them out of water too long if they've got roots. If no roots yet, you may be able to get away with letting them dry out for a bit
I got some recently and I kinda had no idea what I was doing. A couple sprouted and then I let it dry too much then Watered which basically over watered it. So I'm trying again and thank you this I'm sure will help. Thank you thank you thank you.
thank you, super helpful. i will try this with the little tubers i found in the soil of my dead marantha right before i was about to toss it lol. i will try the leca method! I couldnt find anything anywhere else so i appreciate it.
As soon as I searched alocasia Polly corm, this popped up and I knew you would have some great info for me as always. I have my corms I found today in the shallow puddle method until my leca arrives tomorrow. I think I will keep some in the shallow puddle to see the difference in my conditions here. Thanks so much!
Thank you so much for making this video. My brother and sister-in-law gave me an alocasia polly for christmas last year and it is all but dead. I couldn't bring myself to throw it away as I hoped it would come back in the spring. And then I found your video. I ran downstairs and tipped out the pot on the kitchen floor - I almost cried when I saw the little bulbs in the soil. Even if the main plant is dead, hopefully it will live on in a baby plant. x
Ah amazing! I hope the bulbs grow well for you :)
I had three main stems from the plant I got and two of them seemed like total goners, leaves were dying. It was hard to do but I honestly chopped the leaves off and just left them as stem nubs. Seemed scary but I think it helped them conserve energy for new growth and I see them sprouting some new leaves slowly but surely! Even if the stems fail, you can cut up the root tuber into smaller pieces and replant those! I watched some other youtube videos for that method which was helfpful!
@@sydneyedwards4127 Hi Sydney! My Zebrina is dying as well. How short did you cut the leaves/stem? I think I cutted them around 20cm or so. I'm too scared to cut the root tuber :P
Helen, please update us !!! How did it go with growing the bulbs ??
@@PM.0000 So wonderfully. It even brought the main bulbs back to life. Not even a spot on yellow on the leaves. Even now it's getting colder. xo
Haha. Thank you for this. The entire time I was growing mine upside down. Thought it was a chubby root forming. lol
Haha! So glad I could help then!
You thought the sprout was a chubby root? I'm pretty sure I'm growing mine upside too lol
Oh yep, the sprout is not a root
Me too jahahaha
I've been using the shallow puddle method over the last six months since I found your video and I've 100% success getting the corms to sprout! Some take more time than others, but they have all put out leaves. Thank you so much for your wonderful advice.
OMG yay!!! Yes the shallow puddle method has been my greatest success as a plant parent so far!
Hi did you Guys placed the container near or away from light ?
Hi! I tried your “shallow puddle” method & it worked beautifully!! I’m wondering when you moved the bulbs into leca? Mine have some roots and are sprouting, but I’m unsure when I should be moving them! Any advice is appreciated 🥰
OMG yay!! So glad the shallow puddle method worked well for you! I moved mine to leca after it rooted but before it sprouted too much as I didn't want the sprouts to grow sideways
Let me save you 14.5 minutes of your life.
Just put it in Leca. Great day👍
Thank you, such a clear video! I initially tried growing them in soil, nothing happened. A month later, I decided to do the shallow puddle method, and it's working! I placed the container in a transparent take away container, almost full sun, they're loving it!
Ah so amazing! Yeah I really find soil doesn't work well for the bulbs for some reason! So glad you've had success with the shallow puddle method!
So happy I found this video! I just did mine (6 bulbs) the first method, so I'm going to switch 4 to leca.
ooh good luck!!
I found SOOO many when I repotted mine yesterday , put them in zip lock bags with sphagnum moss. 🤞🏼
Amazing! Ooh I'll have to try that method next time as well! :) Good luck with yours!
How are the ones in moss doing?
@@ThePlantUtopia just chillin still lol 😂 well at least when I checked last ... not even a week ago. I’m gonna check them again when I get back home later!
@@stephaneejo8208 Hi, I am thinking of placing mine in moss because I don't have any LECA! Did yours work??
@@Reannarules123 It works for me, moist long fibered sphagnum moss work wonders. Exactly 30 days and they sprout.
I placed two bulbs in soil and watered them regularly, but nothing happened for months...until last week, I checked and I saw two tiny leaves poking out. I hope they continue to grow because I had completely given up on them and now I'm invested.
Amazing that you got the soil method to work! I think I may have just been a bit too impatient with it, especially as other methods worked better for me
@Vanzful Have you been continuing to have success with your bulbs? Just wondering since it’s been a few months since you posted about them!
Im getting ready to try my hand at this method and some bulbs for the first time!
@@neishagoodson660 Yes! I have a mini plant with about 8 leaves. I wish it was a little bigger, but it is still growing...Good luck with your bulbs!
@@vanzful This gives me so much hope! I'm a little nervous, but it's trial and error so we shall see. Good thing is that I can always try again in the future as well and I still have my parent plant! Thanks for replying, excited for you! :)
I treat the croms like I would treat an avocado seed, pretty much the same methods work for both, I have also grow a avocado seed many times just in soil, place in soil, leave the top unburied and showing and water often, I'm guessing if you scrape off the outer shell and left the top of the croms above soil and allowing light to reach them, they would spout much faster
Oh wow, love this video. I’m in Australia so we are in spring and I was wondering how to get my Polly back. I’ve just found about 6 bulbs and I’m going to get her growing again. You have a lovely personality and got to the point which awesome
Aww thank you! Yes growing bulbs was really fun! I hope you have success too!
Amazing video!! I used your advice and have grown 5 leaves from bulbs yay! I’m wondering how you maintained the plants in leca after they sprouted? Did you keep the bulbs half submerged in water? I noticed one of my leaf tips turned mushy and hopefully I can figure out why☺️
Ahh that's amazing!! once they started to grow leaves I lowered the water level so it filled like 1/3 of the container instead of 2/3
Awwww. So happy I bumped into you. I repotted my Alocasia giraffe today and to my great surprise I found a lot of bulbs. Some were detached from the roots and some were hanging on for dear life. I had no clue how to grow them since it was my first time to see such. Thanks again, I can't wait for my babies to grow. :)
Ah that's so exciting! Good luck with the propagation :)
After watching your video I tried the “shallow puddle” method but I added a sheet of paper towel to the bottom of the Tupperware. They are doing great but they don’t have signs of a leaf, roots are there though! Fingers crossed
ooh I've also heard that works well too! I find patience is key with these... sometimes they take a while to sprout a leaf but if they've got roots you're probably looking at success!
Hi Emma, great video! I have some Alocasia bulbs that I have now put in a shallow puddle thanks to you sharing your methods😊I was wondering if I should put them on a heat mat?
you could put them on a heat mat. Just keep an eye on the water level as the heat will make it evaporate faster
I just found 17 bulbs in my alocasias, 8 in polly! I love your video, thanks for the tips! ❤️
Thanks you so much! This is so helpful! I'll be checking my Alocasia's soil real soon 😁 hope I can grow some baby ones just like yours 💚🌱
Hi, thank you for sharing. I did the puddle method, and it really works! My babies are coming out with a new leaf. The question is, when is the best time to report on soil? What type of soil do you suggest?
omg yay! so so exciting! I pot mine up once their first leaf is starting to grow so it sounds like it's time for you! soil wise I'd go for something moisture retaining so with something like vermiculite but honestly i don't keep any alocasias in soil myself, all in semi-hydro
@@GoodGrowing Hi, sorry for the late response. Most of my bulbs are starting to pull a leaf. I don't know what vermiculite or semi-hydro is. Can you please explain me? Thanks one more time.
Hi I’ve used shallow puddle method and your video helped me so much! Now my alocasia regal shield has white roots and a small leaf do I need to wait till it grows more leaves or can I transfer it already? can do a video of how to transfer it to Leca or soil please? I don’t want to kill it by doing wrong method ! And THANK YOU for this video. When I first found the bulb I put it directly in the soil and saw no results and that’s when I found your video it helped me sooo much and I’m so happy that my bulb has a small new leaf . Keep doing more videos .
that's so exciting!!! regal shield babies are some of the most beautiful imo! I'd say it's defo time to transfer to leca or soil at this point, just be sure to keep it hydrated for the first few days and you should be fine! you got this!
Awesome video! These are my favorite plants, and I love how many bulbs we can get from them to experiment on. I've actually had a 100% success rate planting them in Pon and simply watering them everyday. It drains so well, so it's a nice environment. But it does take longer than the water or Leca method. I do think any method that has partial submersion in water and more exposure to sunlight (i.e. not buried in substrate) makes it work so much faster which is why the Leca method you use is probably the best.
I just transferred my Polly corm(AloQuisha) from sphagnum moss into pon. 🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽
Is your plant still in leca or soil by now? I have moved mine from water to sphagnum moss and I’m thinking about putting them in soil. Mine aren’t as big as yours yet, but if you’ve moved them to soil please let me know the mixture!
I have actually moved my bulbs from leca to pon and they have absolutely THRIVED since. And tbh I've not even tried putting them into soil cuz pon worked so well I figured it's best not to mess with the success! I'm sure it'll be fine though if you have a good well draining mix that still holds some moisture
@@GoodGrowing Pon only? Thanks for the reply!
@@AtinyElring yep! Just pon!
i recently made this also! I had my alocasia bulbs on soil for a long time and nothing happened, but as soon as i made a "germinator" they started to sprout. I made it out of a disposable plastic container (like those you buy takeaway food in) with a lid, for moisture i put paper towels on the bottom and on the top, and then added water. I kept it closed most of the time and opened it to take a look of how were the babies doing. A few days later i had roots coming out and 2 or 3 weeks later i had to put them in soil because they were getting attached to the paper.
Maybe this will work for you also in another opportunity!!
Ooh yes I'll have to give this a go next time! Thanks for the cool idea :)
Bro, i tried this 3 week back, except i did it with moss and it worked cause i see a stem coming out! but now im kind of stuck. Like, when did you take out the bag? And when should i start watering?
@@ed1443 i put mine in soil when roots started “grabbing” the paper towels.
I have this one, and today after watering, I noticed, a bulb? or something, sticking from the ground right next to my plant... I tried getting it out, but it's definitely attached to something else, and won't budge... I don't even know if it's viable, cause it looks pretty dry... it's definitely smaller than the once you are showing at 1:20... probably not viable tho...
I'm just curious why would it be sticking out above soil, that's just weird... I definitely didn't dislodge the soil when watering, cause it's still in the nursery mix, and that thing is like a block of something something, it's not something I could dislodge unless I used both hands, and "will somebody think of the roots" type of force...
My alocasia died and i just left the pot where it was. Few days later there was a mini sprout. And im too scared to move it lol. My plants was in soil with rice hull and pumice
Aww that's so cute! maybe once it's grown a little bit you can transplant it to its own pot
Its unfurled 1 leaf now, and another on the way! And to think just a few weeks ago the original plant died. Im being so careful not killing this one haha
@@jodi9588 ah that's amazing!
Oooh, I know that smell! I put 3 Melo corms in a shallow puddle, put a clear container over it, and waited. I put it in a sunny windowsill. The first time I lifted the “lid”, I was blown away by the smell. A rotten decaying smell 🤢. Now I’m trying growing corms from my Pink Dragon in sphagnum moss in a closed container. And they started sprouting almost right away 👏🏻
Very interesting experiment!!! Thx!! 🙋🏼♀️🪴🌿💚🐩
Given the Brazilian origins of these plants, and the tropical weather, with possibly very heavy rainy seasons, the plants may well be accustomed to growing in shallow puddles in the wild. Very interesting, and thank you in behalf of the four bulbs I found.
Alocasias are not from Brazil, they are from South East Asia. And no, they don't grow in shallow puddle but moist mulch under the canopy.
@@kaikart123 Well, my bulbs are growing very well in a shallow puddle, which is the same water content as a moist mulch. What can you do, eh?
Actually the Alocasia amazonica(Polly) is not from any jungle, it is a hybrid “created” by a nurseryman in the 1950’s in Miami. It was given the name amazonica because that was the name of the plant nursery!
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FYI if you scrape the brown outer skin off the bulb with your fingernail, they will sprout faster. Leca works very well for sprouting.
I just planted maharani baby corms in bottle caps with a bit of water to get them going , I can’t wait to try my stingray .
I just purchased a pink variegated black velvet alocacia corm for 10$ I hope it grows but it’s coming from another country and free shipping let’s pray 🙏🏼 this works . I just saw the plant and it’s beautiful- black with pink variegation . I’m no quitter if this one doesn’t work out tfs ❤
I did the shallow puddle and it worked very well! I in the same water I added a Pothos cuttiing for propagation since I read somewhere that they produce growth hormones and all bulbs are growing ♡♡♡
Yay very exciting! Ooh I hadn't heard that but will have to give it a try! Thanks for sharing :)
I have seven corms that I got from Alocasia Polly, which had root rot. I put them in moist sphagnum moss in a tiny nursery pot, but I didn't cover it like you did in that container. Do I need to cover it? if yes, could you explain why please?
Hi! Did you (or anyone reading this comment 😇) by chance try propagating them in pon? Trying this method, let's see how it goes!
Hey! I've not tried propagating in pon directly. But for all my recent bulbs I've used the shallow puddle method and then put the bulbs in pon once they are beginning to sprout leaves. It's worked really well and is an easy transition for them
I’m soooooooo glad I saw this video. I repoted my plant a month ago and found 5 “bulbs”, planted them all in moss. And you guessed it, they were all upside down, but still sprouting! Replanted them the right way up, now waiting for the new shoots to push through the moss. 😊😊😊😊😊
You shouldn’t have close the jar completely like that. Like human being, plants need oxygen as well. You close it to keep it humid but still leave air for them to breath.
Stratum! Never had a failed corm (bulb) in barely damp stratum with a humidity dome and warming mat. I’m sure I will one day but so far it’s been easy.
Hi! I just put my bulbs in a shallow puddle. However, I’m wondering do I need to have it somewhere with light or keep it away from light?
So I know this video is really old butttt I just had to replant my black velvet. I found a bulb but it was still white. I still took it 😂😩 will it still work? Thank youuuu!
My alocasia has been growing a lot and I recently noticed suddenly a stem grew connected to a bulb shape which opened to reveal a flower type thing? What is it and what should I do with/about it?
Ahhh can you help me? I got an alocasia black velvet today and there are three like roots growing out of it… I don’t know if they’re corms I can cut and put in new pots to propagate or what?!
Hmm it’s hard to know without seeing pictures. Shoot me a DM on instagram and I can try to help better!
Hey so I watched this a couple weeks ago and I got to thinking and wanted to suggest trying this experiment again with more air flow to each method. Love this video. Just found some lil bulbs in my guy.
I kinda killed an alocasia black velvet and the last leaf fell off quite easily from this round-ish thing it's growing from. Not sure if this is a bulb or what but I kept it in the soil and it's been months already but it's not yet rotting. Any ideas if there is still hope for my alocasia or if I need to try a different method to keep it alive?
There is defo still hope. It could just be dormant! Keep treating it as normal except water a bit less as it won't need as much
This was so helpful thank you!! Just started some black velvet bulbs in the shallow puddle method and I’m so excited!
ooh yay! I hope they grow well for you!
Did you have any luck?
Thanks for this video. It was super helpful!
I put my colocasia mojito in dormancy last fall and now I'm looking for the best way to bring them back.
I will definitely give the leca jar a go! I can't wait to bring all my plants outiside :)
Think the problem was in your other methods . You covered the corms too much.
I found that when you cover them they don’t sprout but I soil you only want the bottom half in the soil. I’d you didn’t cover them in method one and two they would have sprouted.
I have had an Alocasia Polly for a few months, was giving it the water, light, drainage, etc that I needed but it wasn’t doing a dang thing. Lost a few leaves. Then I saw a video the other day that mentioned theirs was being strangled by garden mesh. Little did I know, so was mine! And during this process of removing the mesh, I got 13 bulbs! One already has its own roots. Gotta figure out what to do with them now! Very informative video, thank you
Super exciting about the bulbs! I hope you have success growing them!
This just happened to me too! I’ve had mine for almost 1.5 years and only just discovered the mesh trapping it today and a bonus 8 corms. I hope it can finally push out some new growth now!
Informative video but if I may suggest, go straight to the point. There’s lots of info in the video that really is not necessary for all and they make the video way too long. Thanks
I appreciate the feedback. I spend a lot of time researching for these videos and I want to give as much information as possible because it is stuff that I would have wanted to know.
And that is why I timestamp the videos so people can skip to the sections they need. So feel free to skip to what you need. I certainly will not be offended :)
I tried your soil method. But I put the container on a heat mat underneath a grow light And most of my corms sprouted.
I clean my corms and peel off some of the coating then set them in bottle caps plant side up and set them in a container with lid once they root i transfer to peat pellets in a mini green house
The “ball like acorn looking things” are called Corms 😅
Hi! When did you move your bulbs from water to leca/soil? I am using the shallow puddle method and both my bulbs are sprouting and one has roots (yay!). I didn’t know when I should move the bulbs when the roots form. Thanks!!! And thanks for the great video!!
Hey! Yeah I moved mine when they had roots and looked like they were starting to sprout a leaf
How much water am i supposed to fill in the jar with the leca? Schould it touch the bulb?
I just bought an Alocasia from my local Cafe and when removed it from the Dirt I found 5 small bulbs and put them into my propagation jar filled with Leca.. Wish me luck :)
omg so exciting!!
Hello ! Thank you very much for you video ! I have been experimenting on a variety of ways to make the bulbs sprout. As you seem to have the best result with le Leca method, I'm going to try that and I was wandering : Did you close the container in this method to create a greenhouse effect, like with the shallow puddle method ? Or do you keep it ventilated while slittly immerged, like cuttings in water ? I wish you good fortune for all you Alocasias :)
I kept the leca one open, but I could imagine closing the system could work as well!
Thank you! This was very helpful. I love seeing the roots grow too!
Yay so glad I could help! Yes the root growth was so fun to watch :)
I currently have three lil cormy dudes in a shallow puddle, we'll see how they do!
Can i use seramis? Don’t have Perlite 😬
Yeah you probably could. Seramis is like leca right?
@@GoodGrowing no more like perlite, I can send you a picture on insta :)
@@chiarapwn9378 Yeah I'd love to see
Thank you soooo much for this video. It was incredibly informative. I just put my corm in LECA. do I need to cover the top? And do I regularly top off the water to keep it at the same level it's been? Thank you!!
No problem! So glad it's helped! I wouldn't cover the top no. As for topping off the water, you can every once in a while to keep the very bottom submerged
Thank you for this! I just got an alocasia odora bulb for Christmas and the only bulb I've ever grown was an already rooted alocasia polly! Definitely trying lecca (that's what my polly is still in)
Ooh amazing! Good luck!
I keep watching this video because there aren’t many videos about alocasia bulbs. If you peel the brown skin during the water the bulbs grow fast and they won’t rot as easily.
Haha yeah, I noticed the same when I was wondering what to do! Yes I've heard that from some other people as well! I've given it a try on some recent bulbs I've got in my shallow puddle
Great video thank you, wishing you the best.
Wow i had no clue Alocasias had this lil secret 🤩 I’ll definitely check my Alocasia when I next repot him ☺️
Right?! So fun! I'd love to see how it goes when you try it! :)
All my bulbs have began to grow roots using the shallow puddle method. How long do I wait before moving them into soil or another potting medium? I assume they shouldn't stay in the container until they sprout leaves?
I typically keep them in the shallow puddle method until they grow their first leaf and then pot up. potting might be a bit awkward because the leaves are usually growing all sideways but they'll straighten out pretty quick
I got 7 bulbs and they're now in a shallow puddle in a tiny Tupperware container. Someone in the comments of another video said she removed the brown sheath on the bulbs and they grew roots pretty quickly so I have removed the sheaths and the bulbs look like tiny garlics 😂
I'm really excited!! One of the bulbs I used in the shallow puddle method is sprouting. Camden Garden Centre and some Leca here I come!!
OMG amazing! Good luck!
Emma, this was so informative. I tried the perlite method and failed miserably. Going to do LECA from now on. Did you cover the LECA jar? And did you change out water? Thanks for sharing your experience.
Yay I 'm so glad you enjoyed :) I didn't cover the LECA jar. As for the water, I just kind of topped of off when it was looking low, never really changed it for that method. Good luck with your next attempts!
I'm currently trying out this method and started with the 'shallow puddle' method and both of them gave me a bulb with root growth so far (+- 3 weeks) I did change the water today in the shallow puddle and leca. It gives you some insight on how far the roots are growing and sprouting and particularly with the shallow puddle there was some fungal growth and rotting on some of them so i took those out and refreshed the water. I think refreshing the water will shock the plant once it's rooted to the leca but I think if the roots are just sprouting its okay to strain and refresh. I'm not an expert tho haha just speaking from current experience
@@mayissalty6279 Her method worked for me. I got two of the four to root and push out a leaf.
@@mayissalty6279 Yeah changing the water every once in a while is important. Especially, like you said, if it has some funky stuff growing on it. I'm pretty sure it shouldn't be too much of a shock as long as the new water is also room temperature. Glad you've had so much success!
Ok thanks for your video. I found my best method
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!! I followed your leca prop, and it was under grow light 12 hours a day and I’ve already seen new roots in less than a week!! It was in soil for 2 months before and I barely see any new roots, let alone the new growth. Follow her advice guys, it works!
Ahh yay! So glad it worked well for you
Did you add anything to the water when you put it in leca? Did you fertilizer it while in leca? How? I just got like 4 starter alocasias and I want to try this method.
I didn't add anything while the corm was growing without roots/a leaf. Once the plant was a bit more established I used liquid gold leaf fertiliser diluted to their hydroponic recommendation
Hey! This vid helped me out a bunch. I found some bulbs and I’m gonna try the shallow puddle method. A few questions:
Is just enough water to keep them wet good?
And the lid stays on top right?
Do I ever need to take the lid off?
Should I keep it on a sunny windowsill or a dark environment like a cabinet?
Ah how exciting! I did like 3-5mm of water so like 1/2 the bulb was covered and kept the lid on most of the time. Every few days I'd take the lid off for a couple of hours to let it get fresh air and I'd change the water if it was getting a bit gross. As for light, doesn't matter too much in the beginning before leaves. I kept mine in a low light part of my shelves but it wasn't like full black cabinet. good luck!
Thanks for the informative video. I’m giving the leca abd puddle water a go 🤞 however, can you pls tell me if you put them in the dark or just ‘normal’ indoor light environment or even use grow lights? I’m assuming just the normal indoor light
Ooh yay very exciting! I kept mine in just normal light, nothing special. I suppose they could probably do alright in the dark even until the leaves start sprouting... but I'm not too sure
Need to cut to the chase more in your videos. Lots of filler
I discovered i had bulbs in my alocasia when new plants had started sprouting from the pot! it was a very pleasant surprise
Ahh amazing! Isn't that the best surprise ever!
Woah.. I came across your channel in 2023, and haven’t come back to watch a video this far back yet.. I can’t get over how different you look and sound here!!
I feel like I look like a completely different person 3 years later as well, but wow!! And it’s funny because you currently have the same hair colour that you do in this video 😂💜
Yeah I've defo changed a lot in the last few years! Hopefully for the better 🤞
@@GoodGrowing great then and now!! You definitely seem more comfortable now and I love that for you!! I just love that you happen to have that similar purple colour currently too 💜👌🏼
Nice video! What temperature do you keep them at? I put mine in soil this morning but switched to leca now I've seen your video :)
What kind of lighting situation did you use?
Your Pollys looks wayyyy different than my pollys ….I like yours more than mine 🤣
Mine are just babies in this
I did the "Shallow Puddle" method and 2 of my 3 Polly bulbs sprouted! Thank you!!!
QUESTION! When did you know to move them to the leca? I don't have Leca so I'm gonna probably move them straight to soil, so I'm a little worried, how long should I let the roots/stem get? Since they are in the water, I doubt they'd be able to keep themselves straight up :/
Any advice is helpful, and again, thanks for the video!
Ah super exciting!!! So I moved them from the puddle to leca (or pon more recently) once the leaf sprout started to form
Hey did you put your container under a light?
@@jamie2808 Not an artificial light, natural light with 4-5 hours of direct sunlight.
They ended up dying on me cause I moved them into a pot but left them in the direct sunlight and they burned up >.<
I'd suggest once you repot them slowly move them away from direct sunlight into a regular well lit area.
@@Vordie oh nooo thank you for your trial and error
LECA worked for my baby frydek too! I've had great luck with it.
Omg yay!! So glad you had success!
My preferred method is the “forgot it existed” where it sits on my windowsill for 3 months and somehow grows.
yes!!!
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Has anyone tried sphagnum moss?
Sweet video I got like 30 when I re potted mine. I put them in a cherry tomato container and cove=ed all but 2 of the holes in the lid on a bed of shredded sphagnum moss and sprayed them down w a mist bottle. 1 week in and nothing yet but im hopefull this method will work well. I'm thinking its a good consistent air water mix.
Amazing!! It sounds like you've got a good setup for them! 🤞 they sprout soon!
@@GoodGrowing ive got tiny roots starting out of a bunch of them, I need to check them and pot up a few and see how they take to soil. Your baby ones were adorable. I can't wait! And I think the sphagnum moss may be coming back to life if thats a thing....
Are bulbs clones of the plant or similar to seeds with genetic diversity?
My first thought was to say they're like the seeds but alocasia can flower too so maybe that's not the case.... will have to do some research
Mine was in soil for 3 months, absolutely nothing came, so I did the shallow puddle method yesterday. Is it a right time now for this, considering that this plant will go dormant in a month or two time? Or this doesn't affect the bulbs while they are in their growing period, whenever it is.
Nice! I hope the switch will help! I'm sure the best time to start trying to spout the bulbs would be spring or early summer. As we are going into autumn now, the process may get slower as light and temperatures drop but I don't think it would stop the process completely. Just try and keep them in a warmish location. Best of luck! Let me know how it goes! :)
@@GoodGrowing It does work! 5 bulbs are growing so well, which makes me really happy haha, especially after that 3 month wait with absolutely no result, but this, it took only a week time! Incredible. Thank you, Emma.
@@west8480 Oh that's so amazing! I'm so glad it's going better now with the shallow puddle!
Testing out the Leca method now, did you cover it up or leave it uncovered?
It was uncovered
oh i finally found the channel lol came from planttok
Ahhh welcome friend!
just bought alocacia bulbs and im so scared lol thank you for this video
You got this!! :)
Thank you so much! Your video is really helpful! I found more than 15 baby bulbs and I will grow them soon!
I have a bulb that grows a leaf then It dies then it grows a leaf then dies.
hmmm could be that it's not got enough nutrients to sustain more than one leaf
cannot wait to try this I have a corm from my alocasia black velvet so I'm excited
I saw your video yesterday. I went to check my Alocasia plant. I found a bulb. I went to Amazon I bought Leca and I already have my bulb inside a jar with Leca. THANK YOU SO MUCH
After trying the shallow puddle method and opening the lid now and then I got mold on all the bulbs. After cleaning them I put them back but after every 2 days they are fuzzy again. So I rinsed them again, good cleaning and put them in LECA yesterday.... today I again found mold. Does someone knows what to do?? I really want this to work
It's possible that the bulbs you've got weren't going to work anyways. Are they still firm or getting a bit mushy?
@@GoodGrowing thanks for replying! They are still firm and big. Got 12 of them :) now I clean them everyday but it's time consuming haha. But I had them for a month in the puddle and I see they made some progress... But still mold everyday. Should I let them dry for some days and try again with Lecca or will I screw up the progress they made so far?
@@Twistyh101 i'm really not sure as I didn't experience any of that. it may be worth rinsing them with a diluted hydrogen peroxide solution to get whatever is causing the mold gone. I personally wouldn't leave them out of water too long if they've got roots. If no roots yet, you may be able to get away with letting them dry out for a bit
I got some recently and I kinda had no idea what I was doing. A couple sprouted and then I let it dry too much then Watered which basically over watered it. So I'm trying again and thank you this I'm sure will help. Thank you thank you thank you.
Did you seal the lid with the leca ?
Hi. How long did it take for the bulbs to sprout using the water method.
thank you, super helpful. i will try this with the little tubers i found in the soil of my dead marantha right before i was about to toss it lol. i will try the leca method! I couldnt find anything anywhere else so i appreciate it.
Do you keep the lid on the container of the shallow pudle method?
Yes so the water doesn't evaporate too quickly
Hi! Did you put the container in light or in dark?
All the containers were in medium to bright indirect light 😊
As soon as I searched alocasia Polly corm, this popped up and I knew you would have some great info for me as always. I have my corms I found today in the shallow puddle method until my leca arrives tomorrow. I think I will keep some in the shallow puddle to see the difference in my conditions here. Thanks so much!