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AJ

I bought a healthy elephant ear from Trader Joe’s back over the summer. Long story short, I managed to slowly kill the main stalks and leaves. This was either through an accident causing physical trauma (one time I put it outside for some sun and it tipped over in the wind and a main leaf stalk broke in half.) or just poor care (waiting too long to repot it from its nursery post. When I finally did, it never developed strong roots, tipped over, and eventually died after I tried in vain to save it.) During its early time with me though when it was thriving, it sprouted this tiny little “baby leaf” near it in the pot. In some plants like aloe it would be called a “pup”, but not sure if the same terminology applies here. Throughout everything, only this lone leaf has survived. I’ve been leaving it in this pot for the last several weeks and while it hasn’t gotten worse, it’s not gotten any bigger than this. Is this as big as it’s going to get? Should I cut my losses and start over entirely with a new elephant ear? - A newbie in over her head 🥲

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  1. Bella56

    I’ve bought a few plants from Trader Joe’s and they were never in the right soil, resulting in root rot. I would definitely recommend putting it in a 2/3 inch pot with drainage holes. The soil looks ok, you could add an additional amendment such as vermiculite or coco coir to help with aeration of the soil but not necessary. Make sure it has bright indirect light, not too cold temps, water when the soil is dry and increasing humidity also helps. Ps The bulbs in the soil are called corms and grow off the mother plant. 🙂

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    • AJ

      Thank You So much for the feedback! So do corms grow up to be a big, pretty elephant ear plant? It has looked exactly like this for weeks 😕

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  2. Bella56

    They do, you just have to put them in the right conditions. I propagated some corms from my first alocasia and they’re thriving now.

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