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title: "Does anyone have their Alocasias in leca? HELP 😊. I transferred her…"
description: "Does anyone have their Alocasias in leca? HELP 😊. I transferred her about 2 1/2 months ago. She was doing GREAT! Even put out a new leaf. Last time I went to…"
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community: "Alocasia Aficionados"
author: "Amie206"
published: "2024-08-23T14:57:36.701907Z"
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# Does anyone have their Alocasias in leca? HELP 😊. I transferred her…

_Posted by Amie206 on 2024-08-23_

Does anyone have their Alocasias in leca? HELP 😊. I transferred her about 2 1/2 months ago. She was doing GREAT! Even put out a new leaf. Last time I went to check the water level I noticed the yellow and brown, with “mushy” tips and thought I mixed my nutrient solution to strong. So I adjusted it and topped off the cache pot (filling about 1/3). The leaf with the significant “yuck”, has developed since that. Thoughts? Do you let the cache pot be DRY before you add more nutrient solution?

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## 3 comments

### Paulina | Semi-Hydro commented on 2024-08-23

What nutrient solution are you using? Are you using tap water?

I don’t have any of my alocasias in leca, but all are in pon and they love it. I use a wick system setup instead of a cache pot with reservoir, because they don’t like to be TOO wet, but they like to be consistently moist and not to dry out very much (in my experience). I also use distilled water for mine instead of tap water.

#### Amie206 replied on 2024-08-24

I’m using GT Foliage Focus and distilled water. When I had it in water, I also included GT Root Zone, but once the roots were good, I transferred to the leca.

Recently, I put a brand new baby Jacklyn (third one I’ve tried) into pon with a wick set up so I’m glad to hear your Alocasias like that set up

#### Paulina | Semi-Hydro replied on 2024-08-25

If the Jacklyn does well maybe consider the same setup for this guy. Sounds like you’re doing everything right, maybe it it just doesn’t like leca haha? Sorry I can’t be of any better help, not tried alocasias in leca myself.

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