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title: "hey all! i swear my polly mom hates me. so she’s produced corms and…"
description: "hey all! i swear my polly mom hates me. so she’s produced corms and I’ve sprouted them perfectly. mom on the other hand feels like she’s losing the will to…"
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community: "Alocasia Aficionados"
author: "pauli"
published: "2025-07-28T19:36:48.293711Z"
language: "en"
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# hey all! i swear my polly mom hates me. so she’s produced corms and…

_Posted by pauli on 2025-07-28_

hey all! i swear my polly mom hates me. so she’s produced corms and I’ve sprouted them perfectly. mom on the other hand feels like she’s losing the will to live. she used to be much fuller but over the past two months she let go of 4 leaves. when i first got her she had two flowers (which i cut off because i was very new at being a plant parent but now i realized i should’ve just left them) and that made her drop two leaves. i left for a long weekend in june and she got upset and said good bye to two more leaves. nooooow she’s upset again and is letting go of two more leaves. do you think these leaves are going because two new flowers are emerging or she hates me cause i stole her babies and they’re doing amazing without her? i’m joking about plant baby-napping. i water her when the top two inches are dry and I’ve checked her roots and they look fine. it does take her about two weeks for the top two inches to dry so maybe she’s not draining fast enough? any advice is greatly appreciated. i don’t wanna give up on mamacita!

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## 6 comments

### Resilient Roots commented on 2025-07-28

Alocasia can do dormant, it may be worth researching this and the conditions the plant sometimes needs to avoid it.

#### Resilient Roots replied on 2025-07-28

After having something similar happen to me, I split two rhizomes and placed one into Pon and one into Leca. The one is Leca is doing the best

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#### pauli replied on 2025-07-28

very interesting! i will look into this. thank you so much!

### CL8ON commented on 2025-07-28

I would think by just looks it’s over or under watering… may check the roots

#### pauli replied on 2025-07-29

i’ll check again. thanks!

### CL8ON commented on 2025-07-29

They do love humidity! Just another thing to think off

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