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Jcook

Hey all! I just got two new variegated alocasia frydek babies in the mail today. I’m pretty good with philodendrons and monsteras, but I’m a first time alocasia owner. Any tips and advice would be greatly appreciated, thank you!!

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  1. Dory

    I would give them a better pot. I water mine when the top inch or so is dry and run a humidifier twice a day (mine are small so they cut off when empty.. two full rounds is what I mean😅). They also get rotated with the grow lights. It totally is going to depend on your home and placement though as for if you’ll need to supplement with grow lights.

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    • Jcook

      Thanks! I have them next to a humidifier right now, just gotta remember to fill her up everyday lol

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  2. Bb

    Hi there, I grow all my alocasias in semi-hydro (LECA) and I find that they appreciate a wick style self watering pot :)

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    • Jcook

      I just bought some leca, thanks!

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    • Bb

      I use Growth Technology Foliage Focus (plus a few other non essential additives) in my nutrient solution. I use a concentration of 5ml/litre (mature plants you can go up to 7ml/litre). It’s really handy having different size plastic syringes to measure the nutrient solution accurately, depending on how big a batch you make up in one go. I usually make a 5L batch and normally use 25ml of Foliage Focus so I use a 20ml syringe to measure this out. Recently I bough glass measuring cups that have ml and oz printed on them and that’s pretty helpful too. Just make sure you do a bit of research on pH. Plants grown I semi-hydro like LECA or pon need to have their nutrient water adjusted to a ph of 5.5 to 6.5. That’s the ph that the roots need to take up the nutrients from the hydroponic fertiliser you add. Tap water is often somewhere in the range of neutral to alkaline but you won’t really know until you measure. You can use a ph test kit (like in science class at school, with different colours referring to the different degrees of acidity and alkalinity). I personally find this too annoying so I bought an inexpensive digital ph meter on eBay. You make your nutrient water, measure ph with that. Then add ph up (base) or ph down (acid) and remeasure until you’re in the right range. You get pretty quick at doing it though initially it’s a hassle. Best of luck!

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  3. Amie206

    I grow all my alocasia in self-watering, wick style pots with pon. Group them together and run a humidifier next to them. They can be heavy feeders so the mix in my self watering pot is Growth Technology Foliage Focus about 7ml/gallon of filtered water (1 1/2 capfuls) They can be magnets for pests, so I shower them once per month, cleaning off all the stems and leaves (both sides).

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    • Jcook

      Great times thank you so much!

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  4. Plant Dad

    I have some in pon and some in soil, both of which I let dry out almost completely before watering again. The more light the better; some.of mine even get some direct morning sun. They are hungry plants; I use half strength fertilizer with each watering. Depending on where yoh live, as someone else mentioned, a humidifier might be beneficial. Give them a good wipe down/shower here and there; Clean leaves mean better photosynthesis and also helps with pest prevention. Hope this helps =)

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    • Jcook

      All this did help, thank you!

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