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title: "First-time alocasia mama! What are your best tips for these beauties?"
description: "First-time alocasia mama! What are your best tips for these beauties?"
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community: "Alocasia Aficionados"
author: "Janie"
published: "2024-04-21T17:14:00.050511Z"
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# First-time alocasia mama! What are your best tips for these beauties?

_Posted by Janie on 2024-04-21_

First-time alocasia mama! What are your best tips for these beauties?

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## 2 comments

### thekintsugidav commented on 2024-04-21

Pray.. 🤣😭

Seriously though, I would recommend:

• keeping them next to a humidifier with a fan on to prevent leafless tantrums.

• I also underwater mine by 10% as I haven’t had the best of luck with drainage through dirt.

• Buy a spray bottle, Cold Pressed Neem Oil, Dr. Bronners Peppermint Soap, Hydrogen Peroxide, Distilled Water and mix into a diluted solution to spray over the leaves to prevent pests :)

### ila commented on 2024-04-23

yes completely agree with above comment! also tropical, airy, aroid soil so it has plenty of drainage. they definitely don’t appreciate being over watered. plenty of indirect light!!! and humidity

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