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title: "I’ve had this baby for almost a week now, just wondering if I should…"
description: "I’ve had this baby for almost a week now, just wondering if I should repot soon ? Also she sits in my bathroom is that ok ? First time having an alocasia tia 😇"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/fDITeQgiR86ixhqJNTcauQ"
community: "Alocasia Aficionados"
author: "Bri"
published: "2024-06-13T13:54:32.98545Z"
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# I’ve had this baby for almost a week now, just wondering if I should…

_Posted by Bri on 2024-06-13_

I’ve had this baby for almost a week now, just wondering if I should repot soon ? Also she sits in my bathroom is that ok ? First time having an alocasia tia 😇

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## 5 comments

### send\_nodes commented on 2024-06-13

She’s beautiful!

It’s up to you if you want to repot or not. I usually do, just so I can check out the roots and so I can use a soil mix that I’m already familiar with. Alocasias like a chunkier mix. If you find corms (they look like small bulbs), keep them!

Yes the bathroom is fine as long as she’s getting enough light 🌱

### Bri commented on 2024-06-13

Awesome thank you ! 😇 I got her for a steal ! I had to have her. I’ll be on the look out for any babies 😁 she has pretty good light in there and I pull back the curtain so she gets as much as the bathroom gives. Is a tropical and orchid bark mix ok ?

#### Bri replied on 2024-06-13

Also would you recommend keeping it in the nursery pot in the decorative pot or just plant straight in the decorative ?

#### send\_nodes replied on 2024-06-13

Yes, that soil mix sounds good. I use roughly half orchid bark for mine

Any pot that has a lot of drainage would be good. A lot of decorative pots just have 1 hole in the bottom, so I keep mine in nursery pots

#### Bri replied on 2024-06-13

Yesss it only has 1 hole is a 5’ pot. I’ll put a bit of half n half then 😇

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