This is the Pink Dragon that I brought home in December. It has held onto this one leaf until yesterday when I noticed it was starting to yellow. The roots still look really healthy. My question is, how do I know if my plant is dying vs. going dormant? I know that alocasias also tend to âcycleâ when adjusting to a new home. Could that be whatâs going on here? Let me know what you think!
I hate to say but it looks like itâs dying. Iâd pull it out and check the roots. Soil looks like itâs kept damp. It needs to dry out and needs air. Are there roots on the side of the cup? They might have rotted away. When a plant goes dormant, it just stays the way it is till itâs ready to grow again.
2 gillningar It was completely dry yesterday and thatâs when it started yellowing. I typically add enough water to moisten the fluval stratum/perlite mix but not enough for any sitting water. As soon as it was dry for a day or two it started yellowing. The blue is firm and the roots are pink and white like theyâve always been.
Alocasia love water, till they don't. I would un pot it, remove anything that might be mushy, and spray with peroxide dilution. Then repot with a chunky mix in something with drainage.
3 gillningar Seeing the above, it may just be wanting a larger pot than
2 gillningar Hereâs a better photo of the roots
Oh yea, those look good!
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Time for a repot?
2 gillningar Yea, i think baby wants a bigger home lol
3 gillningarMaybe it needs more nutrients from more soil. The larger pot may help. If it loses its leaf it isnât necessarily dead either. As long as the base of the plant doesnât become mushy and the roots look healthy keep it. They can shoot up new growth
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You definitely should get it into a pot with drainage holes! Alcoasias do not like wet soil! Did you check to see if the soil down at root level had dried out some? Or did you just eyeball it by looking at the top of the soil. I know my sister lost many plants because of this issue! So I definitely learned from her experience. What type of soil do you have it planted in?
0 gillningar Itâs in a fluval stratum and perlite mix. Itâs still in the setup I brought it home in just a month or two ago. I bought it as a one leaf corm. Because the container is clear I can see when itâs dry and I donât let it dry out for long and itâs been working so far but it dried out for a whole day and I donât think it liked that.
0 gillningar Ohhh yeah! It must not have! I was going to ask if you had some perlite in there! Did you repot it? Hopefully thatâs all she needed! Another watering and my room! I had one that lost all leaves but because it had a nice strong root system after a month or two it finally started sprouting new leaves!
1 gilla I havenât repotted yet! I should be getting it into a mix in the next few days! Hopefully itâll be happier and regrow for me!
0 gillningar More room* sorry!
0 gillningar My fingers are crossed for ya! Good luck!
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