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title: "Can you propagate corms in damp sphagnum moss?"
description: "Can you propagate corms in damp sphagnum moss?"
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author: "Cc"
published: "2024-05-02T17:23:15.717023Z"
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# Can you propagate corms in damp sphagnum moss?

_Posted by Cc on 2024-05-02_

Can you propagate corms in damp sphagnum moss?

## 8 comments

### Lana Layne 🌺🪴🪻🌵🌸 commented on 2024-05-02

Yes you can but it’s not my favorite method. I prefer to use perlite. Well I like to use a mix of perlite, pon, \& fluval stratum, but perlite alone will work if you don’t have the other two. If you don’t have perlite moss will work, it just has a bigger risk of rot and takes much longer to sprout

#### Lana Layne 🌺🪴🪻🌵🌸 replied on 2024-05-03

That hasn’t been my experience, and I have grown many different alocasia corms, I also have many different plant friends who also have had the same experience. Because it’s also not just about sprouting the roots it’s about rot, you’re less likely to have any kind of corn rot with perlite

#### Lana Layne 🌺🪴🪻🌵🌸 replied on 2024-05-03

Corm\*

### Gabby commented on 2024-05-02

Yep! That’s how I do mine 😊 mix in some perlite w the moss and I also do slow release fertilizer (just a little bit) once they got roots

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/IVkVZo2ROc30aCduNVEo4wEPnsHkJEQnfVRiOJm0eJU/08fCCCQ9QO2XLUhhCwL0KQ.webp?size=large)

#### Cc replied on 2024-05-02

Thanks I love that one! What kind of alocasia is it?

#### Gabby replied on 2024-05-06

Frydek

### Mara commented on 2024-05-02

This was the result of my corms in sphagnum. They were left open in a disposable plastic cup, though humidity in my cabinet is above 80%

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### Gracie commented on 2024-05-02

Yess I love sphagnum moss for corms I’ve never had a problem with it but I have had rotting issues with perlite

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