Is this baby ready to graduate from its long time watery home? If so, what is the very best medium for this plant to grow in? I’ve heard that Alocasias like leca, or something similar, mediums with which I am not familiar. Advice, please! TIA…
I had the same variation of alocasia corm and it molded in water 🫠
0 Mi piace Well, I guess all I can say is, I must be lucky! I didn’t even think this corm could be propped, but got some advice from other Planta members to try propping it. This prop has been in this glass for several moons; it took forever for it to start rooting. However, she looks like she’s going to make it; she’s even grown that leaf, which was not there when I started propping her! I want to give her the best chance there is, so that’s why I’m asking more experienced individuals what medium I should prop her in. So sorry about your prop; I’m not informed enough to comment on the problem of mold on your prop. Maybe somebody will chime in, and give you some insight on this.
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That sucks, I'm sorry. You could try treating with Growsafe, or similar. Even a swim in some peroxide would help kill off any spores
1 mi piace Yea, should be good. Make sure to heavy water it at first, so it transitions to plain media well
2 Mi piace As far as mediums go, would you just put this prop into a good lightweight soil, or have you had experience with something like leca, or similar mediums? TIA…
0 Mi piace If i was going to organic, I'd use a chunky mix (soil, perlite, orchid bark, gypsum, charcoal, Mycorrhizal. Is my usual), just avoid any pre-mixes with heavy peat. Leca or pon would work as well. I have several alocasia in both and they seem to like it. I'd say they seem to like the pon more than the leca, I think thats simply because the pon has fertilizer additives
1 mi piace Any tips on using pon? I haven’t used it before. TIA…
0 Mi piace The main thing is getting all the soil off, which you don't need to do, since it's already in water. I haven't really used self watering pots with my pon yet. .... I just water them like normal. I did just get a few self waterers to actually use that way lol. You can see the water level in them. I had just gotten some new plants before I left on vacation for 5 days and didn't want any wilting. You loop the wick up so it touches the bottom portion of the roots, then it'll dangle down into the reservoir that you will with water.
Yeah they're done for, the corms went squishy...
1 mi piace 😂😂😂! So sorry…
0 Mi piace Next time, next time
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I moved all my alocasias in pon and they are thriving
2 Mi piace In a self watering pot
1 mi piace Tips on using pon? I haven’t used it before. TIA…
0 Mi piace What’s your favorite self watering pot? TIA…
0 Mi piace I use the pots with water level indicator not the ones with the whisk and I use lechuza pon
1 mi piace TXS for your comments; they’re all very helpful! Have you researched the DIY pon? I’ve watched several videos on this, and I’m seriously thinking of ordering the different substrates and making my own. It’s a real $$ saver, from what I can tell. Interested?
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