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title: "Any more experienced plant people could give me some advice? I…"
description: "Any more experienced plant people could give me some advice? I planted my alocasia black velvet in pumice a few weeks ago and its started to look like this. I…"
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community: "Hydroponics & Semi-hydroponics"
author: "Alesha"
published: "2026-05-01T15:03:19.350303Z"
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# Any more experienced plant people could give me some advice? I…

_Posted by Alesha on 2026-05-01_

Any more experienced plant people could give me some advice? I planted my alocasia black velvet in pumice a few weeks ago and its started to look like this. I dont see many new water roots were as my other alocasia who i put in leca the same time is thriving. Im scared the roots are rotting but the plant seems unchanged any advice?

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## 2 comments

### plantgeek commented on 2026-05-01

i think you might be in trouble 😬😬 take it out and check asap. i don't think they should be that brown....

### NBo commented on 2026-07-12

It might be too much pumice, it looks over-stuffed. The water needs to evaporate. Start over, clean off the dead parts.

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