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Harvester.3000

So I’m a little confused my silver dragon has been losing leaves and they have just kinda started falling off and they are are just squishy and easy to pull off

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  1. Rachael

    How is the drainage of the pot? Have you inspected the roots for rot?

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    • Harvester.3000

      He is in a nursery pot so drainage is good I use a mix of soil for airy and good drainage

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    • Rachael

      That’s good then if it has plenty of drainage it may be a watering schedule issue so I would definitely check the roots for rot. Cut off any squishy bits, spray with alcohol and then try to water on a slower schedule than usual

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  2. Kat

    Sounds like possibly overwatering and/or not enough light. Might need to check roots for rot if the leaves are squishy! Cut any mushy stinky root rot off and spray the root ball with 3% peroxide. You don’t have to dilute or rinse off the peroxide.

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    • Harvester.3000

      I need to do that cause I’m slowly losing all my leaves

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  3. GreenLeaf

    It also looks like maybe your pot is a bit too big? Once you check the roots, maybe downsize by one to make sure it can get re-established. Or if you find its roots are mostly gone then only go 1-2” larger than whatever rootball you have left.

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    • Harvester.3000

      Thank you sm it just threw me for a loop cause all my other Alocsia are thriving

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  4. nosugartonight

    Don’t necessarily throw the stem away if you loose all the leaves. Alocasias are also tough and can start growing. I had the majority of my mother plant die on me after I up potted into a pot way too big (before I knew better). It threw out all these corms into the soil and I put the pot outside during the Canadian prairie summer. I didn’t know there was anything living in there until end of summer after doing nothing with that pot (just storing it) a bunch of babies came up

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