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title: "Hello and HELP! My alocasia Polly has lost 5 leaves in the past 2…"
description: "Hello and HELP! My alocasia Polly has lost 5 leaves in the past 2 weeks by the stems drooping and leaves turning yellow. Now…it has droopy stems and they look…"
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# Hello and HELP! My alocasia Polly has lost 5 leaves in the past 2…

_Publicado por Huskyboo el 2023-06-21_

Hello and HELP! My alocasia Polly has lost 5 leaves in the past 2 weeks by the stems drooping and leaves turning yellow. Now…it has droopy stems and they look I’m guessing dehydrated. One of them looks this way so I watered the plant when the soil was dry (since I know they prefer more dry soil) and then even after watering the stem in the back began drooping with the same stem issue.

Help… 😭😭😭

3rd photos shows that it’s about 3 feet from south facing window and a humidifier 2 feet away…

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## 11 comentarios

### xoana comentó el 2023-06-21

Alocasias actually like damp soil, I never let the soil dry out completely. I’m guessing it’s due to underwatering if the stems are dry and limp.

#### Huskyboo respondió el 2023-06-21

Ooo really? I’ve been told that they like the be dried out and not wet! 😅

#### Huskyboo respondió el 2023-06-21

But I’ll try keeping it more moist!

#### xoana respondió el 2023-06-21

They don’t necessarily like “wet” soil but I just make sure the soil is damp throughout! They definitely stay more on the moist side.

#### Jmrmichelle respondió el 2023-06-21

I go by if the top inch is dry all the way around container, then it's time to water, but not overwatering! 🙂

### Jmrmichelle comentó el 2023-06-21

Overall your Alocasia appears healthy? I've heard that they'll lose a leaf when pushing out a new one! Looks like maybe a new leaf coming up? I could be seeing it wrong ... otherwise, I don't let mine stay too wet, or too dry and as much INDIRECT sunlight as possible!! Good luck!

#### Rachthequeen respondió el 2023-06-22

Check the roots. Is there mesh netting from when you bought if? If so, pull it off and repot.

#### tays\_plant\_babies respondió el 2023-06-22

Came here to say that!! This is what happened to mine, but noticed it too late and none of the roots were healthy anymore so I had to toss them 🥺😭

#### Huskyboo respondió el 2023-06-22

Hi! Yes other than the drooping it appears to be healthy! That new leaf has been there since I bought it.

#### Huskyboo respondió el 2023-06-22

I repotted it once I brought it home and there wasn’t any mesh netting thank goodness

### LearningPlantMom comentó el 2023-06-22

This is partly due to the fact that a new leave is growing form the ant. Leaves fall, or plant becomes weak when trying to produce a new plant/sprout/pup… don’t worry too much, is should recover. A quick hack for this is… once you find the new leave growing, gently remove it and it’s roots from the soil and the mother plant. Then, repot it and start growing another one!

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