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title: "Yellow spots on leaves. Is it overwatering ? I have an Alocasia…"
description: "Yellow spots on leaves. Is it overwatering ? I have an Alocasia scalprum that started showing bright yellow spots on some leaves soon after I bought it. It’s…"
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author: "Alfredo"
published: "2025-10-26T22:21:45.135103Z"
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# Yellow spots on leaves. Is it overwatering ? I have an Alocasia…

_Posted by Alfredo on 2025-10-26_

Yellow spots on leaves. Is it overwatering ?

I have an Alocasia scalprum that started showing bright yellow spots on some leaves soon after I bought it. It’s been about 2 months, and the mottling seems to be spreading. The spots are random across the blade (not from the margins) and don’t follow a neat interveinal pattern. Newer leaves look better but I’m not confident.

What I changed: I repotted from the nursery soil into a chunky aroid mix because the original mix seemed to hold too much water.

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## 1 comment

### Snail Diva commented on 2025-10-26

Are your newer leaves curling as well?  
That could be more worrisome than the yellowing.  
I would personally suspect improper lighting/humidity but on your plant, it seems to be localized on older leaves. I find scalprum especially sensitive to light.

Alocasias in general are heavy feeder so just make sure to fertilize frequently to delay losing the oldest leaves.

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