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# we are new to being plant parents and having these two plants. we…

_Gepostet von Mae am 2024-05-29_

we are new to being plant parents and having these two plants. we would like some help if anyone can? all of a sudden yesterday, we noticed yellowing but aren’t sure what we’re doing wrong.

we’re going to repot the corkscrew today or tomorrow and i noticed this morning the soil in the alocasia is quite damp so maybe that?

any help is great, thankyou 🤣

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## 8 Kommentare

### Alyssa kommentierte am 2024-05-29

How often have you been watering them? The corkscrew one looks so cool btw

#### Mae antwortete am 2024-05-29

unless soil was too wet, we’ve been using the auto schedule so corkscrew two days and alocasia 8 days. it’s an interesting one isn’t it??

#### Alyssa antwortete am 2024-05-29

Kirasade is right for sure, definitely don’t use the auto schedule for watering, the corkscrew and the alocasia are probably turning yellow due to root rot from bad soil and overwatering. After doing some research looks like the corkscrew likes to be watered every week and a half. And alocasia is again like Kirasade said, they like to be consistently moist but not wet. Chopstick method is a good way to, I myself would recommend getting a moisture meter (I got mine for 8 bucks on Amazon), its perfect because it’ll tell you if the soil is wet, moist or dry. So for alocasia I’d let it get down to almost dry but still moist before you water again. For corkscrew it’s the same, keep it moist but not wet. Hopefully that helps too!

#### Tellie antwortete am 2024-05-29

Agreed.  
My zebrina like moist soil. If I let her get dry she will drop leaves like flies.

### Kirasade kommentierte am 2024-05-29

The questions I have is:  
1\) how often do you water?  
2\) what kind of soil do you have them in?

#### Mae antwortete am 2024-05-29

unless soil was too wet, we’ve been using the auto schedule so corkscrew two days and alocasia 8 days. the soil was what we purchased them both in from nursery so not too sure

#### Kirasade antwortete am 2024-05-29

So I’m not sure about the cork screw but the Zebrina I would put into a chunky aroid mix. They want to be consistently moist but not wet. Just make sure the mix has something that retains some moisture. I personally love Mollys Aroid mix. The box store soil tends to to be to dense and not very well draining. Another thing is a schedule is a good way to check your plants but I wouldn’t water them strictly on it. There’s going to be some days where the water didn’t evaporate do to the amount of sun/ temperature. So what I do is on the day it says to water I check with a chopstick and the weight. If they need a water I do it, if not I check back in in a couple of days. 🤷‍♀️

### Mae kommentierte am 2024-05-29

appreciate the advice, will absolutely pass it on!

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