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title: "I’d love opinions on what could be going on with my black velvet…"
description: "I’d love opinions on what could be going on with my black velvet alocasia leaves. About three months ago, all my new leaves started to get yellow/white dots.…"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Crazy alocasia lady"
published: "2025-05-06T20:03:51.682927Z"
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# I’d love opinions on what could be going on with my black velvet…

_Crazy alocasia lady님이 2025-05-06에 게시함_

I’d love opinions on what could be going on with my black velvet alocasia leaves.

About three months ago, all my new leaves started to get yellow/white dots. Even my corm propagations. I thought ugh spider mites so I treated all my plants for 3 consecutive weeks with alcohol, soap and water sprays. It keeps happening even after this.

I decided to repot and look at the roots, no root rot.

I use a low concentration fertilizer with every watering which is about every 2 weeks due to the humidity here in Florida. These are inside babies but get an open window for natural humidity. Chunky plant soil.

Halp 😩

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/Z5bwBbJvIZBGXSny-Ufrmn-pIJ5-bYiGZfmbLWmykeQ/KYl4yO14TVSrCH1750DUaA.webp?size=large)

## 12개의 댓글

### Wolfen 🐺님이 2025-05-06에 댓글을 남겼어요.

What's the fertilizer ratio?

#### Crazy alocasia lady님이 2025-05-06에 답변했습니다.

It is a 2-2-2 into a gallon jug

#### Wolfen 🐺님이 2025-05-06에 답변했습니다.

I would get a stronger fertilizer, that's extremely low

### Wolfen 🐺님이 2025-05-06에 댓글을 남겼어요.

I was going to say it looks like maybe thrips or deficiency. Especially if you're getting it in corm babies.

#### Crazy alocasia lady님이 2025-05-06에 답변했습니다.

I some fungal gnats but wonder if they could be thrips!

#### Wolfen 🐺님이 2025-05-06에 답변했습니다.

Are they fat or pointy?

#### Crazy alocasia lady님이 2025-05-06에 답변했습니다.

They are chunky, dark colored and tend to fly out between my slip pots which is why I was thinking gnats.

#### Crazy alocasia lady님이 2025-05-06에 답변했습니다.

This is what they look like.

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/Z5bwBbJvIZBGXSny-Ufrmn-pIJ5-bYiGZfmbLWmykeQ/F2mWgZaVQgC-5XJpV6oEoA.webp?size=large)

#### Wolfen 🐺님이 2025-05-06에 답변했습니다.

Those do look like gnats

### Sunny님이 2025-05-06에 댓글을 남겼어요.

It might be sensitive to the water if everything else looks fine. Are you using Florida tap water? Tap water can be hard in parts of Florida. The photo is of my recent purchase with layers of hard water deposits. Try using distilled or filtered water.

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/wefqOljjhEOiS9LRzOB1-QhxkVJiB4A5DGumXhnNrhs/UI4u7XdyQi2KLqZ5RLfs3w.webp?size=large)

#### Crazy alocasia lady님이 2025-05-06에 답변했습니다.

I use filtered water from our Brita tank…do you think I should switch to distilled?

#### Sunny님이 2025-05-07에 답변했습니다.

The filtered Brita water should be enough. You can test a few plants with distilled water for a month or two to see if it makes a difference.

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