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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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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…

_Lagt ut av Crazy alocasia lady den 2025-05-06_

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 😩

![Vedlegg 1 av 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/Z5bwBbJvIZBGXSny-Ufrmn-pIJ5-bYiGZfmbLWmykeQ/KYl4yO14TVSrCH1750DUaA.webp?size=large)

## 12 kommentarer

### Wolfen 🐺 kommenterte den 2025-05-06

What's the fertilizer ratio?

#### Crazy alocasia lady svarte den 2025-05-06

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

#### Wolfen 🐺 svarte den 2025-05-06

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

### Wolfen 🐺 kommenterte den 2025-05-06

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

#### Crazy alocasia lady svarte den 2025-05-06

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

#### Wolfen 🐺 svarte den 2025-05-06

Are they fat or pointy?

#### Crazy alocasia lady svarte den 2025-05-06

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

#### Crazy alocasia lady svarte den 2025-05-06

This is what they look like.

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

#### Wolfen 🐺 svarte den 2025-05-06

Those do look like gnats

### Sunny kommenterte den 2025-05-06

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.

![Vedlegg 1 av 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/wefqOljjhEOiS9LRzOB1-QhxkVJiB4A5DGumXhnNrhs/UI4u7XdyQi2KLqZ5RLfs3w.webp?size=large)

#### Crazy alocasia lady svarte den 2025-05-06

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

#### Sunny svarte den 2025-05-07

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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