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title: "Help! What’s wrong with my alocasia? I water as indicated from…"
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# Help! What’s wrong with my alocasia? I water as indicated from…

_Opslået af Zzz den 2024-08-26_

Help! What’s wrong with my alocasia?  
I water as indicated from Planta: whenever the top layer is dry. I put it 3 feet from window in part shade part sun ( put it here only for photo as my desk is quite messy)  
I appreciate all help and tips. Thank you!

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## 7 kommentarer

### Tabi :) kommenterede den 2024-08-26

I recommended using a moisture meter! When it reaches a number on “low” give the plant some water :) or use a chop stick to see how wet the soil is . Sometimes the top layer dries quickly so it end ups getting too much water . Also , you could try removing the bad leaves and repotting by the good parts of the plant into a chunkier soil mix with more drainage , as well as bottom watering it. Hope this helps!

#### Zzz svarede den 2024-08-26

Thank you so much Tabi! I will try those tips :)

#### Tabi :) svarede den 2024-08-26

Of course! Anytime :)))

### eatyacarbs kommenterede den 2024-08-26

ok first of all, alocasia are triiiickyy so don’t take it too personally lol — something is up with this plant for sure. alocasia doesn’t like to dry out but this soil looks \*wet\* — there is definitely not enough drainage even with the clay pot

i would use a clean blade to remove the bad leaves (or the worst of them of they’re all affected) and get it \*\*gentlyyyy\*\* out of this soil. their roots are fussy so do you best to very carefully remove all the old soil. it might help to let it dry a bit more than what’s here in these photos before attempting this

mine (a jacklyn) is doing really well in a nursery pot, in a 1:1 ratio of peat and perlite, plus a handful of fine orchid bark (i think you could even skip the bark) it maintains a really good moisture level.

i have mine under a full spectrum grow light for 12 hours a day, which is admittedly more light than it truly needs but the leaves have been really big 😮‍💨

#### Zzz svarede den 2024-08-27

Thank you so much for those detailed tips and the support ❤️ the soil mix tips are super helpful. I’ll definitely fix up the soil.

### Surfside Seedling kommenterede den 2024-08-27

Does this pot have drainage holes? Alocasia polly are definitely tough to figure out and not always forgiving. Make sure you’re using a tropical soil mix, and maybe add some perlite for extra drainage.

#### Zzz svarede den 2024-08-27

Thank you for the question! It has the drainage hole but I’m using the all purpose soil mix. I’ll need to fix up the soil.

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