--- title: "I need help with this one! I typically pretty set on caring for…" description: "I need help with this one! I typically pretty set on caring for Alocasia’s but- I just moved back home to Florida & my alocasia that I bought here (in Florida,…" url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/zIX1gmS3vCzPN6vv2AguHd?language=de" community: "Pests, diseases and problems" author: "OG.99" published: "2024-12-27T04:49:01.729327Z" language: "en" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/FlNw2NQ8-Xgxsnq7ohh7To2VszpTAfQt9N9cH9y7oMA/ngTaqcAkRTa2UVjScFFSYQ.webp?size=large" --- [Community](https://getplanta.com/community.md?language=de) / [Pests, diseases and problems](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ.md?language=de) # I need help with this one! I typically pretty set on caring for… _Gepostet von OG.99 am 2024-12-27_ I need help with this one! I typically pretty set on caring for Alocasia’s but- I just moved back home to Florida \& my alocasia that I bought here (in Florida, about 8 weeks ago) and recently the foliage has been doing this one by one. i assume root rot. My Other alocasia’s are fine and keeping the soil from being completely dried out Does Great with them all but Maybe since i bought this here and because of our Hot weather its used to drying out? Ive never Had a plant literally Melt away like this haha ![Anhang 1 von 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/FlNw2NQ8-Xgxsnq7ohh7To2VszpTAfQt9N9cH9y7oMA/ngTaqcAkRTa2UVjScFFSYQ.webp?size=large) ## 8 Kommentare ### Amira kommentierte am 2024-12-27 Pot is wayyy too big. It could also be because your not providing enough light I’d get a grow light for ex coverage yours is a bit smaller then mine ![Anhang 1 von 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/BFj9HZiEODL22ZEG_AEzZSEnD8iUyiGsBqc4cOnjY-8/3TGaNFXGT1O_JRniWSx3JA.webp?size=large) ### Amira kommentierte am 2024-12-27 You want the roots to be 1-2 inches smaller then your pot I love using terracotta pots cause it absorbs a lot of the ex water so it keeps your plants more dry #### OG.99 antwortete am 2024-12-27 I do have a terra-cotta pot, but it does not have drainage hole in but I am going to a plant shop near me soon and I will look at the terra-cotta pots. The ones that I have that have holes are being used with with a couple of my tropical plants! ### Amira kommentierte am 2024-12-27 These are the babies ![Anhang 1 von 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/BFj9HZiEODL22ZEG_AEzZSEnD8iUyiGsBqc4cOnjY-8/S4Y6LN6nQBucwhivJsHAiw.webp?size=large) #### OG.99 antwortete am 2024-12-27 Hello, thank you for the reply. You’re alocasia’s look beautiful! So with the pot set up going on the pot may seem like it’s too big, but it is actually 1-2 inches bigger than the root system. It just looks better because it is a self watering pot which I don’t have water in it. I just use it for decoration pot pretty much. the foliage was full and great when I first got it from the place I purchased it . They definitely let it sit and dry out completely and my alocasia’s that I have already aren’t used to that (being dried out) and I don’t have a problem with any of them but this one! when I got this one the tips of them were browning so that kinda gave me an indication that they’re letting them dry out I think that me bring them into my house and treat them like my other five alocasia’s isnt the move lol. I am going to check the system on this one because I know it’s rot for sure and then leave it how the nursery I got it from does (let it completely dry out) and go from there and hope for the best and I live in Florida, so we have bright direct sunlight and it sits pretty close to window during the day! Again thank you For Replying and Letting me know babe! #### OG.99 antwortete am 2024-12-27 I Put It in a Terra-cotta pot with the drainage hole I found in my garage lol hopefully this will do better and the roots look like they didn’t have any root rot but i did switch to terra-cotta out of plastic! ![Anhang 1 von 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/FlNw2NQ8-Xgxsnq7ohh7To2VszpTAfQt9N9cH9y7oMA/oy3EcZMjTDeRhHaQyKQuUA.webp?size=large) #### Sunny antwortete am 2024-12-27 Did you find root rot? I’m curious to find out why not this one melted. 🍀🪴 #### Amira antwortete am 2024-12-28 Yesssss that looks wayyyy better --- _Die Planta-Community (https://getplanta.com). Lesen ist für alle offen. Um Beiträge zu erstellen, zu kommentieren und zu liken, hol dir die Planta App: https://getplanta.com/download_