--- 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=ko" 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" --- [커뮤니티](https://getplanta.com/community.md?language=ko) / [Pests, diseases and problems](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ.md?language=ko) # I need help with this one! I typically pretty set on caring for… _OG.99님이 2024-12-27에 게시함_ 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 ![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/FlNw2NQ8-Xgxsnq7ohh7To2VszpTAfQt9N9cH9y7oMA/ngTaqcAkRTa2UVjScFFSYQ.webp?size=large) ## 8개의 댓글 ### Amira님이 2024-12-27에 댓글을 남겼어요. 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 ![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/BFj9HZiEODL22ZEG_AEzZSEnD8iUyiGsBqc4cOnjY-8/3TGaNFXGT1O_JRniWSx3JA.webp?size=large) ### Amira님이 2024-12-27에 댓글을 남겼어요. 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.99님이 2024-12-27에 답변했습니다. 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! ### Amira님이 2024-12-27에 댓글을 남겼어요. These are the babies ![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/BFj9HZiEODL22ZEG_AEzZSEnD8iUyiGsBqc4cOnjY-8/S4Y6LN6nQBucwhivJsHAiw.webp?size=large) #### OG.99님이 2024-12-27에 답변했습니다. 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.99님이 2024-12-27에 답변했습니다. 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! ![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/FlNw2NQ8-Xgxsnq7ohh7To2VszpTAfQt9N9cH9y7oMA/oy3EcZMjTDeRhHaQyKQuUA.webp?size=large) #### Sunny님이 2024-12-27에 답변했습니다. Did you find root rot? I’m curious to find out why not this one melted. 🍀🪴 #### Amira님이 2024-12-28에 답변했습니다. Yesssss that looks wayyyy better --- _Planta 커뮤니티 (https://getplanta.com). 누구나 읽을 수 있습니다. 게시물을 올리고, 댓글을 달고, 좋아요를 누르려면 Planta 앱을 다운로드하세요: https://getplanta.com/download_