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OG.99

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

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  1. Amira

    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

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  2. Amira

    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

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    • OG.99

      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!

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  3. Amira

    These are the babies

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    • OG.99

      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!

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    • OG.99

      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!

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    • Sunny

      Did you find root rot? I’m curious to find out why not this one melted. 🍀🪴

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    • Amira

      Yesssss that looks wayyyy better

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