Mackenzie
What is wrong with my Alocasia silver dragon? The new leaves it’s put out are perfect but the old ones are looking so ugly. What’s happening?
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KelOliviThat’s too much water uptake, him dripping from the ends. I’d suggest dialing back watering and make sure you are doing it based off recommended soil conditions vs any schedule.
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I don’t water him often and when I do it’s when the soil is bone dry
0 likes - iambijoux
I know mine doesn’t like to dry out. I keep her soil moist…
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AnaDefinitely staying wet for too long. You might not water that often but if the medium is not airy enough, it might still be staying too long.
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I just repotted and added extra perlite!! I also noticed something that I didn’t last time I repotted which was this mesh stuff that I heard Lowe’s and other stores put on the plant. So I took that off as well.
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That must be the issue too! I think that mesh constraints the roots so that might be why they couldn’t handle the watering.
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Ahhhh death mesh, could for sure be part of the problem
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- Mackenzie
Also should I give those leaves a chop or just leave them be? I know they won’t come back to normal so should I just chop and wait for new leaves?
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They seem fine otherwise so I would leave them because they are still providing energy to the plant and able to photosynthesize. But it is up to you. I think it’s okay to remove leaves if you just find them ugly and want your plant to look more aesthetic 🤷🏻♀️
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They’ll actually fry up once the issue is resolved and be totally fine sans maybe some loss where the tips were wet. I’d keep them
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