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title: "What is wrong with my Alocasia silver dragon? The new leaves it’s put…"
description: "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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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Mackenzie"
published: "2023-07-26T23:00:10.602Z"
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# What is wrong with my Alocasia silver dragon? The new leaves it’s put…

_Posted by Mackenzie on 2023-07-26_

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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## 11 comments

### KelOlivi commented on 2023-07-27

That’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.

#### Mackenzie replied on 2023-07-27

I don’t water him often and when I do it’s when the soil is bone dry

#### iambijoux replied on 2023-07-27

I know mine doesn’t like to dry out. I keep her soil moist…

#### iambijoux replied on 2023-07-27

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### Ana commented on 2023-07-27

Definitely 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.

#### Mackenzie replied on 2023-07-27

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.

#### Ana replied on 2023-07-27

That must be the issue too! I think that mesh constraints the roots so that might be why they couldn’t handle the watering.

#### KelOlivi replied on 2023-07-28

Ahhhh death mesh, could for sure be part of the problem

### Mackenzie commented on 2023-07-27

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?

#### Ana replied on 2023-07-27

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 🤷🏻‍♀️

#### KelOlivi replied on 2023-07-28

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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