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title: "I was worried but I’m learning, I’m learning🤷🏻‍♂️ Learned today…"
description: "I was worried but I’m learning, I’m learning🤷🏻‍♂️ Learned today Alocasia releases this chemical at the tips"
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Timmyturner"
published: "2024-03-14T22:32:01.936255Z"
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# I was worried but I’m learning, I’m learning🤷🏻‍♂️ Learned today…

_Geplaatst door Timmyturner op 2024-03-14_

I was worried but I’m learning, I’m learning🤷🏻‍♂️  
Learned today Alocasia releases this chemical at the tips

![Bijlage 1 van 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/i4o7TKELOLfU49ny5k49N9RelVpY8nFEcdWw33LJdyw/4_DPzY0dSPm4QTWhMTLrWQ.webp?size=large)

![Bijlage 2 van 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/i4o7TKELOLfU49ny5k49N9RelVpY8nFEcdWw33LJdyw/k01eGdxTQWS-t9raEPp7Zg.webp?size=large)

## 10 reacties

### OGForestGreen reageerde op 2024-03-14

What is it? I always thought it was just excess water.

### PlantLady reageerde op 2024-03-14

It is mostly water, with very small amounts of minerals and carbohydrates. It’s called guttation.

#### Timmyturner antwoordde op 2024-03-14

Yup

#### PlantLady antwoordde op 2024-03-14

So a chemical in the scientific definition of a chemical, but not a chemical in layman’s terms of what a chemical is.

#### OGForestGreen antwoordde op 2024-03-14

That’s interesting. Do the plants still excrete the chemicals if watered properly? Does the excretion effect the plant at all?

#### PlantLady antwoordde op 2024-03-14

Yeah they can. Guttation occurs when the roots take up more water than the above ground portion of the plant can use, so plants expel the extra water through the leaves. Some plants are more prone to guttation than others. My banana tree always does it even though I water it properly.

#### PlantLady antwoordde op 2024-03-14

And no it doesn’t hurt the plant at all. It actually helps them because it prevents them from getting edema which is what happens when it can’t expel the excess water.

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