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title: "Help, my Elephant plant keeps drying up after a few weeks of budding…"
description: "Help, my Elephant plant keeps drying up after a few weeks of budding a new leaf. Is this normal?"
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author: "Andrea"
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# Help, my Elephant plant keeps drying up after a few weeks of budding…

_Andrea님이 2024-09-08에 게시함_

Help, my Elephant plant keeps drying up after a few weeks of budding a new leaf. Is this normal?

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/gU-jP-t_Qjh7XVI3Ml01-rb-yRPb-z69ZBDWU7E5z3U/dto4eK6hTIm_EWyqQ4WBAQ.webp?size=large)

## 5개의 댓글

### anna:)님이 2024-09-08에 댓글을 남겼어요.

i have the same problem with my alocasia polly’s… it almost seems like it’s putting all of its energy into the new leaf

### Sunny님이 2024-09-08에 댓글을 남겼어요.

This variety likes evenly moist soil. It does put a lot of energy into growing new large leaves and can use up more water.

They thrive in full sun and has dark green leaves when grown in bright direct light. The yellowing leaves could be a watering issue and/or insufficient lighting.

### K님이 2024-09-08에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Your plant is pretty chlorotic, so you’ve got some kind of nutrient deficiency going on. It may be breaking down older leaves to try to resorb the nutrients used to build them. Do you fertilize? These guys are very heavy feeders.

This pattern looks like a mag deficiency just at first glance.

### Abi’s Plants님이 2024-09-09에 댓글을 남겼어요.

I had the same problem with mine. I was never able to keep more than two leaves at a time. I moved it outside and it started doing so much better. I believe they love a lot of sunlight

### Andrea님이 2024-09-19에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Thank you everyone!

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