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title: "I cannot figure out what I’ve done wrong with my elephant ear plant.…"
description: "I cannot figure out what I’ve done wrong with my elephant ear plant. I’m following plantas instructions on lighting and watering and every leaf has slowly…"
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# I cannot figure out what I’ve done wrong with my elephant ear plant.…

_FCplantmama님이 2024-07-16에 게시함_

I cannot figure out what I’ve done wrong with my elephant ear plant. I’m following plantas instructions on lighting and watering and every leaf has slowly turned yellow and died. Now my final two leaves are goners… I repotted to make sure there wasn’t root rot…. Any thoughts?

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/3Gx6ydPsrCzuexLj0-cP4vwmYCsk0HiYWrmkYcQbZcg/UaP54AdPSsir7GBkKLjv9g.webp?size=large)

## 7개의 댓글

### send\_nodes님이 2024-07-16에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Alocasias are the most difficult plants that I have, by far. I ended up changing all of mine to pon (semi-hydro) because watering seems to always be an issue with these guys.

They want a lot of oxygen around their roots, but they also want constant access to the water. But they’re prone to both root rot AND dry rot. They want the perfect balance.

I’ve also heard people have luck keeping them in a self-watering planter, in very chunky soil. But I haven’t tried that personally.

### Mossy-paws님이 2024-07-16에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Humidity? I’ve never had an alocasia before 😅

### Alyssa님이 2024-07-16에 댓글을 남겼어요.

I’d given yours a chop back and only leave about six inches of stem, keep it in bright indirect light, good humidity conditions and like send nodes said, keep it consistently moist but not drowning

### Sunny님이 2024-07-16에 댓글을 남겼어요.

I’ve had two pots of upright elephant ears plants almost 15 years. They get 1/2 sun, 1/2 shade until noon and get shade the rest of the day. They are in the original nursery pots. I’ve never changed the soil because they are happy campers.

I’ve added compost each spring. The new corms have filled in the pots with new plants pushing out most of the soil. They get plenty of rain water about every 10 days. I fertilize once a month when I remember.

I recommend you give the plant more light. They take more light than expected. Let the soil dry out before watering again.

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/wefqOljjhEOiS9LRzOB1-QhxkVJiB4A5DGumXhnNrhs/EG-D1_M7Ttic8QGVnyVXJw.webp?size=large)

#### Alyssa님이 2024-07-16에 답변했습니다.

Beautiful plants! My gosh, you have not only a green thumb but a green glitter thumb lol

### Danuta님이 2024-07-16에 댓글을 남겼어요.

I find plants tells me to water too often. I’ll check when it’s recommended but 90% of the time I skip until next time

### K님이 2024-07-16에 댓글을 남겼어요.

I’ve got a few of these and definitely agree with the above. Give lots of light, humidity as high as feasible, and also they seem to be very heavy feeders. I’m currently giving double the dosage recommended on the bottle. They also grow much better on the warm side of temperatures.

Did you grow from corm or buy as an established plant? Sometimes big corms end up in smaller pots than would be ideal with these guys. I usually like to keep my alocasia pretty snug but these guys go straight into large pots with me (I think mine are in 14” pots) because they seem to grow their roots to fill them out.

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