I cannot figure out what Iāve done wrong with my elephant ear plant. Iām following plantas instructions on lighting and watering and every leaf has slowly turned yellow and died. Now my final two leaves are gonersā¦ I repotted to make sure there wasnāt root rotā¦. Any thoughts?
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 theyāre prone to both root rot AND dry rot. They want the perfect balance. Iāve also heard people have luck keeping them in a self-watering planter, in very chunky soil. But I havenāt tried that personally.
2 gillningar
Humidity? Iāve never had an alocasia before š
0 gillningar
Iād 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
0 gillningar
Iāve 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. Iāve never changed the soil because they are happy campers. Iāve 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.
Beautiful plants! My gosh, you have not only a green thumb but a green glitter thumb lol
1 gilla
I find plants tells me to water too often. Iāll check when itās recommended but 90% of the time I skip until next time
3 gillningar
Iāve 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. Iām 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 14ā pots) because they seem to grow their roots to fill them out.
0 gillningar