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title: "Please help! My alocasia Polly had root rot I believe. Can these…"
description: "Please help! My alocasia Polly had root rot I believe. Can these bulbs be saved? Do they look healthy or no?"
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author: "Lindsay"
published: "2024-10-14T16:55:53.751839Z"
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# Please help! My alocasia Polly had root rot I believe. Can these…

_Geplaatst door Lindsay op 2024-10-14_

Please help! My alocasia Polly had root rot I believe. Can these bulbs be saved? Do they look healthy or no?

![Bijlage 1 van 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/2dVKUA1_j1WU2ca5Fy5HVfdbvurI9QAwJD_yvGEC7TY/3ev1ofzzQtmSKyTdNSm8DQ.webp?size=large)

![Bijlage 2 van 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/2dVKUA1_j1WU2ca5Fy5HVfdbvurI9QAwJD_yvGEC7TY/avxbrP_hRv6TtTg5AjAVUA.webp?size=large)

## 3 reacties

### Plant lover 2000 reageerde op 2024-10-14

They look healthy to me, trim off the rotted part of the roots and stick them in a jar with some water

#### Plant lover 2000 antwoordde op 2024-10-14

I'm not seeing any rotted part though

#### Aisha antwoordde op 2024-10-14

Those roots look great!  
Rot would be brown and mushy bits.  
If there isn’t any then I’d just rinse them in hydrogen peroxide and repot. I’ve heard you can successfully grow them in water too, so that might be worth a shot.  
My alocasia is alive again after it died on me because I let it try too hard and then watered it. Basically the roots went and desiccated, then rotted when I watered it. So now I keep it moist at all times and I think it might stay alive for me. If it does that again to I’m just going to stick it in water and forget about soil. 😂

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