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title: "Hello everyone, I consider myself a good plant mom with over 50…"
description: "Hello everyone, I consider myself a good plant mom with over 50 plants thriving but I have one that is making me question myself 🤦🏼‍♀️ I recently got this…"
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author: "Kieley"
published: "2024-07-12T17:51:54.386336Z"
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# Hello everyone, I consider myself a good plant mom with over 50…

_Posted by Kieley on 2024-07-12_

Hello everyone,  
I consider myself a good plant mom with over 50 plants thriving but I have one that is making me question myself 🤦🏼‍♀️

I recently got this alocasia, when I got it it was way over watered and when I checked the roots at home the plant had very little to no roots and the roots it did have were way past rotten. I downsized the pot since it had no roots hoping that would help. It is in a semi chunky soil that I use for my other alocasias that are thriving. I went on vacation for three days and came back to this yellowing leaf. The plant looks very sad and upset but sure what to do to help it thrive. I’ve had this about a 8 days now and the new leaf hasn’t unfolded yet and I am thinking this is due to the plant being stressed because of the lack of roots and the plant giving all its energy to other areas of the plant to keep it alive.  
Any ideas? I absolutely hate cutting larger leaves off but would that possibly help? Any advice and ideas would be greatly appreciated thank you in advance!!

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## 4 comments

### send\_nodes commented on 2024-07-12

Alocasias are tough to care for, especially Polly/Amazonica. I’m transitioning all my alocasias to semihydro (pon) because they always seem to be overwatered or under watered. I’ve had them get root rot, and I’ve had them get dry rot. Seems like they need the exact perfect balance

### Dondoo52 commented on 2024-07-12

I hear a LOT of ppl say to transfer alocasias to pon which truly baffles me bc that places them on more water when the problem is being overwatered in the first place. I’m so confused as to how that works!

### Elle commented on 2024-07-12

I also have an alocasia polly and it sometimes gets those yellow/dry spots - I’ve found that this typically happens on the oldest leaves that are just getting old and dying off. It’s best to leave the leaf on until the plant naturally drops it as the rest of the plant will drain out the remaining energy from from this leaf

### Fedrigotti commented on 2024-07-14

I had this problem and I placed coffee grounds on the top soil. With in three weeks I had new leaves. Hope that helps

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