Alocasia babies are quite fragile. :( I've found that keeping them in a high humid and warm environment stops them from dying. And the. It gets older in 3 or 4 months I took the polly out.
@@danijackie Thank you for the advice! I guess my next project will be a greenhouse 🤷🏾♀️ Out of my total 5 alocasia I’ve purchased 3 are actually thriving, 1 is struggling, and 1 died. I would love to have more and will follow your advice 🙏🏾
Two tips, they can't sit in moist soil without basically dying (even though they do great in just water for whatever reason)only water when the soil is dry or use really REALLY chunky/woody soil. And they REALLY need to be heavily rootbound, they prefer it for some reason, keep them in smaller pots than you think makes sense.
It’s funny because I recorded that journey on my TikTok page. My followers over there remember me being a hot mess after it started declining. We all breathed a collective sigh of relief when it bounced back! 😅
@@leafydivathis video was really good thank you! I’m the first to go buy plant stuff I probably won’t/don’t need so this hit home!😂 I just followed you can’t wait to see you other videos! ❤
In my experience, alocasias absolutely love being repotted. Doesn't even matter what you pot them in, even if you put them back into the exact same pot they'll start growing like crazy
My Jacklyn alocasia did this. She immediately started growing huge the moment I put her in a tropical soil mixture and gave her some liquid fertilizer. They like lots of fertilizer, indirect light(or grow lights), and a decent tropical soil mixture with some good drainage.
Alocasias have very sensitive roots and every little tug and pull makes them scream and drop their leaves. Since knowing this info I usually skip the root cleaning part and just take the bundle with roots and substrate and repot it into slightly bigger one. Had no issues since then, I have an Amazonica as well she handled very repot like a champ. The only thing I do is I carefully steal some of their little knot babies but other than that I don’t touch the roots
I agree, I never mess with a plants roots It just doesn't work for me. My friend just messed with my monsteras roots and it's looking so sad right now. I wish she hadn't done that.
Guys, not to scare you but I cut my most of my plant’s roots with scissors when I don’t want to move to a bigger pot and they LOVE this. Now tbh, I’m a little scared when it comes to Alocasia because today was my first day trying this method with them. Wish me luck! 🍀
@@jade9248 for some reason just doing a root chop doesnt seem to have the same affect as manhandling them does- especially when also changing out the soil/ growing substrate Thats just what it seems like at least
Great message! My plants cause me a lot of trouble, but I am spending a lot of time learning how to do better by them 😸😿 Sometimes it’s overwhelming, but they are my routine
I so appreciate your advice! It is fun learning and I’m trying to tell myself that I don’t have to break the bank! Just try stuff, research, and use what I have till I can afford to replace those things with better products! Your plant is my goal!!!
I'm new to plants and the first time insaw an alocasia polly o fell in love!!!!🤩🤩🤩🤩 I love them!! To me ot looks like dragon faces, shes gnarly!! I have a very small one wirh crislu leaves, I hope she makes it to be as big as yours 😊
Thank you you are the person I look up to on alocasia care but this video makes me think my polly just didn’t like the nursery soil/conditions and I shocked it to heck so I have hope from this RU-vid short. I feel like I gained more insight from this short than your video just on the specific details of your plant going from unhappy to happy and unhappy to supreme happiness. It’s nice to see the struggle other people have to make me feel like cool not everyone is perfect. So please share your struggles more it helped me out so much you’re the best thank you thank you!
Thank you so much. If you haven’t seen it already, I have a longer Alocasia Care video in the “video” section of my channel. There’s so much information that I was never made aware of and had to learn the hard way. Glad I can help someone not make the same mistakes! 😊
I got one from a big box store mainly because it was 3 bucks it had 4 leaves lost 2 and now it has grown a new one twice the size of the others! One day I hope it will look half as good as yours!
I’ve had spider mites on my alocasias once only because the ivy I bought had some on it and I didn’t know since I was very new with indoor plants. But ever since I got rid of the spider mites, surprisingly easy for this plant actually, it’s been pest free and no problems.
I just reported my poly yesterday. It had 14 corms, most of which were trapped inside of the mesh bag of death. I definitely believe that the mesh added to the issues it was having, and I'm not sure anyone can convince me otherwise. Plants that have mesh bags always end up having issues for me until I repot and remove them.
I live in central Florida and I put mine outside where it can get rain water. Now it's flourish. And strangely I've had some new babies pop up in different areas.
I have a poly I recently bought and I got bulbs(?) from it that are sprouting leaves right now! I have no idea what I'm going to do with 9 more alocasias but I'm gonna have to figure it out very fast. The first plant is still upset with me 😭
Kroms or something is what they are called plant babies lol you’re a grandmother now 😂😂😂 could get them started and then sell them on local buy and sells or gift them to plant loving friends!
I just repotted my Alocasia Pink Dragon today! Once I got it I let it acclimate for a week, potted it up in some miracle grow houseplant mix, put it on top of a pebble tray and it grew so quick! I've only had it for 3 months and the roots were already starting to get through the holes at the bottom.
I'm planning on moving my well-established alocasia polly to pon as well. I'm very scared to do that though. Great to see that in the end everything worked fine :)
Honestly I’m not even sure where I’m going wrong with mine!!! I need to invest in a humidity gauge. The leaves have been curling, edges yellowing, and the tips are crispy which makes me think it’s under watered. Overall she’s becoming less of that dark rich green and lighter. I mist every day/every other day bc there’s not very much humidity inside. It dropped like 5 or 6 leaves i was so sad! I gave her a good soaking and removed all of the dying leaves and she’s looking perkier. I hope she makes it, wish me luck!! You’re definitely the Alocasia queen! All your plants look so beautiful
This was great and to the point! Time for me to repot my Alocasias Regal Shield, Calidora, Polly, Black Velvet, Dragon Scale, and also my Colocasia (taro) plants… ✌🏽 Also, I have to PRAISE you for mentioning Bonide Systemic insect granules! Or maybe we shouldn’t tell anyone about it, before they go out & buy it all!! Lol! Thats my sh!t… and I need it on-hand 24/7, 365. Everybody complains about pests & I’m thinking, “wow, y’all don’t even know…?!” All watering their plants with mosquito bits, using sticky traps and all kinds of things, which are good but… I’ve been knowing about Bonide since 2007! 🤣 I noticed fungus gnats in a _Schefflera elegantissima_ pot that I had… the plant that looks like Mary Jane? haha. I was 21 y/o & knew nothing. So I went to the nursery, asked what they could give me to control fungus gnats. The lady told me Bonide systemic - and I’ve been able to have plants indoors ever since! Or outdoors without pests! It prevents everything! And is non lethal, non toxic and non damaging to nature. I know I sound like a damn commercial but it’s that effective.
I literally just saved one of these from my local grocery store yesterday my first alocasia the dark purple on the backs of her leaves give me LIFE 😍 right now mines a little sad looking as they had her in a BIRDHOUSE a I drainage holes, soaking wet just regular top soil ohh it’s so bad gotta get that girl in a chunky mix asap but want her to adjust to my home for a few days first but they had 4 of them do you know how hard it was not to take all 4 of his birdhouse planted babies lol 😂 but I stopped my self and took the best looking one so I have high hopes I hope one day she looks as good as yours!
I repotted my alocasia pink princess (that's what the label said, I have no idea) in end of May with specialty soil formulated for alocasias... She hated it she's been losing leaves and her leaves are yellowing... She couldn't push out new leaves, the tip blackened before it even made it out. She did give me one crom and I managed to get it to grow! I have a single leaf baby alocasia. Hopefully I won't kill it when I transition it into soil.
I've sold houseplants/ tropicals/ and some outdoor plants for the past three years. I started a FB page my second year and tried and tried to set up shops it's honestly easier planning and having purges then it is to find a good reliable selling platform. Now I've went through all this everyone wants lives I'm so nervous!? Any tips or tricks on lighting or pre setup for videos and live sales??? By chance😅
I never get the dit out of the root...i Just cutter a small plack of on the bottom and thats it.Then after that i Just put it in a much bigger pot and i t will not loose that much leafs.....i would go crazy if mines did that ...its alot of hard work 2 grow it better and bigger. (Very beautiful plant)(New follower here )
Ahhh had one was my favorite but the spider mites got them I tried my best but they kept coming back so though it’s one of my favorites I’ve let her go. Not getting it in my collection.😅
I have one of these. 😟 I reported right away. And separated it to multiple pots. 2 have lost all leaves abd last 2 have 1leaf left. They go dark abd redish and die. Eeeeek. I'm so sorry. I got a new one. DIDNT report and left it alone. So far so good. Hope the others bounce back tho
After losing a polly in pon (literally the roots didn't rot, they just straight up DETACHED), I only do corms in pon now 😅 I'm too scared to do grown up plants!
Yes! I’ve transitioned lots of mature plants to Pon and I can say small/juvenile are a lot easier! It’s one of the reasons I started almost exclusively buying rooted cuttings and starter plants. 😁
It’s so funny because several of my alocasias THRIVE no matter what (pink dragon, stingray, and jewel varieties) while the others are SO temperamental and will only tolerate distilled water, perfect lighting, humidifier- they are truly like little babies and they make me so sad because they STILL always look horrible 😂
I'm struggling with all Alocasia plants... Sometimes some up and down but not in perfect condition. But this one is the video with no luck at all. Once in my home dies
I thought all alocasias died in the winter and you had to remove the bulbs and replant them in the spring, I didn't know you could keep them alive for years 😲
Nope they go dormant in the colder seasons if they aren’t indoors getting supplement light as the shorter light days will even cause them to go dormant inside as well
My polly only has one leaf and one that started to come out but its stuck or it just stopped growing 😭 been like that for two months so I transitioned it to lechuza pon 2 or 3 weeks ago. Still no change 😢 But has not yellowed so am still very hope full
Use what you have and do your research to find ways to enhance the soil you have. I have a Alocasia Polly as well. I've had it going on a year and it's doing awesome. I haven't replanted it yet. I hate Miracle Gro soil/products but it's all I have on hand so, I'll make it work. Good luck!
