Try the Dark Narrow Queen. I imported one 3 weeks ago and she hasn’t missed a beat. The regular Queen I got in the same import dropped all her leaves and most of her roots. The dark narrow still has all her import leaves and only lost her secondary roots. I’M OBSESSED 😜😜
I am absolutely convinced that alocasias love pon! I am not a super experienced plant person, not like you anyways, and I was scared of alocasia and the Alocasia curse of “one in one out”. Now, whenever I get one I don’t even wait a day to put her in pon. So far all of them are thriving. I have a polly, a maharani (that came with a leaf that was starting to yellow and since then it never progressed any more), a black velvet and now a frydek that I got a few days ago. She is already shooting a new leaf since the repot! Good luck with your Jacklin! It’s gorgeous! Can’t wait to get one myself 🪴💚
Thank you! I have never heard of that curse before 🫣 Some of mine definitely took a big set back this year but hoping to regrow them in pon in some time here. I'm excited to see the progress and I'm glad yours are doing well in it!
You did a great job refraining from obsessed lol however I think you just substituted it with beau-T-iful 😂❤ still love you and your content! Also, with pon…. I highly recommend adding some amendments to lighten it up so the roots can move through the substrate more easily. I add chunky perlite and leca because I find that pon can sometimes be heavy for some root systems. The other thing I like to do is do a leca layer at the bottom so that it makes more air pockets to allow for more oxygen to aid in the root growth! Good luck my girl! 🪴
Thank you for the pon tips!! I'll definitely try that. I was thinking just yesterday that the alocasia I have in a clear Starbucks cup seems like the roots are squished lol. And yes, I think you're right about the beautiful word haha 🙈
@@plantsbymelissa your welcome!! Yes, I learned the idea from @unplantparenthood on RU-vid! She calls it the parfait method. She uses all types of substrates and mixes/layers them in different ways in no drainage vessels. And I find by doing that, my roots are way healthier than just pon or leca alone. But I do use drainage on a lot of them as of now, slowly transitioning to no drainage.
All the Alocasia I’ve put in PON from my own grown corms are loving it. Transferred them from soil to PON has been about 50/50 and the ones that have made it took a hit before starting to recover.
Good to know! Thanks for sharing. Have you tried stratum to pon before? I transferred a couple over from soil and a couple baby corms that were growing in stratum and so far I think the stratum ones seem to be doing well. I feel like the soil ones seem more mushy like in a way.
Agree. My colocasia didn’t like the move at all. It has died back completely, but hoping she grows back. I did lose at least 1 leaf per plant, but they have bounced back.
Hi Melissa, love your faves line-up for June 👏🏼 I would love it if you could do another video specifically for Maranta varieties and their care. I have the "Rabbit Tracks" one. It's leaves are small and the blotches are faded. It is however pushing out new leaves despite it being winter 🤷🏻♀ Your leaves are massive!!! Also just wanted to say that pon is very expensive here in Australia so I've been using LECA (semi-hydro) for my Alocasia collection and they are going really well...my Regal Shield just gave me a massive leaf! The only one I have in pon is my Melo as it came with the small Lechuza planter I bought for it. Your Jade Satin is to die for too 👌🏼🥰
Hi Melissa, your favourite plants this month are all worthy of your “obsession” with them, I certainly would be anyway. I was just looking at your new flooring near the end of the video and wondered whether it creates more reflected light than the carpet did. I’m sure it’s much easier when it comes to plant care etc. Thanks for sharing this month’s favourites.
I didn't even think about that, probably so then! It feels so airy in here now and definitely less humid feeling. I love having the floor to sit plants on now 😂🫶
Do you have a video of trying to reposition the leaves facing a certain direction? I don't know how much I can pull on them without breaking. I'd love all my leaves facing forward like all of your poles!
Sodiroi is my favorite philo. I went bonkers over it when I first saw it and ended up buying two! I'm also a big fan of that jade satin scindapsus. I love those dark green leaves so much.
Hahaha 🤣 instead of obsessed you probably said beautiful almost as many times. Obsessed, beautiful, their your plants and love them as you see fit. Hello Luna
Your maranta has such big and beautiful leaves! Mine is constantly growing, it has pretty nice light and all the right conditions, but the leaves are just tiny 😔
Thank you! It's pretty warm and humid in here most days. I just had the carpet taken out a couple weeks ago and it feels so much more airy in here now. Temps can reach upper 70's very easily and the humidity is mostly 50's-60's and can get over 70% when it's a humid day out.
@@plantsbymelissa It was obvious (You'd look to the side when "obsessed" popped in your head)! My Jacjlyn is pushing a big beautiful new leaf. I'm iffy because of the "poached" thing. And my Florida Ghost and Beauty are happy (WHEW!) all in PON. really enjoy your channel!
A tip from an orchid channel here, which works great is to put a layer of bark on top of the moss to help keep the moisture in and the algae down. I tried it on an orchid, loved it, and works on everything you keep in moss.
I’d like to invent some new adjectives to describe your plants because the existing ones that I’m aware of are all inadequate to capture your plants. Incredible, gorgeous, superb and fantastic are close but not quite strong enough. Too bad Dr Seuss is no longer with us because I bet he could invent some adequate adjectives. Maybe a simple “wow” is all that’s necessary, I’m not sure. Dr Seuss would agree that green eggs, green ham, green leaves all seem to fit together nicely. Thanks for the video.
Honestly love Pon. It’s not ideal for every plant, but Alocasia do like it. My Thai Constellation has put out 2 new leaves in the month since I transitioned it. It’s a baby plant and has a grand total of 5 leaves. 🤣😊
You have become my absolute favorite!! Love your videos. I've been on a binge lol. Your plants are sooooo beautiful. I don't mind the word obsessed. I'm obsessed with the sodiroi and the light veins maranta. Just don't say the word finicky. The plant community has made me despise the word .😆😆 I'm in love with your plant room. Your poles are just gorgeous!!❤❤❤
Thank you so much! I love to hear that and it honestly keeps me going making videos knowing that there's people out there that truly enjoy them 🥹 haha sometimes I say finicky 🙈
I don’t have any alocasias but I love pon, I’ve never had any issues with anything I pot in pon! I was skeptical before I started using but now im a huge fan and always encourage it!
I had the same story with my maranta, she was so full and beautiful and got infected with thrips from a plant I brought from a plant store. I almost threw the maranta in the bin, but decided to propagate the remaining live leaves. It was basically a stump and after 5 months it was thriving and full again. ❤
So happy for you! Your Jacklyn is looking gorgeous again!! Glad you finally show cased your Verrucosium I’ve been noticing it in the back ground, it’s so amazing. 💚😍
