As your plants mature and grow even larger, and as you expand your wonderful collection, your family will eventually have to send a search party into the basement jungle to find you!
Hope you had a great vacation! I cut all the leaves in my anthuriums because they started to really yellow and drop, i asked at my plant shop and they told me to go ahead, that the plant would bounce back, to put it near a window or outside. It did, it is growing new leaves! I also gave it a shower of algie solution once a week for a month. I am happy that it is bouncing back real nice.
I’m new to Alocasias and I recently bought a Frydek which I left in the pot it arrived in. After a few days I noticed one of the leaves starting to yellow. I removed it from the pot and found a large ball of absolutely saturated sphagnum right below the rhizome. I repotted it in an open mix and although the yellowing leave did die off a new one soon came in and it seems to be growing away nicely! I had a polly previously which I threw away because it had no leaves and had some root rot but which I would now have persevered with! It’s certainly all just a big learning curve!
Your videos are always so educational and I really appreciate that, I've learned so much from watching your videos! I've unfortunately experienced plant death from people i had checking on my plants while i was away. I hope you had a great vacation
It's been taught to me, from working in greenhouses to only remove one-third of any plant at a time unless absolutely necessary due to pests or disease. I was told it shocks the plant too much and just causes undue stress. I don't know if this helps you or not, it's just what I have been taught by the owners who went through horticultural/ag culture education specifically for house plants and tropical plants.
I like to push my plants to the LIMITS hahaha. I have zero risk for a business or profit. I have also heard that in the past about only removing 1/3. Thanks so much for sharing
I have missed seeing a new clip from you and now I know why there hasn’t been one! I hope you had a fun vacation. I’m going away at the end of the month for three weeks and I’m already so worried about what I’ll find upon my return. I’ll be leaving notes with instructions for my husband but I have to be prepared for casualties -even fatality 😂- , unfortunately. I have been transferring my cherished syngoniums into Lechuza pon with hopes that their survival has a better chance… I shall see! Welcome back! I know it’s a lot of work to attend to each plant after a break.
I’m just getting into alocasias. I’ve been afraid because of spider mites. I have the Polly and the Jacklyn in lechuza Pon. They seem to love the self watering system. I just make sure I check them every other day and wipe them down with neem oil and dr bronners peppermint soap. Love your videos😊
Ya....mine have been pretty good for awhile. The good thing is they are fairly fast growing plants, so I'm not worried when I cut off the leaves haha I also find they grow very well in just perlite
Hope you had a great week away 🥰 And thank you for all the helpful tips! I lost my alocasia jacklyn and xanthosoma lindenii while I was away in Mexico, it was so upsetting coming home and seeing droopy leaves
@@EverythingPlants I cut them both, the jacklyn hasn’t grown , so I cut it right down and put the corms in a make shift greenhouse curtesy of my Tim’s ice coffee cup lol and the xanthosoma had no activity either so I did the same then it rotted Sooo I went out and bought news ones 😂
It's funny, I stayed away from alocasias because ofcthe spidermites but now that I have dealt with them I'm not so worried. Lol. You make a valid point that they're fast growing and can recover quickly
Thank you for sharing your tips! I was on the die hard leaf leave ON team, but I am going to experiment with cutting ugly/damaged leaves off (if the plant has lots of leaves) to see if it encourages new growth. Especially my anthurium seem to get lazy sometimes. Great video!
Hey! Beautiful plants as usual. Pretty non-related to this video, but I have a new tetrasperma that is bushy with small, unfenestrated leaves in the bottom. Do you think I can cut those off for better growth and looks?
You have an amazing collection! I love your clear and concise informative style. i've learned a lot form your channel. I also love those colorful ceramic painted looking pots. They look very Mediterranean! Are they only available in Canada?
