caring for alocasias and how I (finally) got out of the one leaf club + repot and corm propagation
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- Опубліковано 28 лип 2024
- I did not intend for this to be an almost 2 hour long video but I felt like I had a lot of ground to cover and wanted it to be as comprehensive as possible! DISCLAIMER: I am not an alocasia expert nor do I even consider myself "good" at growing alocasias, but I feel confident that I know enough to at least help out fellow beginners with common alocasia issues, or even help someone feel a little less hesitant to get their first alocasia. This is by no means intended to be a be-all end-all "alocasia care video"-- it's simply based on my own experience and what works for me.
In this video I'll show you guys my entire alocasia collection, preferred growing substrate, watering, when to know the right time to repot, spider mites, environmental conditions, how to propagate from corm, and ultimately how to grow them in a way that's actually enjoyable without being in the one leaf club. 😤
Feel free to drop your questions for anything I didn't cover!
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Awesome! This is literally the video I've been waiting for someone to make for YEARS! None of that entry-level "give your alocasia bright indirect sunlight and keep the soil moist and it'll do great" nonsense. Also, your channel totally inspired me to start hunting for an alocasia scalprum and I finally found one at a local shop last week! It's the first time I've ever seen it at a plant shop here in the states. I hope it starts to become more common here because it's **chef's kiss**.
I still never know what the heck bright indirect light is to be honest 🤣 I'm glad you found this video helpful!!
I was asking for more on corms and now realize I missed the part in this one that you talked about that LOL.
I used to have a mature Alocasia scalprum, anddoujg well and then it died 😢
I have ADHD too. I prepped up when you said Black velvet!!!! Cuz I’m getting 1 today and I’m totally new to these plants 🌱 but when u forgot what you were talking about, I was like telling you( Black velvet!!! You’re talking about the Black velvet!!!:))!” And I picked up that you have it to and I was trying to help you Even tho you couldn’t hear me 😂❤
Thank you for all your knowledge and I subscribed too🌱✨🙌🏼
This was wonderful! I’ve been really busy at work and have been missing my mid-week plant time. This was able to play while I was doing house stuff after work and made me feel like I was “working” in my plant room. Love your channel!
Fantastic video and found it SUPER helpful for my growing Alocasia obsession. Thank you!
This is soooo good! Thank you for this in-depth care video. I really appreciate the detail you go into here. I struggled with alocasia for a while, but this year I’ve started to feel more confident with them (even though I grow in soil 😉) I picked up a few tips that I want to try out, thank you.
This is the MOST useful video I’ve found on Alocasia care on UA-cam. I have 3 Alocasias only and have refused to buy anymore until I watched your video because they have been such difficult divas for me. Dropping leaves, droopy leaves, not growing perfect leaves, and I had just about given up until I watched your video. I’ve learned so much new information about their care. Thank You 🙏🏼 I might be brave enough now to get a variegated frydek after watching your video.
I wish this video was more popular. It’s one of the best I’ve seen on alocasia care. So thorough!!!
I found that when I gave my alocasias more humidity and light I got more growth and blooms! My corms are doing great from my black velvet and silver dragon.
What grow lights do you use??
Love that we have a good, in depth alocasia video now! BTW, that dragon scale is GORGEOUS😮 SO yummy💚💚
I just started following you and I LOVE these long ass videos. This is what I live for now
I found this by randomly strolling. It was, without a doubt, the best video I've seen. Thank you so much for the time and valuable info you have provided. I am eager to work on my plants and invest in more. You are exceptional.
Thank you for your knowledge. I have killed a few alocasia and now I feel more comfortable repotting my new baby corms.
I love being able to do my plant chores to your long videos! That variegated frydek is everythinggg
I have a frydek albo and it’s worth every penny!
Uuuuhhh once again you blessed us with super long video 😍🤩 I love them, and I really needed this one 👌🏼🪴😍🤩
Thank you for watching!! 🥰
Seriously... I could watch u clean chonks every single day all day long... so satisfying and relaxing. I'm late on this one but I made it! Also I watch ur videos multiple times because if how nice and fun they r. Ur a great "youtuber" I appreciate your hard work.
I just got a stingray alocasia and the more I read the more nervous I got. A friend gave it to me and I didn’t want to kill it. I feel a little bit more confident after watching you thank you so much.
Don't worry. Stingray is incredibly resilient among all alocasias. Just wait for the substrate to almost dry out before watering, and don't let it completely dry out. Also, very importantly, fertilize alocasias heavily. I add 5 times more than guidance slow-release fertilizer into the substrate, and then water with diluted liquid fertilizer every time. So my alocasias all hold on to many, many leaves.
I literally just found you last night! Love your content! So informative and real! Thank you! I appreciate your work! 🪴🪴🤗🤗
I can't tell you how many times I've returned to this video to seek your guidance! Thank you soooo much! My heterophylla has been a GREAT success because of you! Dropped one leaf due to overwatering, but I've bought all the ingredients for semi hydro (literally because of you!)!! Again, I cannot thank you enough!
I've been watching your UA-cam channel for the past four months and as a viewer I'm proud of what you've overcome to post your videos
with your head.
I'm thoroughly enjoying this video though,😊 incredibly informative 🪴 content as usual.
All the best in the New Year Charmaine 🥳
Excellent video. I learned a lot. I just bought my first Alocasia last week.
I have the one with the metallic look on the leaves. It’s so beautiful.
I’ll be looking to buy others. You informed me about the spider mite issue so now I’ll be on the lookout for that and I know what to do now. Thank you 😊.
This was incredibly informative and helpful! Thank you so much 😊💖🌿
I'm so glad!! Happy alocasia growing!!
thank you for continuing to make therapeutic content charmaine
noooooo I'm so sorry to hear you're going through it 😭 I'm glad my videos could be a little bit of a pick me up, but I know it's only temporary, so I hope you've had some brighter days since you wrote this comment. My messages are always open if you'd like to chat- I'm all ears!! Love you and sending hugs from pudge and I from Canada! ♥️
@@unplantparenthood i finally got the right dosage of medication and ect treatments so hopefully it gets better from now on, thank you so much for taking the time to reply to my comment, it means the world😭💙
Great video. I just recently got my first Alocasia, a Black Velvet, so this is perfect. Lots of info I probably wouldn't have found otherwise. Thanks!
I’m glad you found it helpful Patrick!
Thanks for all the info and tips. This is a great help. I'm a new Alocasia owner of a baby Silver Dragon Scale with two leaves and one pushing out. It arrived with a very healthy root system in a sphagnum moss plug witch I had a time getting free from all the fine roots before placing into my soil media. So far in the two days it's been in it's new soil media the baby is doing very well and standing upright and seems very perky. So I'm researching all I can learn about them, so I keep it healthy and happy. 👍
Yay Alocasias!! 🙌🏼 I currently have 26 in my collection. They’re actually the easiest plants I’ve ever grown. 💚
Thanks for the video. 👍🏼
Wow!! That’s a lot! You’ve got the Alocasia green thumb 💚💚
Since you have so much experience with them, what do you do when an all alocasia stops taking in water? My alocasia polly is being watered thoroughly, and the soil is defs not hydrophobic, but the leaves are yellowing, and the stems are getting a lil wrinkly.
Remember Alocasia have a dormant period. It may be you have one that believes it is time to store energy into the corm
@@luzsyd Omg thanks!! I was so confused because when I took it out of the pot most of the roots were just like falling off (Not root rot) and there were a ton of growth points on the sides of it after I cleaned it up.
Great video! I just found your channel recently and I’m loving it. Thank you!
Watching you dig and totally not be afraid of your plants....gives me hope that I, too-- will get there some day..... :) I went from having zero confidence to some* confidence with repotting, I was always terrified I'd kill any plant even by just merely breathing beside it! And I'd like to think my plants are happy :)
This small furry potato has my whole heart
I love Alocasia’s they are my favorites. My all time favorite, I struggled at first with some of them but I never gave up! After my past failed attempts
I freaking love Alocasias! I always say they are so rewarding cuz they grow so fast. My Reticulata sized up in no time. I loved watching you get your corms cuz I could totally relate. When you said, it’s like finding gold, I died😵😂! I get the same damn way digging for those little babes! I’m so glad you made this video full of great info. Semi hydro life x Alocasia =💚🤍 Goals! Can’t wait for Saturday 😂😳✌🏻!
Very helpful and very well executed!
The variegated Frydek is gorgeous!!
I am not a big fan of alocasia. Your video makes me want to try one. Thank you for sharing this.
Ahhhh always so happy when you uploadd!!🥰🥰
Thanks for being here Judith!! 💗💗💗
Such a great feedback and review.
Amazing thanks
I'm glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching!
So happy to be here early! Finally!!! Was so used to see your head I was like wait ? Where is she? Haha!!
Squueeee! I can't wait for a corm update!
A lot's of love 🥰 from the Nederlands! Love your long video's🤩
Hi Eureline!! (LOVE your name by the way, it's so beautiful!) Sending my love from Canada!!
I had good success with corms in leca in one of those yogurt jars with cellophane covering it! Game changer for me!
Such in depth information! Thank you 💚
I'm glad you found it helpful. Happy Alocasia growing!!
I'm amazed by your resources. You even managed to find a prop box that fits 6 dessert cups perfectly. Can't wait to see the corms grow!
I was pleasantly surprised at how well they fit 😆
My alocasia micholitziana has 7 leaves and one more on the way. Once it was acclimated to my environment and happy, it’s growing profusely! It even lives in below 40% in the winter and only dropped maybe 1 or 2 leaves!
All of my Alocasia live in soil though, my aroid mix- I just have to water them a lot more. Lol
I love Alocasia sooo much. Light from the top is critical, not too too bright either or they start flopping. Lol dealing with my cuprea and that right now. Alwaysss gotta cut those flowers lol they usually come in 2’s. I’ve noticed if they push out more than 2 then they are stressed to some degree. They are probably one of my top 3 genus of plants!
Thanks for sharing all your experience and understanding of them.
The curse of “three” leaves was a big thing for a long time and that makes me chuckle- I’m so glad I found my way outta that “curse” lol
Thank goodness you posted another video today
The Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial is totally stressing me out 😩
I’m here for chill and good vibes which you always deliver!!
Hi Pudge!!! You’re such a good boy!!!
Thanks so much! So helpful🎉😊❤
I need a Pudge in my life 🧡 his little snores are adorable! I killed alocasias before but it’s because I never properly learned how to care for them so thank you for this video 🙏🏾
Aww pudge sends you his love kamanda!! And I definitely think you should give alocasias another chance ☺️
I'd love to see some updates on these later. I gave away two alocasias because I hated the way they would toss off a leaf as soon as they got a new one. I have a black velvet now that a friend of mine gave me and I'm trying again. It's currently in soil in a wicking pot with a consistent water reservoir and seems to be doing well. But it's getting a new leaf and I see one of the older ones turning red. So it's gonna toss it.
I like your ideas. I will do it your way.
I'm starting to seriously collect alocasias. I'm also not an expert! I started with a silver dragon and I recently purchased a Polly/amazonica. Then, I received two Jacklyn corms yesterday. I'm nervous about growing out of a corm! But I'm determined. Using this video to educate myself and do more research!
This couldn’t have come soon enough. Most of my alos are ☠️. Can’t wait to watch
Oh no!! I hope this video helps! Keep me updated 🥰
I’m giving Alocasia’s a 2nd chance, so I needed this video.
I live in korea, where summer is hot and humid. I got my alocasia at the stsrt os summer and immediatly got a flower and one of the corms shooting up leaves. I just keep it near the grow light(red and blue light) and never use air conditioning. During the winter I place a humidifier by her and keep up on the nutrients every two weeks or so and she doesnt go dormant. Every few months i have to check her because she produces corms like crazy!
Fern fibre is the best to propagate Alocasia in! Very easy to remove from roots too :)
I'm excited to be experimenting with it for the first time with my scalprum corms!
It sits next to the humidifier. It generally stays between 70-80% humidity. But that may change when summer gets here. I’ll pick up another humidifier before then to help keep the humidity up when it gets warm outside. I live in oregon and it’s still cold and rainy with occasional warm sunny day.
Very beautiful 🌱❤😊
Great video, in depth. Thanks. Hi from the UK. Wondering why you included bark in your Pons mix? Could that possibly be a cause of the root rot?
Love the dog
Hi! Great video. I'm new to many of these processes. Could you tell me where to get the little metal scraper tool you used?
Girl you talking about mealy bugs killed me hahaha - I hate them so much as well! They keep coming back on a couple of my plants and I die everytime.
Use d.e
I’m watching this a year later and I would love an update video on the plants and corms!!!
Maybe ive just been lucky but ive found lots of corms (loose in the soil not attached to anything) when repotting and ive had 100%success growing them in soil, leca, moss, and pon! So always search ur soil when repotting... just in case😊
I was wondering how often should I flush my Alocasi’s in passive Hydro pon mixture. Also great video thanks.
I tend to agrer with the no drainage. Atleast on my alocasia anyway. Mine hated soil...and hated leca. Right now its just in water and nutrients and working on a 3rd leaf. After she pushes that out, i may try PON
What is pon?
I know this video is a year old but I just received liquid gold leaf from the UK. I ordered on a Monday and received it on Wednesday. I was shocked!
Ok. The snoring pug is soporific. Lol
OMG THE F.R.Y.D.E.K 🤩 IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING IN VIDEO RIGHT AFTER 🐾PUDGE & 🕵️♀️YOU. 🙋♀️😍 LOVE IT 💚🍀
Aww thank you lovely!! 🥰
Hey, where do you get those plastic (?) jars / pots / vessels from (these round one where you put your Scalprum in for example) Couldn't find them anywhere but they are so pretty for plants!
Do you have a video on how you make you substrate x
What are the percentages of the three products you use in your rooting hormone?How much of each one?
Well this is timely lol. I've been getting into alocasia recently. It took me three years to get into that genre🤣
WOOHOO! You won't regret it! they're so magical ✨ ✨
Thank you for the information you provided here as well as ALL of your videos…so informative & just love you and your precious pup💜
Question~ with Cal-Mag, with the semi-hydro plants, do you water the plant with it and simply leave it in the substrate like you would with soil or allow it to sit for a limited time and rinse?
Hi Nicole! Sorry for the late reply! I don't flush out the cal-mag, I just leave it in the substrate just as you would with soil :)
@@unplantparenthood no worries! I appreciate your response, thank you for sharing💜
Loving this video. I was just gifted with an alocasia pink dragon. Do you know anything or have had a pink dragon? Any advice
What's the longest you've had an Alocasia in semihydro? I've found that once they hit the 1-1.5 year mark the root systems start collapsing
the way you describe mealy bugs😂 girl me too!!!
1:19:50 description of my life. lol. this was my favorite part of the video by far.
If you're not opposed to using a specific miticide, Oberon is the best, and it's pollinator friendly.
I definitely struggle with Alocasia aswell. I came across the Alocasia Dragon Scale for €9 in IKEA which was a great price so i took the plunge to give it ago. Since haven’t it has given me two leaves. Also lost two smaller leaves they just turned yellow. I definitely notice when needs watering there leaves kinda flops down. And if you don’t water it properly you can get the yellow tips or edges. Also people have experience when they get new leaves they can also lost leaves too. I have been thinking getting the Alocasia Cuprea Red Secret which looks like an Alien plant with that metallic leave. Do you know what is the difference between that one and the Azlanii? The Alocasia Sinuata looks gorgeous the leave texture and colour maybe even more nicer than the Dragon Scale. I also want the Alocasia Scalprum after seeing yours not an easy find yet here. The Alocasia Frydek Variegated Albo White has lovely variegations but worry about the variegations staying and the white parts staying pristine. As my Philodendron White Princess the white parts don’t stay pristine it can get discoloured which is stopping me buying another variegated green and white leaves types of plant. Only Hoya plants would not so they are safer. Seeing you use a toothbrush to clean the leaves couldn’t help my heart pounding in case the leaves would ripped. I tend to use a soft cloth instead with lemon dish water soap and water as pests don’t like lemon scent. I heard removing all the corns in the Alocasia is not good as they need some in the plant to provide growth and nutrients for the plant to grow and stay alive.
Also where do you get your little metal scraper from. I in the USA
I have three 1000w lights that keep like 400 plants alive and thriving. I have 5000w lights in my cannabis tents lol
Great video. I keep my damn alocasias in my kitchen so I can wash them easiest (stupid spider mites!) 😃💚 oh and damn now I need a scalprum lol
Thank you for this video 💚 Also, where is your shirt from? It’s super cute!
Hey Laura! The shirt is from Pure Sunfarms. Their merch is AMAZING.
Honestly highly suggest beneficial predator bugs for your collection, so good and makes it so you don't have to spray chemicals 💚
Thank you🌿
Thank you for watching!!
would you recommend putting rooting hormone on the corm
do you remove the old root system when you repot the plant ??
Hello!
Just wondering how much Osmocote do you put into your Pon mix? I’ve been searching around and there really isn’t a definitive amount or even a guidance amount lol.
I read the title and just whispered "help" before clicking 😔 🙏
You got this yoona 🥺
@@unplantparenthood I hope so because I'm trying to grow my mom's frydek for her and if I let it croak she will surely sell me for parts.
Do you use cal mag on plants that already have osmocote in?
Can you tell us why the dragon scale has yellow tips what it means as mine has it
Do you boil your used pon so you can reuse it?
What No. Of Orchiata do you use? Thank you
Yaasss! I've been getting into alocasias. Senihydro is the way to go. I live in a dry climate and travel so I use a wicking system with reservoir so there's plenty of water in the reservoir for when I'm out of town.
Finally finished this video. Another FANTASTIC one. Learned some new tricks and now I'm on the lookout for a scalprum in the to US.
Hi, what is the name of the plant on the thumb image about JUNE Fvaourites?
Good morning I am just getting into these plants and I am trying to grow in perlite because I can’t find any Leca in my area I was wondering what kind of liquid fertilizer to give them in my grow tent. And can you use what they use in fish tanks gravel for pond
Hi Gary! I actually just use my regular fertilizer for plants growing in perlite. Right now I’m using TPS one if that helps!
I had all of my alocasias rot in pon:( Ugghh. I didn’t realize perlite should be mixed in. What percent of perlite do you add? Would you guess like 50/50? I’m honestly thinking it should be at least 50.
I feel like we’re twinsies, I hate bugs and I’m hoping that being a plant mom will help me overcome my fear (I’m a new plant mom). I need to place a moss pole into my new monstera and I’m TERRIFIED because I was changing the top layer of soil when I first got it and a crab spider crawled up the stem and I blink and it was GONE. So now I’m scared to even go near it and it’s time to water too so I’m like 😭😭😭😭 ALSO I got a variegated alocasia frydek and it’s a baby. It came in soil though, would you recommend repotting her into pon?? Or should I wait? I keeps seeing mixed reviews about switching her right away :(
I have a baby frydek (two leaves highly variegrated) and so little and adorable
I'm scared I'll kill it before I can even get it to a medium size. It's still in the little black pebbles.
I am too scared to even touch it
Hi .well useful vidio. Im just getting into alocasia and have about 4 now..im putting them into semi hydro. What is that which you do. You use a name for it that ive not heard.Passive hydro.what exactly is that please. Also my other interest is space and the universe etc and am wondering what your tatoo of Jupiter is. Is it a pets name ?
Those cuprea leaves look velvety. Is it?
How come the roots that reach the bottom water doesnt root because they sit in water.
Hi! They don't rot because they become acclimatized to the more wet conditions at the bottom of the vessel. :)
Maybe when they are root bound they produce more corms
Where is your shirt from? 😍🌿