How much sunlight does my Mouse Cup need?

Mouse Cup may have difficulty thriving and will drop leaves 🍃 without ample sunlight. Place it less than 3 feet from a window to maximize the potential for growth. Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement in your home 🏡.

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Mouse Cup

Q: How often should I water my Mouse Cup?

Mouse Cup prefers for the soil to dry out between waterings and should be watered regularly . Use our water calculator to personalize watering recommendations to your environment or download Greg for more advanced recommendations for all of your plants.

4.0 out of 5 (2 experiences)

Large, lush leaves

Pest magnet

Also known as

Mickey Mouse Taro, Mickey Mouse Taro, Pocket Plant and Mouse-cup Taro

Taxonomy

Scientific name

Xanthosoma sagittifolium 'Variegatum Monstrosum'

Genus

Xanthosoma

Family

Araceae

Order

Alismatales

How to care for Mouse Cup

Water

How often to water your Mouse Cup

Mouse Cup needs 0.5 cups of water every 9 when it doesn’t get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5" pot.

Use our water calculator to personalize watering recommendations to your environment or download Greg for more advanced recommendations for all of your plants.

Water 0.5 cups every
9

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Light

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A plant's growing potential is determined from its location, the time of year, and current local weather.

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Finding light for Mickey Mouse Taro in your home

Light needs and placement for plant Mouse Cup: 3ft from a window

Mouse Cup may have difficulty thriving, and will drop leaves 🍃, without ample sunlight.

Place it less than 3 feet from a south-facing window to maximize the potential for growth.

Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of Mouse Cup in your home 🏡.

Nutrients

How to fertilize Mouse Cup

Nutrient, fertilizer, and repotting needs for Mouse Cup: repot after 2X growth

Most potting soils come with ample nutrients which plants use to produce new growth.

By the time your plant has depleted the nutrients in its soil it’s likely grown enough to need a larger pot anyway.

To replenish this plant's nutrients, repot your Mouse Cup after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.

FAQs

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Care Summary for Mouse Cup

Mouse Cup

Greg recommends:

Water

0.5 cups every 9 days

Placement

< 3ft from a window

Nutrients

Repot after 2x growth

Based on the 4” pot your plant is in, and that it doesn’t get direct sunlight.

What other plant parents say

Large, lush leaves 2

Pest magnet 1

Browns easily 1

Fast grower 1

@@PearlyBird

6 Plants

552 XP

Rochester, NY

09/20/2021

Its a beautiful plant but I’ve had it for four days and it appears to be attracting the ire of all the cardinal winds simultaneously. This dumbass plant has everything wrong with it all of the time.

Large, lush leaves

Pest magnet

Browns easily