My alocasia is turning yellow/brown. Please help!
#Alocasia #yellowing #help
She looked perfect when I bought her, and over the last few weeks she’s been getting more and more yellow/brown/dead spots on multiple leaves. I’ve already cut off one really bad leaf, but I’m not sure why this is happening.
I’ve moved her so she’s getting more light, I held off watering in case it was overwatering, but it just keeps getting worse! 😭
Does anyone know why this might be happening?
She looked perfect when I bought her, and over the last few weeks she’s been getting more and more yellow/brown/dead spots on multiple leaves. I’ve already cut off one really bad leaf, but I’m not sure why this is happening.
I’ve moved her so she’s getting more light, I held off watering in case it was overwatering, but it just keeps getting worse! 😭
Does anyone know why this might be happening?
10ft to light, indirect
4” pot with drainage
Last watered 1 week ago
7
From what I’ve heard? Totally normal alocasia behavior. I don’t have any yet but I’m very much planning on getting alocasias so I have done some research. First, they are incredibly dramatic. It’s very much expected for them to lose most of their leaves while settling in if not all of them.. try not to panic! It’s not because you’re doing something wrong. It’s best to pick a spot and leave your alocasia there with minimal disturbance in order to avoid upsetting the diva 😂
Oh, I also heard that alocasias also have “dormancy periods” where they will essentially lose all of their leaves and go into hybernation. I have false shamrocks that do the same thing. I heard alocasias have dormancy in the hottest part of the summer, they probably do in winter as well. Also do not panic! Simply move to a darker spot and don’t water as much while your plant is asleep and then move back and resume watering when it’s time to wake up :) it’s pretty easy to see absolutely no life on the surface and assume your plant is dead, but if your plant has good roots then everything should be okay!
@Seedstarter she started getting yellowing when I had her under lower light, so I recently moved her to a different spot in case it was a lighting issue. I’ll move her a bit further away from the light again. Thank you!