Why is it doing this?
My alocasia polly has been my problem child. He did this when I first got him and I figured I was over watering. I pulled him out of his pot and repotted him. His roots were healthy and no more yellowing and dying leaves. He wasn't growing though. I let his skill dry all the way out and when I watered him again, I added fertilizer. Now, he has a new growth coming in but his smaller leaves are yellowing and dying. WHAT am doing wrong??
3ft to light, indirect
6” pot with drainage
Last watered 2 years ago
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I did a little bit of reading just now, cause I know how annoying this is cause mine did this before rehomed mine when I adopted a cat. Seems like these are heavy feeders on magnesium and what it is trying to take from it’s leaf, and people like to combat it with dolomite lime treatments every few months, and supplement with Epsom salt inbetween. There’s other plant magnesium supplements, but seems they aren’t so popular because they don’t need the other calcium and iron nutrients they provide. That will help the leaves come in healthy with the adequate nutrients. But otherwise I’d also suggest increasing the humidity around the plant.
@BusySpeedwell that's what I'm working on now. He gets really good indirect light. I don't know if I put him in some shaded direct light in the afternoon? I'm home at around 3 everyday so I could move him into light then
@skyhighsplants thanks! I'm fairly new to these. I just went off of what Google images and Greg said
Edited because all the other comments popped up after I hit enter 😅
Hey there,
This one is a bambino 😊 typically they won’t get quite as big as a Polly and much pointier leaves.
Alocasia are heavy feeders, it sounds like the fertiliser either isn’t quite right or isn’t quite frequent enough and the plant is pulling nutrients from old leaves to make the new ones.
It’s pretty natural for older leaves to die off when new ones come in.
Which fertiliser do you use and how often?
Hey there,
This one is a bambino 😊 typically they won’t get quite as big as a Polly and much pointier leaves.
Alocasia are heavy feeders, it sounds like the fertiliser either isn’t quite right or isn’t quite frequent enough and the plant is pulling nutrients from old leaves to make the new ones.
It’s pretty natural for older leaves to die off when new ones come in.
Which fertiliser do you use and how often?