drooping alocasia leaf and stem
my alocasia longiloba has one leaf and stem that looks to be falling over. it’s stem is still pretty firm and doesn’t seem to be limp at all. it’s under a grow light for 10-14 hours every day, so it couldn’t be dormancy. its near a water diffuser and gets ample humidity. yesterday morning, before work, around 10:00 am, it was upright, but when i got home yesterday evening around 8:00-9:00pm it looked almost like this. overnight it drooped over slightly further. since it’s stem is still pretty firm, i have no idea what, if anything, could be wrong with her. #AlocasiaAddicts #Alocasia #AlocasiaLongiloba #PlantShelfie
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Alocasia are HEAVY feeders (of fertiliser) I wish I knew this sooner 🙃 Most of my Alocasia would drop a leaf while making a new one until I started to ‘feed’ with every watering. Now my Alocasia are growing new leaves but keeping the old growth too. Try upping your liquid fertiliser and see how it goes (this leaf will probably still die so don’t stress it’s a common alocasia trait and he will make more🙂)
@HoyaAddict woah, i didn’t know that either. i’ve scoured forever looking for answers but that’s probably it. i haven’t fertilized these at all since in my care and lord knows the last time a lot of these were since they were bought at lowe’s. what fertilizer do you recommend? i just started using this stuff called “compost tea” you let steep in water overnight that releases nutrients into the water. if this isn’t optimal, could you give me some insight on what to look for?
Yours looks like it has a high nitrogen content which is great. I’ve recently start using this and I love it so much all my plants are kicking out some great growth and bigger leaves too. This Is Australian though but some greggers managed to buy it on eBay in the USA. If you’re looking for something in the USA some friends have said happy happy plant food is good. I would look for something with as many nutrients as possible. Trace elements are also important like boron and molybdenum. I wouldn’t stress too much I’m sure anything you have will definitely work. Just dont use a super strong dose (especially at the start or in winter/dormancy m) use 1/4 or 1/2 recommended dose until you can see your plants are happy. Some strong fertilisers can burn roots so it’s a case of a little often than using a large amount in one dose. 😊 I hope this has helped and let me know how it goes 😁
@HoyaAddict i thank you so much! incredible information to use for all of my alocasia’s. can’t wait to see these guys pushing out new growth. thank you again!
@HoyaAddict if anyone else in the states is looking for this product, it’s also on amazon. almost double the manufacturers price, but you don’t have to pay $95.00 shipping for the travel distance! thanks for all the advice!
@Nataliesplants Yes! Hungry hungry hippos haha 😂 If they’re actively growing, I would use fertiliser each feed. A slow release mixed into the top soil can help too if you are too busy/forgetful ☺️ Please let me know if your colocasia starts to hold more leaves for you! 🤞They’re also big drinkers more so than even alocasia. 💚
@Nataliesplants welcome anytime 🥰
