How to NOT kill your Alocasia! Care Guide for all my Alocasia's

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This is how I care for my Alocasia's!
See the timestamps for specific information:
0:00 Intro
1:01 The Alocasia's I own
2:27 Lighting Requirements
4:59 Soil
7:39 Watering
9:54 Troubleshooting
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@AbbiZika 3 ай бұрын

That Variegated frydek is SUCH a stunner great job!

@indoorplanthings 3 ай бұрын

Thank you!! 🥹

@growwithhan 2 ай бұрын

My eyes could not stop staring at it. Is this a different type of variegated frydek than the one in the front?

@indoorplanthings 2 ай бұрын

@@growwithhanthe one at the front is one I grew from a corm. It's a corm from the mother Frydek in the back 🙂

@BinuralOdyssey 20 күн бұрын

How old is that one? It's amazing.

@indoorplanthings 20 күн бұрын

@@BinuralOdyssey it's a year and a half old and grown from seedling size 🙂

@Rollan000 3 ай бұрын

Your dog is staring into my soul 🤣. Thanks for the awesome tips!

@itsjahza 3 ай бұрын

Omg thank you for the soil explanation!! Totally gonna try this out on my alocasia pink dragon. Great video new sub here🪴

@anneverson8414 3 ай бұрын

Your plants are beautiful, I love the big leaves ❤

@indoorplanthings 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! Getting big leaves is the goal with my plants ☺️

@ashleyamelia08 3 ай бұрын

your doggy is hilarious

@Dwynfal 3 ай бұрын

Interesting mix layering! I'm a chronic underwaterer and could not keep an alocasia happy until I started using self-watering pots. I use PON at the bottom, then a well draining but not too chunky potting mix to which I add water-retaining granules. It's been about a year now and they're doing well! Your Frydek is stunning!

@indoorplanthings 3 ай бұрын

Amazing, what you're doing sounds like a similar concept to what I said in this video too! Alocasia's definitely thrive with more moisture 😁 Thank you 💖

@iamgoregeous3952 2 ай бұрын

What is in your potting mix??

@kylefisher4883 15 күн бұрын

I guess I'm confused on the pon. Do some people use all pond and no potting soil? Or is this the standard when it comes to pon?

@Dwynfal 14 күн бұрын

@@kylefisher4883 I've seen people do it both ways but when I looked at the Lechuza website they specifically said to use PON and soil together. A lot of people I've seen using PON only had great results in small pots but struggled with larger ones. My guess is PON can only wick water up (even when using cotton wicks) up so far before gravity and evaporation win out.

@Horsewoman-pt2ku 3 ай бұрын

I have a poly almost 2 years has not lost one leaf. I use chunky soil moss on top. I water when top inch dry. I never let it dry out. Have a stingray 9 months given 6 new leaves. Lost none but cut off those oldest 4 because I didn’t like the leaves and will cut off 3 more when more leaves fill in. Same watering. Just got a silver dragon and want a Jacklyn and green dragon. Someday variegated Alocasia I will get

@indoorplanthings 3 ай бұрын

Amazing!! I would love to get a Jacklyn one day too 🙂

@marygorchidsmore2058 3 ай бұрын

Hi there, great video and care tips for alocasias, thanks so for sharing. I recently discussed that my alocasias are doing well in semihydro set up. Have you ever grown them fully in inorganic media such as pon?

@indoorplanthings 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! 🫶🏼 I have in the past, however I'm just not a huge fan of semi hydro and the method in this video is probably the closest I'll get to doing semi hydro haha I have heard alocasia's do fantastically in semi hydro though! I like to keep all my houseplants in generally the same media so they can be cared for the same. Keeps things easy when you have a lot of plants!

@torquess454 3 ай бұрын

I saved this vid, I don’t have lots either but the ones I do have need some amending apparently!

@indoorplanthings 3 ай бұрын

Good luck with them! 🫶🏼

@torquess454 3 ай бұрын

@@indoorplanthings ♥️

@sinemyaparcoskun4685 3 ай бұрын

My biggest worry with this soil and watering system is fungus gnats. The soil will probably stay quite moist throughout the week. Do you ever have a gnat problem?

@indoorplanthings 3 ай бұрын

I NEVER have them! Gnats are attracted to decaying matter, so if your root system is healthy and not having root rot you won't have a problem. The soil mixture you use for this method needs to be really chunky to allow drainage. The soil doesn't retain much water at all. Hence the need for a reservoir to keep some humidity throughout the week 🙂 I might have to do a video on gnats one day 🤔

@leajohnson8441 28 күн бұрын

The best mix for alocasias is pon

@shaelynaliifua1067 2 ай бұрын

How long would you wait after bringing a plant home to repot out of the nursery soil to your layered method?

@indoorplanthings 2 ай бұрын

Id personally give it a few weeks or a month. It's a big shock for a plant to go from a nursery to your house. If the plant looks happy in your environment after that month then repot 🙂

@shaelynaliifua1067 2 ай бұрын

@@indoorplanthings thank you! I brought home my first alocasia just a few days ago (and of course it’s a variegated frydek), so I’ve been all over your page getting tips.