Alocasia mother plants are generous in producing daughter tubers for propagation. Read the best tips here on how to successfully propagate an Alocasia through tubers. How to grow young arrowleaf houseplants from rhizomes for free.
How to propagate Alocasia with tubers?
To propagate Alocasia through tubers, harvest them when repotting and plant them in potting soil or perlite. Make sure the light tip is facing up. Keep the substrate constantly moist and ensure high humidity at 22° to 26° Celsius.
How can I propagate Alocasia by tubers?
The easiest way to propagate an Alocasia is byharvesting tubersandplanting The tubers can be found loose in the substrate when repotting. Sometimes there are several daughter rhizomes on one Alocasia mother tuber. If you break off these baby tubers and pot them up, you'll grow new arrowleaf houseplants for free.
Do not cut off tight-fitting Alocasia tubers
If the mother and daughter tubers are still firmly connected to each other, please postpone propagation for some time. Experience has shown that an elephant ear sheds all its leaves if you cut off the children from the mother rhizome.
How do I plant an Alocasia tuber correctly?
It is best to plant an Alocasia tuber ingrowing soilorPerlite. Sphagnum moss, expanded clay and coconut soil are also suitable as substrates for propagation. How to properly plant an arrow leaf rhizome:
- Fill the cultivation pots (12 cm) with the selected substrate.
- Plant an Alocasia tuber in each pot with the light tip facing up and press lightly.
- Moisten the growing soil with room temperature, stale tap water or filtered rainwater.
- Cover the potty with a transparent hood or perforated plastic film.
- Place Alocasia tubers in a bright place at 22° to 26° Celsius and high humidity.
How do I care for Alocasia tubers for propagation?
Until Alocasia tubers sprout the first leaves during propagation, keep the substrateconstantly moistand ventilate the cover daily. As the leaves grow, the transparent hood has fulfilled its duty and can be removed. For high humidity at rainforest levels, set up a humidifier orspray a young alocasia daily with soft water.
If an Alocasia tuber has produced two to three leaves, you can repot the young plant in a soil mixture that has proven effective for the care of adult arrowleaf houseplants.
Tip
Alocasia tuber is poisonous
All parts of an Alocasia plant are slightly poisonous. The leaves contain a toxic milky sap that can cause painful allergic reactions if it comes into contact with the skin. The tubers also contain toxins that can burn the mucous membranes of the mouth and esophagus. Intentional or unintentional consumption is punishable by nausea and vomiting. Please put on gloves before caring for and propagating an alocasia.
