Care errors harass the alocasia so severely that the decorative foliage plant loses its courage to live. Read the best tips here on how to successfully save a weakened Alocasia.
How can I save a weakened Alocasia?
To save a weakened Alocasia, you can repot the plant, increase the tubers or improve watering behavior. Watch out for waterlogging, root rot, drought stress and pest infestation to avoid further damage.
How can I save my Alocasia?
You can save an Alocasia with yellow, drooping leaves byRepotting. If waterlogging and root rot are already very advanced, you can save an elephant ear by usingtuber propagationIf an arrow leaf is in danger of dying due to drought stress, cure the houseplant byimproved watering behavior
How can I save my Alocasia by repotting?
Repotting an Alocasia will save the houseplant from numerous problems, such as waterlogging,root rot, yellow leaves, leaf chlorosis and curled leaves. How to do it right:
- Unpotting alocasia.
- Shake off or rinse the substrate.
- Cut rotten, diseased roots back to the he althy area.
- Cut off yellow, broken leaves just above the tuber.
- Clean the culture pot and planter with hot water.
- Spread a 5 cm high layer of expanded clay on the bottom of the pot as drainage.
- Pot Alocasia in a soil mixture made from peat-free potting soil and mineral additives (€28.00 at Amazon).
How can I save my Alocasia through propagation?
If all attempts to save an Alocasia mother plant are doomed to failure,tuber propagation saves the continued existence of the arrow leaf as a houseplant. The daughter tubers can be discovered loose in the substrate or sitting as baby rhizomes on the mother tuber. You can easily harvest Alocasia tubers, plant them in pots with potting soil and care for them in a greenhouse at 22°-25° Celsius and high humidity.
How can I save Alocasia by improving watering behavior?
If you recognize typical signs of watering errors early,improved watering behavior can save an endangered Alocasia. Waterlogging and drought stress become less frightening when you water a weak arrow leaf like this:
- Water alocasia when the top 2 cm of the substrate dries.
- Never allow root balls to dry out or leave them standing in excess irrigation water.
- Water the arum plant ideally with stale tap water or filtered rainwater.
- Water daily on dry, hot summer days, sparingly in the winter months.
- Spray arrow leaf regularly with lime-free, room temperature water.
- Fill coasters with expanded clay and water to increase local humidity.
Tip
Home remedies save alocasia with pest infestation
Just in time for the start of the heating season, spider mites are there and are causing alocasia problems. The pest infestation can be recognized by silvery speckles and yellowish-brown spots on the leaves. Two home remedies save your Alocasia from infestation. As an immediate measure, shower the pests first upside down, then in an upright position. Then spray the top and bottom sides of the leaves with soap and alcohol solution.
