You are so welcome! Nothing better than full pot of Polly.... will... i guess that would be the case for any plant ...lol

Thank you 😀

Oh Yay!!! Good luck with it :) keep the humidity as high as you can over winter to keep the leaves looking nice...

@@PlantzNThings Thank u! It’s doing really good so far. I’ve been turning the light on my stove hood on at night and sitting my new Polly and a few other plants on the stovetop to soak up some light. 😊

Thank you so much... I'm so happy you are also doing this... sometimes you need to :)... and whu doesn't want more of this Amazing Plant :)

They should do much better outside :)

If your plant is nice and full with lots of babies you can just cut back the tall trunks and replant those. :) It will take away the stress of a full hack like I did :)

Thanks :) I actually kept my polly too wet this summer... so its dormant right now... the tips are still firm and looks like it will start growing again soon... Low rider is such a cool plant... mine in the house is a mealie bug magnet... I have already sprayed it down and wiped the leaves a few times... I might need to fully unpot it and rinse the roots... but there are so many hiding spots on these plants...lol

@@PlantzNThings well at least with these plants having bulbs, it's like they give us extra chances to get it right. I do love the Low Rider, but it was mislabeled as a Frydek and it was really young so it was a couple weeks before I discovered it wasn't and that was disappointing. I just moved it back indoors and I've given it 2 spray downs and luckily it only had 2 leaves at the time so I'm hoping it remains pest free, but I'm keeping all my plants I brought inside in isolation for a month to be extra sure with the low rider and a schefflera, I'm begging for mealybugs or spider mites lol. Just did one last online plant splurge before it's too cold for transport and knocked out 4 of my wishlist plants, norfolk island pine, schefflera alpine, variegated fatsia japonica and a tiki dumb cane. Also got 2 pots of NJoy pothos to add to that collection. Plants are the best addiction to have! Love your videos, been going through the whole list, been wanting to get some plumeria cuttings and now I feel more confident.

Thank you :) They are such Beautiful plants I can understand why it's your favorite :) And yes you are very lucky if your plant holds onto more than 3 leaves at any given time :) You're a good Plant Parent :)

I wouldint recommend reusing the soil in case it has any eggs or insects

@@Apple-mm9ml I reuse mine but I always microwave it with peroxide and water before usage. Never any pests or anything🤎

The Rudest! lol...

Hi, great tutorial. Thanks! I actually like the trunks on mine. Is it ok to leave them tall? I think the foliage canopy and trunks are in good proportion to each other so far.. it looks quite 'polite' lol. Indoor plant.. cold winters here. So I have a little grove of trees indoors. - Thanks again. I subscribed.

Lol 😀

Or does Tom green have My Voice?...lol

Haha... you'd never miss :)... lol

I really want to see too !

I would completely remove the leaf back to the main stem/trunk

Is yours inside? Indoors they need to be more dry.... outside they like more moisture... seems odd... but all of my alocasia are like that

I think it's more times than not related to lower humidity...

LOL... i know right!!! lol I love it

This would be the same care... I believe Polly is a Variety of Amazonica. if it's outside i would keep it moist (not soggy) when actively growing... but in the house let the top inch or 2 dry before watering ...

It the stem was long enough and had a few leaf nodes it should be fine.

Yes these are slow. If given perfect conditions it might grow faster... but inside its hard to provide that

I got rid of the big plants a few years ago... I have a few babies now... i think they might be 16" tall... I need to find them a bigger pot now so they stop tipping over :)

yes, i frequently "chop their heads off" and pot them back in the ground.

They got severely over watered over the summer and are now dormant... they are in my grow tent drying out... the tips are still firm and look to have life but there are no leaves. I should have paid more attention to the watering. They will come back in time

It started to but at the moment it's completely dormant. Polly is notorious for dropping all of its leaves over wimter

Just a well draining tropical plant potting soil should be fine... what I used here has stayed too wet for me... I like the soil Pro-mix HP (High Porosity) you can add in some fir bark (used for Orchids) if you like as well

after removing it from the soil, it seems that the root system was compromised... there wasnt much connection from the "trunk" to the roots i found in the soil, maybe root-rot?

These alocasia in particular are such divas.... it wouldn't surprise me that there was some root rot... be careful with trying to let it root in water and then moving it back to soil... the water roots tend to die off when you move them back to soil and they have to start fresh again... if you want to try semi hydro, that might be an option using Leca ... otherwise i'd go with a really free draining aroid soil mix... something that dries quickly so you can water it often. in the recovery process keep your plant warm and humid... for the record...lol... this alocasia is the only one that gives me so much frustration...lol... but i guess that's why the leaves are so stunning... it keeps us trying to make it happy... the one that has a somewhat similar leaf that for me is a better grower is the frydek... it has a velvety leaf rather than the shiny plastic like leaves of the polly ... Good luck on your adventures with Polly :)

@@PlantzNThings hey thanks so much for the reply, i actually took it out the soil, the root has rot in 3 areas, i have it out in a cool dry place for about 5 days now, the last leaf is still there and it seems to have slowed down its "dying". i want to cut off the rotting parts and leave only the healthy root, but its so close to the top of the root. i'll cut it, use cinnamon powder ,and put it in arid soil following your advice. i'm just hesitant, your response gave me the courage, thanks!

like a self watering pot? That's a great way to water these.. if you want to leave it, it might be helpful.

I'll link the last update for you... My plant is really suffering at the moment because it was way too wet ... in the update attached you'll see that i mentioned it being saturated and water dripping from the bottom. this plant has not dried out... I might have to repot it into different soil if i cant correct things. at the moment i don't have any leaves but i do still have some firm growth points so there is still hope. I've moved this plant into one of the grow tents where its much warmer and more bright. crossing my fingers... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hdJgddOQt8mnmWQ.html

@@PlantzNThings omg thank u so much. I had mine in my room but all the leaves dropped (from 6-2 and 1 unfurled leaf) before the cutting was made I am sure that it's not getting enough light so I put it outside. My Alocasia has one really long stem/tuber and I divided that into three. I also found 2 seeds (idk if that's the term) attached on it so I just separated it from the root. And now the other leaf dropped so it's just 1 leaf with 1 unfurled leaf, 3 stem cuttings and 2 seeds. I hope for the best for our plants!

@@jacoblavaro9937 how did your alocasia turn out?

@@rosiewolfe7866 all of them sprouted they were very healthy until school came and i neglected them outside and they just straight up died.

@@jacoblavaro9937 oh, I'm sorry to hear that

Let the soil dry almost completely between waterings... perhaps when the top 2 or 3 inches are dry...

Of course they did lol