Also Alocasias are HEAVY feeders in my experience. I have a frydek, one single plant in a pot, that would not hold on to more than 3/4 leaves. I put slow release fertilizer pellets in the soil and just started generally fertilizing more and now its got 7 leaves, a pup, and its flowering.

More alocasia content! Plant chores, nuances between the types plant styling, literally anything! Loving this channel 😊

I put all my alocasia under a grow light because I live in a Philly row home with little natural light and they love it.

Singing “I want to be where you are!” Texas is doing y’all right. Lovely alocasias. They definitely love the light

These are some great tips. I've always wanted an alocasia, but I've been scared to try even though I've got a pretty green thumb and like 30 house plants already. I just picked up a small I think alocasia polly or amazonica from Home Depot yesterday. So excited to see it grow bigger.

I saw a tree documentary on prime and they explained how Plants talk to each other through the root system. There was one main tree and root system, and the other trees in the area intertwined their roots with the main tree. I think all plants love to be potted together. I do that with all of my collection.

Pon was the game changer for my Alocasia’s 🙌🏽 in soil they developed a bacterial leaf infection but in pon my black velvet is flowering 🥹 I was able to root corms in pon as well & now have 4 baby velvets. Mine is directly under a grow light & thriving. Your black velvet is stunning 😍 Great video, thanks!

I always find that it's cheaper to buy 2 small plants n plant them together than buying the bigger one. Ur totally right makes a big difference 💯 And ur babes r gorgeous 😍 😍

So beautiful plant's❤😊

Thanks for the great info about Alocasias! Love this kind of video; any genus will be worth doing.

Thanks for the tips

New here. Your love language confession has me subscribed now 😅 💕

Great information! Love the content and your honest experience.

The frydek facing the light is so cute! Nice video

Your plants look amazing!😊😊😊😊

Girl your alocasias are thriving! That black velvet is stunning 😍 I def agree with the light.. I’m so surprised how much light my alocasias like! 🤯

loved this would like to see more of these videos

Have ya alocasia regal shields call my alocasia regale shields and tell em to get his shxt together please! 😅 It’s gorgeous!

Very informative and enjoyable video! Thank you for all your tips as well. I can keep them alive, however, some thrive and the others not so much.😵‍💫. Your Black Velvets potted together are awesome! Your Regal Shield may be the largest and the most beautiful one I have ever seen. It’s obvious they are loving your care. Great job! 👌🪴🥰

So happy to hear someone talk about Jacks fertilizer, aka Peters been around forever an large nurseries use this fert. Also comes in a tropical blend an one for orchids. Thanks for tips, haven’t tried Pon but mix Happy Frog an pumice so far so good.💚💚💚

I never hear other people repping Jacks houseplant special. It’s seriously an underrated fertilizer that I’ll never stop using.

This was a great video !!! You are giving me hope for Alocasia care cause they don’t like me lol

How did you know I needed this video today haha

AAAAAAAAH! I think I might've been the person who requested a video with a focus on Alocasia in semi-hydro! And if it wasn't me, it SHOULD'VE BEEN me, especially because we had a lovely exchange in which you were super encouraging after I explained I had killed 2 Black Velvets and 2 Stingrays in soil but was determined to try again, in pon this time. You were kind enough to give me some pointers, and most importantly, reassurance that I would learn and would succeed. I now have 1 larger and 2 smaller Stingrays, 1 Amazonica Polly, and 1 Bambino from a corm I rescued. I also have a pot with a Silver Dragon and a Dragon Scale together because I like the look of them side-by-side. All of them are doing great in pon! I have yet to replace the Black Velvet, but I will. Someday I will feel comfortable enough with my level of expertise 😆to buy a Jacklyn and a variegated Frydek. Thank you for this video, it was such a joy to watch!

I really like the Alocasia Prizma (spelling)..its the last plant you showcased in the video. It looks great!! I need to get one!!

The timing of this video is perfect! I’ve never had an alocasia before until I got one on clearance this past winter, a frydeck with 1 dying leaf. It ended up having 4 corms which I now have in little cups with sphagnum moss with 5 beautiful leaves all with active growth! Ahhh I’m so scared to move them to something more permanent I hope they don’t get mad at me. I’m thinking I want to move them directly into pon and not even mess with a soilless mix. I don’t have any self watering pots available but I do have a glass container I can use without drainage. I’m not 100% confident with pon or alocasia so this really will be another experiment for me, it’s been successful so far so I’m keeping my fingers crossed that when I move them to pon soon they love it. Wish me luck!!

Thanks for the tips. For me all love sun except cuprea, it points down if the light isn’t just right. I truly think alocasia, begonia, and calathea are outdoor plants tho lol. Mine seem to love “death row” under a tree and neglect! Great video!

I recently switched most of mine to a Pon & LECA mix and I'm shaken 😅 they're LOVING it

I love that you refer corms as pups :D

Your so cute , love your Alocasia’s. You should get a zebrina I love how long they are and in my experience grows the fastest out of all my alocasias and looks really cool.

Omg I didn’t know you lived in Texas too!? 🤯 love that 🥹☺️

Very helpful video! Thank you! There is nothing more frustrating than a bald alocasia 😅

Your regal shield is beautiful. Want one but not yet. I've got to make room

You give me hope. I’m gonna get an alocasia now. I’m scared

Yesterday I put my polly in leca after having it in water for a week and a half. This was the only alocasia I've managed to keep alive so I'm hoping she doesn't die on me. I have like 20 corms growing of all my dead ones lmao, I will be putting those in pon. Fingers crossed x)

I only have a silver Dragon and we are trying to get used to each other. He got brown tips lost a few leaves and now his new leaves are growing in smaller. So I moved him into a south window his two new leaves don't have brown tips. So I don't know if he's trying to go dormant or was just not happy. He was also totally drenched when he got here and he seems to be potted in sphagnum moss. Not sure what to do with him, right now we just stare at each other 🥴 he is pretty 😍

Seeing this video gives me hope I just got a baby regal shield and I hope she get as large as your beautiful babies.

Your alocasia collection is awesome! So you still had spider mite problems even in semi-hydro....darn! I thought the water/moisture would deter them!! 😩

That’s interesting about your Frydek dying back because of the neem oil solution getting into the pon. My Frydek is also in pon and I occasionally heavily spray the pon with the same neem oil solution and the roots are not affected. It’s in a self watering pot though and I do flush it twice a month.

AL💚CASIAS!!!

My alocasia Zebrina loved my DIY PON. In my 2 years of having it, it ONLY held onto 4 leaves after i put it in PON. I will onlu ever use PON for alocasia. (If i ever buy more)

It would be nice if you break down every plant type like this. So can the next video be about Anthuriums?

girl my Alocasia's are in a terracotta but the soil mix is dense idk what I'm doing but they're loving it 😂 one of them didn't even go dormant. And they're right up under the grow light. I was hyyyyyype to say the least lol

I need more info on philodendron in semi hydro. I have a gloriosum and I need to figure out if pon or Leca is better

Is it cheaper to make your own pon? And if you do, what do you use to mix together to make the pon?

my corms always rot do u have any tips?