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replanted my alocasia black magic and now things are going bad

4 years ago

Little background: I’ve had this alocasia indoor, in direct sunlight, I have it for around 3-4 months and had no problems with it, until now.
We’ve set up a garden outside and decided to move it outside, and als o separate some of the ‘side growing leaves’ to another pot.

The plant gets watered daily- it’s never dry
There’s no root rot
The dirt is well packed around/between the roots -still has good drainage.
And now, the problem:
The leaves started drooping, breaking too, the leaves we separated completely dried out.

What can I do to save it?

Comments (9)

  • 4 years ago

    The white pot is the one I’ve separated, the main one is the brown one which is the most important one

  • 4 years ago

    you might post in the aroids forum..there's knowledgeable viewers there..

    just so you know..you have a colocasia..

    unfortunately I don't think those leaves will recover :-( ..

    is there a rhizome attached to the leaves in the white pot?..

    my black EEs are outside..they stay out from mid May until mid October..I don't water very often..I have a lot of shade..

    good luck..

  • 4 years ago

    Miswritten,
    There is a rhizome.
    Should I cut off all the leaves? The roots are healthy after all..
    I think I’ll return it back indoors, our weather is quite hot ..

  • 4 years ago

    I wouldn't cut the leaves until they're yellow..if I were you I'd read posts in the aroids forum for info..


    my black EEs are never as large as my green..

    in my opinion they love heat..keep them outside..

  • 4 years ago

    Thank you for your advice
    I’ve also contacted the owner from whom I bought this plant.
    They said they’re experiencing trauma from being moved out of their pot.

    Let’s see what happens, I left one outdoor and moved one indoor to where I always stood and grew

  • 4 years ago

    I agree that you have transplant shock..I hope it recovers..

  • 4 years ago

    damaged or not.. as long as its green.. a leaf is converting light into energy ... do not cut them off until they yellow and are no longer doing their job ...


    did you moisten you media before planting.... and what media did you use.. its looks like almost pure peat .... if it is.. its can be near impossible to wet in the pot.. and your plant is probably not getting much water ...


    try to avoid.. or to multiply stresses ..


    first.. bring a plant home.. and let it settle down for a month ... in similar circumstances ...


    then move it outside and harden it off to new light.. and then give it another month to destress ...


    then decide if it is the proper time to break it up and repot is.. and stress the beegeebees out of it ..


    you did all 3 at once.. so.. its stressed.. go figure on that ... put it in shade .... insure the media is properly moist.. water properly ... and dont cut anything off until it dries to a crisp ... lets it destress ...


    prior to the WWW its how we all learned.. so dont worry about it .. live and learn ...


    ken



  • 4 years ago

    The media is made from mixed perlite , some coconut (english isnt my first language, a bit hard to explain) and soil.
    It has normal drainage and is watered properly, it’s just the replanting that did the problem.
    Rest assured it was perfectly fine before soil-drainage wise.
    Just did the mistake of acting rash and moving it outdoors

  • 4 years ago

    And an update on the plant I’ve moved back indoors- it is healing !
    Some new leaves are already growing :))))