I find most Alocasia do well in pon. However, I think you're quite right to go slowly with your Alocasia transition because some take a knock back. Alocasia Amazonica tend to be , in my experience, not the easiest of Alocasia, but really worth it because they are so beautiful. Also, the great thing about Pon is that if you finish using it with one plant , you can boil it, drain it, let it dry and use it again. 😊😊😊😊
Mine hate pon. Wasn’t airy enough so they got root rot easier. Funnily enough when I ran out of pon I planted a couple in basic chunky river rocks from my garden and they loved it. I just used fertilized water and they grew like crazy.
@@islein I tried it on my alocasia Pink Dragon: it looked well for 2 weeks, then I put her in pon and she just molded away. All my other alocasias went from soil directly into pon and transitioned well and are doing amazing. But Pink Dragon died when I tried the water first
I ❤️💙💜 your videos. They are so calming and you do so good on all those beautiful plants you own. I want some of your cuttings. I wish we were next-door neighbors or something.
So far my Alocasias have been quite happy in PON. They did take a little hit at first, but have bounced back. Expect some leaf loss. I lost some, but all have now regrown new leaves. My Hilo beauty took the biggest hit. Wasn’t sure if it was gonna make it, but low and behold, a new leaf emerged this week. My Thai Constellation loves it and is just exploding with growth. I’ve mentioned that before though. I’ve experimented with a couple of ferns now and will report back on results.
Those are cicadas you hear. And I wouldn't blame myself much about that orbifolia. They are so hard. I admire anyone who can get one to grow that big. I have tried it twice and they seemed to start dying the minute they came through the door.
My orbifolia looks almost the same. Had cut all way back to one leaf but has new sprout coming in! All my calathea are actually looking sad. I'm thinking humidity. Looking crispy an they have ben watered. Just trying to hang in there till my greenhouse finished an I can get them there in better conditions.
Hope your Orbifolia comes back, mine is down to 7 leaves, think I’m gonna move it outside too. Love the rehab videos 💚 Always love to see them come back to life!! 🫶🏼
I have recently made a syngonium moss wall ( kudos to Nora, The LECA Queen for her idea) and I have grouped a few different ones together to create (eventually) a huge wall of syngonium. I love it and they look great too and it has helped with creating a bushy wall and ease of care! Your Batik is MASSIVE compared to mine....love it!. Loved this vid too....quite therapeutic watching plants be rehab'd and looking a spot better than before 👏🏼Jealous of your warm weather though...can't wait for spring 😅 And reminder Melissa that you promised a specific vid on Maranta care....no pressure! 😂😆💚
Thank you! I follower her on insta! I don't remember the maranta video lol I do have one on care already but I feel like I don't do anything specific! I want to do an updated collection video on them and I can talk about the care again.
She looks like my Calathea Medallion. She lost all but two leaves. I cut off a bunch of dead roots two weeks ago wasn’t much left when I was finished. Put it in a 3.5” pot with new soil and she is finally bouncing back after months of declining.
Good luck with your alocasia. I have always grown mine in self watering, with soil and mine have done fabulous! So i’m hoping the pon will work out well for you too. The only one to give me a hard time was my Amazonica too but that one I actually had in just soil 🤔 I have all the corms tho in self watering and so far so good. If they do well in self watering and you decide you don’t like the pon just use soil, I think you will be very successful with them
I haven't done pon or leca yet but when I used to have fish and it would say to rinse the substrate really well I would fill a strainer and just go outside and hose it down really well... then let it drip dry. I am in Canada and I definitely have 4 seasons so I would buy any extra stuff I may want (I had a planted tank) and I would wash everything outside in a big strainer, let it sun dry and then put it in containers to store. I am looking at leca or pon for a few of my alocasia, esp my polly since she is stumpy, and that is my plan, just do it all at once and then have it in containers ready for use as I may need it. maybe if you wash up the whole bag of pon at once then store it you will find it more enjoyable. I know its much smaller but if you can swirl it clean in a bucket then move it to like a pillow case and then hang that to dry outside (something bugs can't get in but water can get out of) then you could dump it in a bucket and be good... Just a thought!
Thanks for sharing! I appreciate it! I think I'll have to do that so then it will be ready for use and I won't have to worry about it every single time I want to repot something in it 💚
@@plantsbymelissa I don´t wash my lechuza pon before using. I do it like you mentioned in the video and just water from the top (you are supposed to do that in the beginning anyway) and clean out the reservoir when it get´s dirty from the dust. I would consider rinsing it first for containers where you can´t clean the reservoir. But it´s stone dust not anything organic, so i´m not worried about it to be honest.
I do well with alocasias (in leca), but I think the amazonica is the most finicky one of them all. I gave up with it, only one corm left sitting in fluval. I hope you have better luck with yours
Enjoyed this video a lot as always. Condolences on the accidental snapping, I had a similar not-so-happy accident when I was repotting a calathea recently. Ok, now I have to read about pon to learn about that so I can pass any quizzes you may give your viewers. I am tempted to nickname it Peter (as in Peter Pon) but I’ll spare you that misery. My wife was looking over my shoulder to watch this video and noticed your green nail color which she liked a lot. She asked me to pass that along to you. More seriously, thanks for the video.
Omg I just left a nursery here in Tinley Park Illinois Ted's nursery they had so many plants I don't have that I want so bad I just did not have the money to buy them all like cincompanium elbow variegated Miranda philodendron some even allocation stingray that I've been looking for nobody has but they got it cuz I asked him to so I had to buy that one I got a what's it called epiprenum pinatunm albo they also got manjula pothos like last time I was there I gave them a list of the plants I was looking for that was like two three weeks ago I go back today they have every one of them now how hard of a decision do you think that was!❤ But a good hard decision
Alocasias in pon: I tried young ones straight from soil into pon and didn´t introduce self-watering in first few months - I watered them about once a week and then very slowly I started using the reservoir. So far after 9 months amazing results. However, my Pink Dragon went as an experiement into water for 2 weeks, seem to do well, but upon transtion into pon molded and rotted away very fast. I´ll never put them into water first again. So for me: every alocasia is going into pon straight away, but will be very careful with self-watering as then tend to gutate if it goes to fast. I transitioned my calatheas into pon too - some took over immediately with self-watering reservoir but some didn´t like it and I had to be super careful not to overwater them. I tried them in water first and for some it went amazing, for some (Makoyana, Musaica, Lancifolia) it was not good - so I put them into pon fast, they lost leaves and new pups, but eventually after a few weeks quite recovered (except for Musaica, which I think might be dead - however, will wait 2 more months before I through her away). After this, I would put them straight from soil into pon without any water phase next time to avoid such casulties.
I just subscribed to your chanel. Your videos are so informative. I never heard of pon. What is it? I live in Michigan and don't have too many places to buy plants and accessories.
Thanks for subbing! It's an alternative to soil basically (semi-hydroponics) it has pumice, zeolites and lava rock. You'll have to flush and use nutrients. I'm very knew to it!
Hello Melissa, I've noticed that my calathea Orbifolia isn't "praying" since I got it. I did repot into an airy mixture after purchase, but have very good at keeping it moist. Could it be transplant shock?
Is that a ripsalis next to your cutting? Just curious. I don’t really care for syngonium either…..i’m just keeping my fingers crossed right now for a chiapense that I have on a moss pole. I really hope it does well because I think the leaves are beautiful. I haven’t had good luck with syngonium so far tho 😢
It's a hoya retusa! It's the one I had hanging in my plant room but it caused the ant problem lol so I took it out. The blooms were insane on it! I hope your chiapense does well!
My new plants that came from TL plant studio had slow release thrown on top in moss lol. I haven't done it but I'm sure it will give some nutrients over time as you water. I would probably mix it in and not on top though.
@@plantsbymelissa I've only had mine on a pole for about 3 months. Honestly, I only like it on the pole bc I can see all the different variations in colors. I'm a varigated leaf lover, too! Lol
I find most Alocasia do well in pon. However, I think you're quite right to go slowly with your Alocasia transition because some take a knock back. Alocasia Amazonica tend to be , in my experience, not the easiest of Alocasia, but really worth it because they are so beautiful. Also, the great thing about Pon is that if you finish using it with one plant , you can boil it, drain it, let it dry and use it again. 😊😊😊😊
I find alocasia does better if you put it in water before pon, so it can grow water roots🥰
Mine hate pon. Wasn’t airy enough so they got root rot easier. Funnily enough when I ran out of pon I planted a couple in basic chunky river rocks from my garden and they loved it. I just used fertilized water and they grew like crazy.
@@islein I tried it on my alocasia Pink Dragon: it looked well for 2 weeks, then I put her in pon and she just molded away. All my other alocasias went from soil directly into pon and transitioned well and are doing amazing. But Pink Dragon died when I tried the water first
I ❤️💙💜 your videos. They are so calming and you do so good on all those beautiful plants you own. I want some of your cuttings. I wish we were next-door neighbors or something.
Love the kitty thought bubbles.
Thank you!! lol it made me laugh haha
My syngonium albo is loving PON. I actually took the top cuttings from my Batik to root in water and plant in PON. I gave the base to a friend.
That syngonium is so beautiful. I have a young one. I hope it will grow that big. I love syngonium
So far my Alocasias have been quite happy in PON. They did take a little hit at first, but have bounced back. Expect some leaf loss. I lost some, but all have now regrown new leaves. My Hilo beauty took the biggest hit. Wasn’t sure if it was gonna make it, but low and behold, a new leaf emerged this week. My Thai Constellation loves it and is just exploding with growth. I’ve mentioned that before though. I’ve experimented with a couple of ferns now and will report back on results.
Thank you for sharing! I feel like I'll like it but will just have to get used to it. Growing in soil for so long it's hard to change that 🙈😂
Your Batik is so beautiful 💚💚💚 Definitely on my wish list
I just repotted my sungonium on a cutting pole b
Those are cicadas you hear. And I wouldn't blame myself much about that orbifolia. They are so hard. I admire anyone who can get one to grow that big. I have tried it twice and they seemed to start dying the minute they came through the door.
Came here to say this! Cicadas, they are in the process of shedding their skin!
That syngonium is beautiful! I wish my Batik was that huge, but she's coming along!❤
I think all will gtow nicely after this repotting👍
💚🌱🌵☘️💚
Good plant chore vid; love the overgrown syngonium!
Love your videos...learned so much. Thanks 😊
You are so welcome! Thanks for watching! 🫶
My orbifolia looks almost the same. Had cut all way back to one leaf but has new sprout coming in! All my calathea are actually looking sad. I'm thinking humidity. Looking crispy an they have ben watered. Just trying to hang in there till my greenhouse finished an I can get them there in better conditions.
Hope your Orbifolia comes back, mine is down to 7 leaves, think I’m gonna move it outside too. Love the rehab videos 💚 Always love to see them come back to life!! 🫶🏼
I have recently made a syngonium moss wall ( kudos to Nora, The LECA Queen for her idea) and I have grouped a few different ones together to create (eventually) a huge wall of syngonium. I love it and they look great too and it has helped with creating a bushy wall and ease of care! Your Batik is MASSIVE compared to mine....love it!. Loved this vid too....quite therapeutic watching plants be rehab'd and looking a spot better than before 👏🏼Jealous of your warm weather though...can't wait for spring 😅 And reminder Melissa that you promised a specific vid on Maranta care....no pressure! 😂😆💚
Thank you! I follower her on insta! I don't remember the maranta video lol I do have one on care already but I feel like I don't do anything specific! I want to do an updated collection video on them and I can talk about the care again.
@@plantsbymelissa Yes that would be lovely thank you Melissa 🥰
"oh darn it" made me giggle XD
I enjoy your videos and your down to earth personality
Thank you so much! 🥹🥰
I have the same shelves
She looks like my Calathea Medallion. She lost all but two leaves. I cut off a bunch of dead roots two weeks ago wasn’t much left when I was finished. Put it in a 3.5” pot with new soil and she is finally bouncing back after months of declining.
That's amazing and so refreshing to hear! I see these get tossed all the time 🥹
@@plantsbymelissa no way I was tossing her. You never toss a plant that you name. She will stick atound until she is a goner.
Good luck with your alocasia. I have always grown mine in self watering, with soil and mine have done fabulous! So i’m hoping the pon will work out well for you too. The only one to give me a hard time was my Amazonica too but that one I actually had in just soil 🤔 I have all the corms tho in self watering and so far so good. If they do well in self watering and you decide you don’t like the pon just use soil, I think you will be very successful with them
Thank you!!
I haven't done pon or leca yet but when I used to have fish and it would say to rinse the substrate really well I would fill a strainer and just go outside and hose it down really well... then let it drip dry. I am in Canada and I definitely have 4 seasons so I would buy any extra stuff I may want (I had a planted tank) and I would wash everything outside in a big strainer, let it sun dry and then put it in containers to store. I am looking at leca or pon for a few of my alocasia, esp my polly since she is stumpy, and that is my plan, just do it all at once and then have it in containers ready for use as I may need it. maybe if you wash up the whole bag of pon at once then store it you will find it more enjoyable. I know its much smaller but if you can swirl it clean in a bucket then move it to like a pillow case and then hang that to dry outside (something bugs can't get in but water can get out of) then you could dump it in a bucket and be good... Just a thought!
Thanks for sharing! I appreciate it! I think I'll have to do that so then it will be ready for use and I won't have to worry about it every single time I want to repot something in it 💚
@@plantsbymelissa I don´t wash my lechuza pon before using. I do it like you mentioned in the video and just water from the top (you are supposed to do that in the beginning anyway) and clean out the reservoir when it get´s dirty from the dust. I would consider rinsing it first for containers where you can´t clean the reservoir. But it´s stone dust not anything organic, so i´m not worried about it to be honest.
so happy you did your Syngonium I'm in the process of staking mine it's getting wild lol 💚
I do well with alocasias (in leca), but I think the amazonica is the most finicky one of them all. I gave up with it, only one corm left sitting in fluval. I hope you have better luck with yours
Your cats in this video are too stinking cute ❤❤❤
Thank you so much! They love hanging outside now that it has gotten so warm!
your fur babies are so cute!!! 😭
Your so professional! I would of just ripped that yellow leaf right off with my bare hands 😂😬
Enjoyed this video a lot as always. Condolences on the accidental snapping, I had a similar not-so-happy accident when I was repotting a calathea recently. Ok, now I have to read about pon to learn about that so I can pass any quizzes you may give your viewers. I am tempted to nickname it Peter (as in Peter Pon) but I’ll spare you that misery. My wife was looking over my shoulder to watch this video and noticed your green nail color which she liked a lot. She asked me to pass that along to you. More seriously, thanks for the video.
Thank you! The polish color is by the brand OPI and it's called "clear the cash" lol
Amazonia a pack of five different colored soil scoops
Awww yur sleeping kitties are too cute 😂
Thank you!!
Omg I just left a nursery here in Tinley Park Illinois Ted's nursery they had so many plants I don't have that I want so bad I just did not have the money to buy them all like cincompanium elbow variegated Miranda philodendron some even allocation stingray that I've been looking for nobody has but they got it cuz I asked him to so I had to buy that one I got a what's it called epiprenum pinatunm albo they also got manjula pothos like last time I was there I gave them a list of the plants I was looking for that was like two three weeks ago I go back today they have every one of them now how hard of a decision do you think that was!❤ But a good hard decision
Thanks for the reminder to keep an eye on the Target dollar spot for fun budget-friendly plant vessels! Nice video!
Alocasias in pon: I tried young ones straight from soil into pon and didn´t introduce self-watering in first few months - I watered them about once a week and then very slowly I started using the reservoir. So far after 9 months amazing results.
However, my Pink Dragon went as an experiement into water for 2 weeks, seem to do well, but upon transtion into pon molded and rotted away very fast. I´ll never put them into water first again.
So for me: every alocasia is going into pon straight away, but will be very careful with self-watering as then tend to gutate if it goes to fast.
I transitioned my calatheas into pon too - some took over immediately with self-watering reservoir but some didn´t like it and I had to be super careful not to overwater them. I tried them in water first and for some it went amazing, for some (Makoyana, Musaica, Lancifolia) it was not good - so I put them into pon fast, they lost leaves and new pups, but eventually after a few weeks quite recovered (except for Musaica, which I think might be dead - however, will wait 2 more months before I through her away). After this, I would put them straight from soil into pon without any water phase next time to avoid such casulties.
Thank you for sharing! That's so helpful!
I just subscribed to your chanel. Your videos are so informative. I never heard of pon. What is it? I live in Michigan and don't have too many places to buy plants and accessories.
Thanks for subbing! It's an alternative to soil basically (semi-hydroponics) it has pumice, zeolites and lava rock. You'll have to flush and use nutrients. I'm very knew to it!
Hello Melissa, I've noticed that my calathea Orbifolia isn't "praying" since I got it. I did repot into an airy mixture after purchase, but have very good at keeping it moist. Could it be transplant shock?
Is there a video with the components of your soil?
Yes! I can link it here for you: ruclips.net/video/JsECHSy060M/видео.html
all my calathea are growing and looking good on the up side, but all my back leaves are losing their purple color underneath 😢
I've noticed you've started wearing gloves. Any particular reason?!
Can't wait to see more repots 🖤
I watered in Nematodes recently so the thought of microscopic worms on my hands made me feel weird LOL so I think it's more piece of mind thing 😂
Is that a ripsalis next to your cutting? Just curious. I don’t really care for syngonium either…..i’m just keeping my fingers crossed right now for a chiapense that I have on a moss pole. I really hope it does well because I think the leaves are beautiful. I haven’t had good luck with syngonium so far tho 😢
It's a hoya retusa! It's the one I had hanging in my plant room but it caused the ant problem lol so I took it out. The blooms were insane on it! I hope your chiapense does well!
I've been keeping my Alocasia and moss and they thrive. Do you happen to know I add Osmacote to plants potted in moss? 🤔
My new plants that came from TL plant studio had slow release thrown on top in moss lol. I haven't done it but I'm sure it will give some nutrients over time as you water. I would probably mix it in and not on top though.
How do you get your Batik so green? Mine is healthy, but more light green.
It's most likely more nitrogen! I use rainwater a lot which contains nitrogen and osmocote has a higher nitrogen level ☺️
If you want to cut some cuttings. I will gladly take some after your hands 😊 not kidding
I have my Albo on a moss pole. Could you put your Syngonium on a pole?
Yep! They love to climb. I have a syngonium albo on a moss pole but the leaves don't really size up too much from what I noticed with them.
@@plantsbymelissa I've only had mine on a pole for about 3 months. Honestly, I only like it on the pole bc I can see all the different variations in colors. I'm a varigated leaf lover, too! Lol
I wish my cats stayed outside and didn't run away!
I could never let them beyond the screen though I would be too worried!
🐈🐈🐈😍🥹🥹❤
You can just throw away the part that broke off. You don’t have to pro it
She doesn't have to, but she definitely can if she wants to.
The only way I've ever seen an orbifolia 🫤