Thank you for sharing. I rescued an alocasia that was suffering in soil, and has been thriving in water. 3 pups so far, and thinking of keeping them all in water, to avoid root rot etc.
Hi there, late to this party...lol. thinking about doing my alocasia poly and jacklyn in full hydro. Have any suggestions on the right vessel for them...like how should they sit in the vessel. Should the rhizomes be above the water? Also, feel silly asking this, but do you get corms in water?
@@moonbaby2783happy to share my limited experience so far. My alocasias are small, so keeping them in a jar. Water goes up a third or half way up the stump. I had pups forming on the main parent plant stump, so tried to keep the tops of those not submerged in water. For 4-5 months in winter, I used no fertiliser and it’s been growing just fine. The corms/pups developed so well that I’ve transferred to their own small jars. Keeping them in direct light (I’m based in the UK, direct light in winter is not so bright!). Hope this helps! Experiment and see what works for you 🪴👍
I got an alocasia as a gift last year and I have no idea what I'm doing with it, today I saw one of those corms getting out of the soil and really wondering what it was! What a coincidence I found your video 🤣
I followed all of your directions for corn propagation, and all eight of my comms have now all formed leaves. I really don’t need eight more Alocasia. How many Alocasia could I put in one pot? I really had no idea how huge these plants get and thanks to your potting mix recipes all of my plants have beyond thrived. I guess I could give some plants away. I only have so much room. Thank you for all your advice.
Aloha! My Regal Shield had a WHOOPING 47 corm babies! And I’m currently on day 6 of propagation with your methods and every single one (including the tinest of ones) and starting to be in the little curling form! I’m so happy. Had a bit of mold on a few but nothing alcohol couldn’t kill and a few drops in the prop water as well… lol. Thank you so much! Looks like I’ll be buying some bigger vessels!! And a lot of them!!
Thank you so much for this. I couldn't find much information about this. I have an alocasia wentii. Had 3 corms, scared me and wasnt sure what to do, or what exactly what they were. But i followed your guide lines, was able to show my few followers, let yhem know who showed me the way. And im excited for the next few weeks. Thank you so much
I keep about an inch layer of moss on the soil for most of my plants and I have found that this caused corms to grow just above the soil and just below the moss, but larger like they were under the soil.
THANKYOU SO MUCH, ive been looking for an alternative to spag moss or fluval bcs i hate the idea of them but didn't know how effective water propogation could be, ur method is perfect for me & the way i like to grow my plants, easy to keep things clean and fresh, and easy to observe everything thats going on with the babies, thankyou 💗
Thank you so much ! I've recently was gifted an anthurium metallicum and it had about 5 corms in the soil when transferring it to a different medium. I'm going to follow these steps. Thanks for the education on these ; wonderful video :D
Thank you for the most informative video on Y/T on this process. I’m happy to tell you that I now have 4 Amazonica Curly corms which have 2 leaves and 1 tiny corm which is shooting. I transferred them to moss and they will stay there till they move on to Leca, which the mother plant lives in. I’m so happy I found your channel💕
I ordered a mystery box of 4 (6-inch ) plants on Etsy. As I repotted them into a terracotta pot, I found two corms! I had not seen this video yet, and left them outside, thinking they were Leca balls. After seeing your video, I retrieved them. I put them in a class jar of moist moss and capped it with some air holes. I placed the jar under a full spectrum light on a heat mat, which happens to be in the house of my tortoise 😊 thanks for the video!!
I had to repot t my alocasia because I wanted to check the roots, and I found a fabric plug (ugh), and seven corms (yay!) Following your advice I got all seven to sprout! I'm so happy! I can see the curls and roots growing every day. I hope they all make it. I can't wait to transfer them to soil and grow them into baby plants I can swap or give away.
I ordered some corms recently for an alocasia that I haven't been able to find otherwise... so this will definitely make me feel more comfortable when the corms finally arrive, thank you!
This was the most helpful video I’ve watched! Perfectly explained, and with examples! I intend to watch more of your videos - this one was the first. I’ve also subscribed so I don’t miss any. Thank you for sharing your expertise.
This is such a fantastic video! Definitely one of the most informative and succinct videos I have ever watched on youtube for any topic. Your direct and informative style is so perfect for a how-to-do video. You took the fear of plant propagation right out of me! I'm a new subscriber now. Thank you!
Wow! Thanks so much for the tips! I used your method and all of my six silver dragon corms are geminated! Now I will try for the string ray now. You are life saver! ❤
My alocasia corms are growing on the surface of the soil, literally sticking out. Once mature, the stems die off and the corms are left on ground. What I did was propagated them directly on soil and they all sprouted except for one. But I love to try your method of propagating corms in water. Thank you for sharing.
.. Maybe I should see what's going on with my corms 🤔 I know they have roots, and lots of them (got 15 corms from one plant), but they are in spagnum moss.. I'm new to corms, so didn't know what else to do with them ☺️ it's so exciting 🤗
I found 2 corms (1 med and 1 small) and I followed your video to the letter. Much to my delight both grew roots. The small one even sprouted a leaf after 1 month in a little bottle cap. Albeit a very very small leaf 😂 Thanks so much for your video!
Thank you so much for this video ❤ I got five corms out of my big one I really hope that I can do this. I'm so excited I've never had an alocasia Polly before so I'm really excited and then if I could propagate even more better! ❤😊
I just got my first corms from my alocasia, I'm using your bottle cap method, only thing I did different was put some saran wrap over the bottle cap and poke a hole in it then put my corm in the hole to stop it from falling over, now it's a waiting game to see if I get lucky and get them to sprout, thanks for the video, I didn't even know about corms until I seen this
Thank you!!! This is one of the most informative video's so far. You know your 💩💩💩💩 I've had trouble in the past where if I let any water touch the corm, it rots! IDKW??? One thing that also helps when removing the sheath is a pointed tweezer. I have had success with semi-hydroponics with my larger Alocasia's. ( I have over 70 + indoor plants in semi-hydroponics, mostly DIY PONS). All of them do amazing, especially once I started using a humidifier. I believe that's the key!
That is an excellent question. They should be able to, however, I don’t have any corm producing plants currently in a hydroponic set up to know if it happens less frequently or not. But now you’ve got me wanting to experiment lol💚
Mine took much longer than I anticipated but I finally have great roots started and a few leaves. Things always seem to take longer in my house but I'm learning patience. We'll get there eventually.
Could you maybe put another 4 inch planter directly next to it and guide the stolon growth into it? I mean you could even add another if you had to, but obviously 2 empty pots next to it all the time would be done more in a nursery setting than on a livingroom display shelf. Or maybe use one pot and slowly move it away as the stolon grows. Getting ready to germinate a couple pink princess alocasias and your video came up. Thanks for posting the these instructions.
I appreciate your logical explanations based on science. I find it very hard to trust what many people say in the hobby but your knowledge has been a great help. Thank you
Well I just propagated two corms your way. I wish I could have found a bottle cap like yours, mines a little bigger and it was hard to keep them up right, I put some pon in to keep them up. Well see what happens in a month maybe. Great video thank you!
I just potted couple corms into soil, but I potted them with the side that was connected to root facing down. I guess I need to turn them the opposite side :D
I transferred an All Asia Polly to pin today and we've got7 baby corms! So I researched this video and I'm going to try your method. I'm using salt vessels. Wish me luck!!
Ok. It's been 6 weeks and my forms have NO root starts. I have them in salt vessels under a cliche. The mother plant has died so it's really imperative that these survive. Any suggestions???
As long as there are corms technically the plant is not dead and the corms will eventually push new growth up out of the soil, but sometimes it’s quicker and easier to remove them and start from scratch as it were💚
I found a dead alocasia at work and for some odd reason while throwing it out something told me to grab that little ball and throw it in water. I’d never grown one before and I’d only ever seen one and that was this dead crunchy one I was tossing out. Well, I threw it in water and forgot about it until 6 days ago I saw the roots had been growing and there was a pointy growth from it! And it's been growing and unfolding more every day since then. I'm so happy with myself! 😂❤ Update: I still have it in water and it has grown three beautiful leaves! And now I'm afraid to move it over to soil 🤦🏽♀️🤣 but I’m gonna do it using the double cup method so wish me luck 🤞🏾
I have a alocasia black stem and I’m about to repot it and I’m hoping it’ll have corms instead of placing it by my window would it also work with my LED lights?
I did an experiment on my 17 corms my tiny plant gave me, I took 3 corms and prop'd them like we do with avocados. And it works also, I only put the toothpicks in far enough to hold it in the glass of water, (they fell out easy when touched) but it works! ✌🏼
It varies depending on the type of corm, time of year, exact conditions you have it in, etc, so I couldn’t give an exact timeline. You just leave it in the bottle cap until it starts getting roots and curls like I said, and then once it gets it’s first full leaf you pot it up. It’s more about what you’re seeing as to when to do the next step then it is about a specific timeline. Hope this makes sense.💚
Great informative video. Concerning the stolons, have you ever tried ground layering them into another pot in close proximity to the pot with the mother plant ? My plants are in the ground but the process would be the same for indoors. Once the stolen puts down roots and grows leaves you cut it from the mother and you have another potted plant.
Hi! Great video this helped so much! I have had them In a lid for about a week with a little bit of water and they have now turned slightly darker and soft is this normal or have a done something wrong? Thank you!
Hmm….hard to say without seeing them but they may be starting to rot. If they’re on the smaller side sometimes they’re just to small to be viable and end up rotting, but once again, hard to say for certain without seeing them
I bought a small black velvet alocasia from jewels osco a week ago, i repotted her and she had 7 corms! I’m so excited considering she was in a 4 in pot
Do you think this water method would work well with something like a Foxtail Asparagus Fern?? I have a couple a friend gave me and I'm about to split/repot my Polly and ill try this method with that.
New alocasia mom here. I'm on the verge of being sorry that I purchased it. It's a large plant and it's struggling. How do you feel about pon vs. soil?
I just put mine half covered in a small plastic 2oz cup with the lid on it in a west facing window- will this be okay or should I do a glass over them and move them?
How do you decide when to transfer to soil? My corm now has its first leaf and 2 inc of roots with secondary roots. Is it better to wait, or better to transfer?
My silver dragon is getting kind of crispy on the leaf tips, so I think I'm going to search for some corms today. 🥰. (Also when I first got it and would water it I'd get beads of water at the tips of them like it was sucking up water very well. I don't get that anymore for some reason. And I'm not seeing any new growth on it.. my leaf tips don't look very well even on the newer leaves. I'm not sure what's going on with it so I'm going to search for some corms in case it dies). Update: no corms... But definitely some root rot. I reported it with 1/2 coco coir and 1/2 cactus and palm soil with some.perlite. it did have a few healthy Roots so hopefully they can take to the new soil and it will be okay. Fingers crossed that repotting it didn't shock it too much).
I’m glad you checked and caught the issue while there were still some good roots left! The dripping water from the leaf tips is called guttation and it usually is the result of inconsistent watering. When the roots take up too much water they will expel the excess the leaf tips. This is more common on certain species of plants than others, but it is perhaps most common on Alocasia.
@@AlohaPlantLife Thank you for your reply. I should have clarified my wording better. Wanted to know if I can store them long term for indoor growing, and what is a proper time? Again thank you! Oh and I really enjoy your content.
Great video! I have a question: I have 2 corms in a bottle cap but the roots are starting before the sprouting/curling at the top. The top actually turned dark again. Any ideas on what I may be doing wrong?
You might not be doing anything wrong, if roots are developing that’s a good sign! Without seeing the ‘darkness’ you’re talking about myself it’s hard to say if that’s anything to be concerned about or not. The black velvet corm I’m currently propagating turned darker as well this time which usually doesn’t happen but I just stayed patient and let it be and now roots and curls are happening💚
Hi first time watching your videos I have a Regal Shield Alocasia and it has had pups and I took them out and re potted them whelk the mother plant has now thrown out 2 flowers do I keep them cut them do they contain seeds? I need advice please
Unless you’re intending to try and cross pollinate plants, my advice is to cut them off as soon as they come in. Otherwise, your plant will keep sacrificing its leaves to support the flowers. So basically, if you want more leaves, always cut the flowers off as soon as they come in.
Wow, thank you so much. The most helpful video about corms, ever. You are doing an amazing research-work!! 👍🏻
Thank you!!
Agree. That was so good!
+1 this video is so useful. Love the step by step thank you!
Thank you! It's very refreshing to watch a direct and informative video without 30 minutes of blather. Perfect!
You’re welcome 💚
Thank you so much! I’ve tried it and got 5 healthy new Alocasia Macrorrizha variegated 🎉
Wonderful!!
Also: as an aroid, and if you hate soil, you can also just leave it in water as Alocasia can grow fully hydroponically!
That is so cool!! You finally helped me understand what hydroponic means!
Whhhhhaaat?!?😮 thank you for saying this !
Thank you for sharing. I rescued an alocasia that was suffering in soil, and has been thriving in water. 3 pups so far, and thinking of keeping them all in water, to avoid root rot etc.
Hi there, late to this party...lol. thinking about doing my alocasia poly and jacklyn in full hydro. Have any suggestions on the right vessel for them...like how should they sit in the vessel. Should the rhizomes be above the water? Also, feel silly asking this, but do you get corms in water?
@@moonbaby2783happy to share my limited experience so far. My alocasias are small, so keeping them in a jar. Water goes up a third or half way up the stump. I had pups forming on the main parent plant stump, so tried to keep the tops of those not submerged in water. For 4-5 months in winter, I used no fertiliser and it’s been growing just fine. The corms/pups developed so well that I’ve transferred to their own small jars. Keeping them in direct light (I’m based in the UK, direct light in winter is not so bright!). Hope this helps! Experiment and see what works for you 🪴👍
A friend is sending me my first corms!
She suggested this Video!
So informative! Seriously, thank you! Now I have some confidence!
Wonderful!
This was the perfect video for me, thank you. Clear, concise, no filler, beautiful house!
You're welcome!
I got an alocasia as a gift last year and I have no idea what I'm doing with it, today I saw one of those corms getting out of the soil and really wondering what it was! What a coincidence I found your video 🤣
Happy coincidence!💚
I followed all of your directions for corn propagation, and all eight of my comms have now all formed leaves. I really don’t need eight more Alocasia. How many Alocasia could I put in one pot? I really had no idea how huge these plants get and thanks to your potting mix recipes all of my plants have beyond thrived. I guess I could give some plants away. I only have so much room. Thank you for all your advice.
I probably wouldn’t do more than three in a pot. Gift or sell the rest💚
Aloha! My Regal Shield had a WHOOPING 47 corm babies! And I’m currently on day 6 of propagation with your methods and every single one (including the tinest of ones) and starting to be in the little curling form! I’m so happy. Had a bit of mold on a few but nothing alcohol couldn’t kill and a few drops in the prop water as well… lol. Thank you so much! Looks like I’ll be buying some bigger vessels!! And a lot of them!!
Thank you so much for this. I couldn't find much information about this. I have an alocasia wentii. Had 3 corms, scared me and wasnt sure what to do, or what exactly what they were.
But i followed your guide lines, was able to show my few followers, let yhem know who showed me the way. And im excited for the next few weeks. Thank you so much
All of my small ones have worked for Alocasias. I've had 100% success with propagating them in sphagnum moss.
I keep about an inch layer of moss on the soil for most of my plants and I have found that this caused corms to grow just above the soil and just below the moss, but larger like they were under the soil.
THANKYOU SO MUCH, ive been looking for an alternative to spag moss or fluval bcs i hate the idea of them but didn't know how effective water propogation could be, ur method is perfect for me & the way i like to grow my plants, easy to keep things clean and fresh, and easy to observe everything thats going on with the babies, thankyou 💗
Glad I could help!💚
Thank you so much ! I've recently was gifted an anthurium metallicum and it had about 5 corms in the soil when transferring it to a different medium. I'm going to follow these steps. Thanks for the education on these ; wonderful video :D
Thank you for the most informative video on Y/T on this process. I’m happy to tell you that I now have 4 Amazonica Curly corms which have 2 leaves and 1 tiny corm which is shooting. I transferred them to moss and they will stay there till they move on to Leca, which the mother plant lives in. I’m so happy I found your channel💕
Awesome!
I just found three large corms in the soil of my black velvet that died. I was so happy! I forgot they made corms!!!🖤🖤🖤
I ordered a mystery box of 4 (6-inch ) plants on Etsy. As I repotted them into a terracotta pot, I found two corms! I had not seen this video yet, and left them outside, thinking they were Leca balls. After seeing your video, I retrieved them. I put them in a class jar of moist moss and capped it with some air holes. I placed the jar under a full spectrum light on a heat mat, which happens to be in the house of my tortoise 😊 thanks for the video!!
Awesome, and you’re welcome💚
Just found 8 corms (dropped one down the sink drain by accident) trying this method, very informative video keep up the good work!
I hate when that happens lol
First video that popped up for my alocasia propagation search and exactly what I was looking for! Thanks for the great video. Subscribed 😊
Awesome! Thank you!💚
I had to repot
t my alocasia because I wanted to check the roots, and I found a fabric plug (ugh), and seven corms (yay!) Following your advice I got all seven to sprout! I'm so happy! I can see the curls and roots growing every day. I hope they all make it. I can't wait to transfer them to soil and grow them into baby plants I can swap or give away.
I ordered some corms recently for an alocasia that I haven't been able to find otherwise... so this will definitely make me feel more comfortable when the corms finally arrive, thank you!
Wow very knowledgeable and helpful video! Thanks!!
You’re welcome!💚
This was the most helpful video I’ve watched! Perfectly explained, and with examples! I intend to watch more of your videos - this one was the first. I’ve also subscribed so I don’t miss any. Thank you for sharing your expertise.
Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for this video!! I never knew about corms and I’m so excited to find them and start new alocasias from a speed 🥹🥹🥹❤️
You are so welcome!
This is such a fantastic video! Definitely one of the most informative and succinct videos I have ever watched on youtube for any topic. Your direct and informative style is so perfect for a how-to-do video. You took the fear of plant propagation right out of me! I'm a new subscriber now. Thank you!
Wow, thank you!
Wow! Thanks so much for the tips! I used your method and all of my six silver dragon corms are geminated! Now I will try for the string ray now. You are life saver! ❤
Wonderful!💚
Wow! You are so good
at explaining things.
I’m so glad that I found you last week. You’re the best.
Thank you so much 😊
Thank you for the good explanation i have a elephant ear and i am waiting one year to grow new now i will try your method
Thank you. I learned a lot. My alocasia I just repotted had 18 corms. First time dealing with this. (Beginner plant guy 😊).
That’s a lot of corms!!
I'd just make a corm salad at this point! 🙃
@@Danko_HS sounds yummy.
My alocasia corms are growing on the surface of the soil, literally sticking out. Once mature, the stems die off and the corms are left on ground. What I did was propagated them directly on soil and they all sprouted except for one. But I love to try your method of propagating corms in water. Thank you for sharing.
Awesome!
This is awesome, thank you so much
.. Maybe I should see what's going on with my corms 🤔 I know they have roots, and lots of them (got 15 corms from one plant), but they are in spagnum moss.. I'm new to corms, so didn't know what else to do with them ☺️ it's so exciting 🤗
those curls are so cute 😄🥰
Thanks so much 💖 I think this might help me save my jacklyn
I found 2 corms (1 med and 1 small) and I followed your video to the letter. Much to my delight both grew roots. The small one even sprouted a leaf after 1 month in a little bottle cap. Albeit a very very small leaf 😂
Thanks so much for your video!
Wonderful!💚
Thank you so much. I have been successful using your method. Your video has been very helpful
Great to hear!💚
I have two Alocasia Samar Lance corms that im so excited to try this on!!!
Thank you thank you !!! I follow the bottle caps are working so far is sprouting can’t wait to see the leaves !!!
Excellent!
This video is awesome..I just repotted my new 10in regal shield and I found about 4 to 5 corms. Can't wait to try and propagate
Awesome!💚 Glad I could help!
WOW!!! What a great video. I'm just learning about Alocasias and so grateful to have found your video. Thanks sooooooooooo much!
You’re welcome, and best if luck on your Alocasia journey!💚
@@AlohaPlantLife Thank you.... 💚
Thank you so much for this video ❤ I got five corms out of my big one I really hope that I can do this. I'm so excited I've never had an alocasia Polly before so I'm really excited and then if I could propagate even more better! ❤😊
You can do it!💚💚💚
Lol. Well now I know which way they got. I wasn’t sure what was the top and what was the bottom!
I just got my first corms from my alocasia, I'm using your bottle cap method, only thing I did different was put some saran wrap over the bottle cap and poke a hole in it then put my corm in the hole to stop it from falling over, now it's a waiting game to see if I get lucky and get them to sprout, thanks for the video, I didn't even know about corms until I seen this
I've been propagating my Alocasia using your corm in a bottle cap method. It really worked well for me. Thank you!
Wonderful! Glad I could help💚
Thank you!!! This is one of the most informative video's so far. You know your 💩💩💩💩 I've had trouble in the past where if I let any water touch the corm, it rots! IDKW??? One thing that also helps when removing the sheath is a pointed tweezer. I have had success with semi-hydroponics with my larger Alocasia's. ( I have over 70 + indoor plants in semi-hydroponics, mostly DIY PONS). All of them do amazing, especially once I started using a humidifier. I believe that's the key!
Just curious, do you experience a lot of pest issues or no? I’ve heard some people say that going to all pon has resulted in way less pest outbreaks…
This is a really good informative video. I will try this. Thank you
You’re welcome💚
This video was so helpful. I have a question. Hydroponic plants produce corms?
That is an excellent question. They should be able to, however, I don’t have any corm producing plants currently in a hydroponic set up to know if it happens less frequently or not. But now you’ve got me wanting to experiment lol💚
Excellent video, you are brilliant! I was trying but I put the corms upside down 😅 Now I know the correct way
Glad I could help!💚
Great video! Straight to the point, covering everything you need to know. I found 12 corms so I'm looking forward to lots of new alocasia babies!
Mine took much longer than I anticipated but I finally have great roots started and a few leaves. Things always seem to take longer in my house but I'm learning patience. We'll get there eventually.
That's great!💚
The most helpful video! Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!
You're welcome!💚
Thanks for tips and tutorial for alocasia plants I love this plant
You’re most welcome 😊
Thank you, your video is very helpful with my first corm baby!
Could you maybe put another 4 inch planter directly next to it and guide the stolon growth into it? I mean you could even add another if you had to, but obviously 2 empty pots next to it all the time would be done more in a nursery setting than on a livingroom display shelf. Or maybe use one pot and slowly move it away as the stolon grows.
Getting ready to germinate a couple pink princess alocasias and your video came up. Thanks for posting the these instructions.
I appreciate your logical explanations based on science. I find it very hard to trust what many people say in the hobby but your knowledge has been a great help. Thank you
You’re welcome!💚
That RocKeD!
Thank you!
I prop my corms in Fluval Stratum and they love it.
Great information about propagation of corms !
Thanks!!! Just what I was looking for!
Glad I could help!
Well I just propagated two corms your way. I wish I could have found a bottle cap like yours, mines a little bigger and it was hard to keep them up right, I put some pon in to keep them up. Well see what happens in a month maybe. Great video thank you!
You’re welcome! The black velvet ones I harvested in the video just started getting roots and their curls!
I just potted couple corms into soil, but I potted them with the side that was connected to root facing down. I guess I need to turn them the opposite side :D
Based on the way you just described it I think you actually did it correctly but hard to say without seeing it
I transferred an All Asia Polly to pin today and we've got7 baby corms! So I researched this video and I'm going to try your method. I'm using salt vessels. Wish me luck!!
You got this!
Ok. It's been 6 weeks and my forms have NO root starts. I have them in salt vessels under a cliche. The mother plant has died so it's really imperative that these survive. Any suggestions???
@@theresasteiner2748 Are you able to send me a pic on Instagram or Facebook?
@@AlohaPlantLife Well, I’m not sure. I do have a Facebook account.
Thank you for showing me not to throw away my dead alocasia plants without removing the corms.
As long as there are corms technically the plant is not dead and the corms will eventually push new growth up out of the soil, but sometimes it’s quicker and easier to remove them and start from scratch as it were💚
I’m so glad I found your video. I am going to try your water method! Thank you.
I found a dead alocasia at work and for some odd reason while throwing it out something told me to grab that little ball and throw it in water. I’d never grown one before and I’d only ever seen one and that was this dead crunchy one I was tossing out. Well, I threw it in water and forgot about it until 6 days ago I saw the roots had been growing and there was a pointy growth from it! And it's been growing and unfolding more every day since then. I'm so happy with myself! 😂❤
Update: I still have it in water and it has grown three beautiful leaves! And now I'm afraid to move it over to soil 🤦🏽♀️🤣 but I’m gonna do it using the double cup method so wish me luck 🤞🏾
Awesome!💚
alocasias and caladiums are easy plants to just dry out, leaving some dirt and then repot whenever you want to
I was wondering what my alocasia black velvet was doing (the stolens)!
Great show!!
Thank you!💚
I planted my corms in stratum and they’re fuzzy. I wish I had done this method.
Nice presentation.
Thank you!
my alocasia polly has just produced corms even though it is only 10cm tall
Great video i love how you explain everything!!
Block your stolon off with damp Sphagnum.
Never let a Stolon go to waste. 😊
I love your videos 😃
Thank you so much. Maybe I will have better luck growing a new Cuprea. Not buying anymore baby plants! Lol
U helped me alot .. thanks alot great video
I have a alocasia black stem and I’m about to repot it and I’m hoping it’ll have corms instead of placing it by my window would it also work with my LED lights?
Where do you get the small “bottles” you moved the corm after the bottle cap?
I did an experiment on my 17 corms my tiny plant gave me, I took 3 corms and prop'd them like we do with avocados. And it works also, I only put the toothpicks in far enough to hold it in the glass of water, (they fell out easy when touched) but it works! ✌🏼
This was so helpful. Thank you.👏🏽👐🏽
You're so welcome!
Very informative but wish u gave a time line, how long in the bottle cap stage and so on
It varies depending on the type of corm, time of year, exact conditions you have it in, etc, so I couldn’t give an exact timeline. You just leave it in the bottle cap until it starts getting roots and curls like I said, and then once it gets it’s first full leaf you pot it up. It’s more about what you’re seeing as to when to do the next step then it is about a specific timeline. Hope this makes sense.💚
@@AlohaPlantLife thnx makes all the sense in the world
Great informative video. Concerning the stolons, have you ever tried ground layering them into another pot in close proximity to the pot with the mother plant ? My plants are in the ground but the process would be the same for indoors. Once the stolen puts down roots and grows leaves you cut it from the mother and you have another potted plant.
No but several of you have suggested it so I might try it at some point💚
Hi! Great video this helped so much! I have had them In a lid for about a week with a little bit of water and they have now turned slightly darker and soft is this normal or have a done something wrong? Thank you!
Hmm….hard to say without seeing them but they may be starting to rot. If they’re on the smaller side sometimes they’re just to small to be viable and end up rotting, but once again, hard to say for certain without seeing them
Where did you get the glass tubes from? After they started rooting in the caps you moved them to those glass tubes.
I got them from either hobby lobby or Michael’s💚
I bought a small black velvet alocasia from jewels osco a week ago, i repotted her and she had 7 corms! I’m so excited considering she was in a 4 in pot
That’s definitely a lot of corms for a 4” pot!💚
Such a good video tyvm
You are so welcome💚
Thanks great job
You’re welcome!
How often do you water it when you've transferred it? Keep it moist?
Yes, I don’t let it dry more than 1/3 of the way out💚
Do you think this water method would work well with something like a Foxtail Asparagus Fern?? I have a couple a friend gave me and I'm about to split/repot my Polly and ill try this method with that.
can the corm be left growing in water and produce a plant in water culture?
Yes
New alocasia mom here. I'm on the verge of being sorry that I purchased it. It's a large plant and it's struggling. How do you feel about pon vs. soil?
I haven’t tried an alocasia in anything but soil yet but I know a lot of people do well growing them in leca💚
I just put mine half covered in a small plastic 2oz cup with the lid on it in a west facing window- will this be okay or should I do a glass over them and move them?
That should work too
Great vid!
Question...where did you find those small tall glasses that you put the rooted corms in? Amazon? What are they called? ❤
I either got them at Hobby Lobby or at Michael’s in the jewelry making section. I think they’re meant to hold tiny beads.
Where do you find the small glass containers.
I got them at either Michael’s or hobby lobby💚
How do you decide when to transfer to soil? My corm now has its first leaf and 2 inc of roots with secondary roots. Is it better to wait, or better to transfer?
I do it as soon as it’s first leaf has fully emerged💚
My silver dragon is getting kind of crispy on the leaf tips, so I think I'm going to search for some corms today. 🥰. (Also when I first got it and would water it I'd get beads of water at the tips of them like it was sucking up water very well. I don't get that anymore for some reason. And I'm not seeing any new growth on it.. my leaf tips don't look very well even on the newer leaves. I'm not sure what's going on with it so I'm going to search for some corms in case it dies).
Update: no corms... But definitely some root rot. I reported it with 1/2 coco coir and 1/2 cactus and palm soil with some.perlite. it did have a few healthy Roots so hopefully they can take to the new soil and it will be okay. Fingers crossed that repotting it didn't shock it too much).
I’m glad you checked and caught the issue while there were still some good roots left! The dripping water from the leaf tips is called guttation and it usually is the result of inconsistent watering. When the roots take up too much water they will expel the excess the leaf tips. This is more common on certain species of plants than others, but it is perhaps most common on Alocasia.
What are those glass vials?! I need them!💕
I got them in the jewelry section at either Michael’s or hobby lobby. I think they’re intended to hold beads
I couldnt understand: does the side that was not attached go down or up in the bottle cap?
Up💚
اتمنى تضعين ترجمه عربي لان نتابعك من الشرق الاوسط
I will have to look into that. I just use RUclips’s auto translate but I guess maybe that’s not one of the languages they do🤷♀️
I want to know how to store corms and when to plant
Store them in a cool dry dark place. if you’re talking about planning them outside, you wanna wait until after the last freeze in the spring.
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Thank you for your reply. I should have clarified my wording better. Wanted to know if I can store them long term for indoor growing, and what is a proper time? Again thank you! Oh and I really enjoy your content.
Great video! I have a question: I have 2 corms in a bottle cap but the roots are starting before the sprouting/curling at the top. The top actually turned dark again. Any ideas on what I may be doing wrong?
You might not be doing anything wrong, if roots are developing that’s a good sign! Without seeing the ‘darkness’ you’re talking about myself it’s hard to say if that’s anything to be concerned about or not. The black velvet corm I’m currently propagating turned darker as well this time which usually doesn’t happen but I just stayed patient and let it be and now roots and curls are happening💚
Where did you get those tiny long vases that you put those baby corms that already grew roots? They look like glass lip gloss containers.
I think I got them at Hobby Lobby or Michael’s. They came in a pack of four and had cork stoppers.
Hi first time watching your videos I have a Regal Shield Alocasia and it has had pups and I took them out and re potted them whelk the mother plant has now thrown out 2 flowers do I keep them cut them do they contain seeds? I need advice please
Unless you’re intending to try and cross pollinate plants, my advice is to cut them off as soon as they come in. Otherwise, your plant will keep sacrificing its leaves to support the flowers. So basically, if you want more leaves, always cut the flowers off as soon as they come in.