Alocasia Frydek Full Care Guide | 2 Years Later
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- In this video I dive into Alocasia Frydek Care and my experiences growing this plant over the past 2 years.
I dive into naming, care and tips for the plant and also the dreaded spidermites.
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I ended up finding my Frydek at a discount bargin store here in Canada with 11 leaves on it for $10.....I grabbed that thing and ran to the register as fast as my little legs could move , It was the only one in the store and surely that price had to be a mistake.
I totally agree on the moisture meter!!! That was the key to me actually starting to keep plants alive on my journey!!! No, it’s not completely fool proof, but omg it allowed me to start with Alocasias, and I love them!!! Thank you for the video as usual - your personality is so genuine and hilarious - keep doing what you’re doing bc you are great at it!!! 🌱💚
woop woop for the moisture meters, same here, it has helped me loads too. awww thank you for your lovely words, truly made my day 😁
It's actually called a Maxkowskii (Or Alocasia micholitziana 'maxkowskii'). 😁 Green Velvet is also acceptable.
I got mine home around 2½ weeks ago (It's 32 inches tall!) sent over 4 days from Netherlands to the cold North of Denmark. Absolutely love this plant, and I literally pet it every time I walk past it haha.
Ohhh i did not know that, thanks for sharing 😊 ohh even more impressive with the shipping in cold 🙌🙌🙌🙌
@@Houseplantygoodness Yeah it's amazing what one of those tiny heat packs can actually do. It didn't even lose a single leaf, no yellowing or anything :o
2 1/2 years into me actually collecting houseplants and I also still use my water meter as well👍 mostly for some of my larger plants that don't always show obvious signs of being dry. It can be super helpful!
exactly it can be hugely valuable!
I like how detailed you are, don"t mind a thing sitting in front of the screen to listen to you, I will keep on watching
I couldn't agree more on the moisture meter thing.
When I got my first Monstera albo I was frightened. I didn't get the plant because everybody wanted it but because I honestly just adored (and still do) the way it looked. So, of course, I waited patiently until I got a chance to buy an established (rather large actually) plant to an acceptable price. And there we were, me and my forever-fav plant up until this day. Whenever I felt like I had to water it I checked with the moisture meter first. 9 out of 10 times there was ABSOLUTELY no need to water the poor thing unless I wanted to suffocate it. Withing a few weeks I got a hang of it. I not only relaxed but made that plant thrive and that's exactly what you described. You can't use your experience with watering when u absolutely have none ;)
I rarely use the meter anymore. Especially because I use a mix so chunky it will tell me there's a drought right after I watered 🤣 yet on my allocasias it came in handy from time to time ever since.
My goodness!!! She is a beauty 🥹
Also THANK YOU for the clarification on the name, I was going NUTS trying to figure out the true name. I have a variegated alocasia (frydek)
I got one at Wakmart in Toronto for 20.00! Couldn’t believe it. I’ve never seen sold before or since. Had 3 leaves and now they have 7 in two months. I got a small varigated by a local seller. Tiny three leaves in moss. Its just unfurled a new leaf. Fingers crossed.
This is actually my first alocaisia and so far, its been doing great and I've found it pretty easy. Every leaf is just beautiful. I also got it for a steal at 40$ ;)
9:46, I have just split the babies off a mother snake plant which sounds exactly as you described. I let the cuts heal, 2 hours, then added wax to the cut bit and planted them. I’ll let you know what happens 😂🤞
Holy shit!!! Thats huge.
I have the variegated one. And it's still small. Can it look like yours please lol..
Ohhh I bet the variegated one is stunning though 😍😍😍😍
Omg, it cracks me up when you laugh! Love your vids…x
I haven’t seen a difference in the corms when I’m propagating them
Thanks for the video! I was hesitating about repotting my real frydek, and i still do not know if i should haha. You have such nice nails btw! Strange compliment haha
Do yourself a favor and watch the intro with CC on 🤣
ohhh I will check it out 😬😬😬😬😬😅😅😅😅
Plant with Roos just did a vid on stem prop for Alocasia. Maybe an experiment vid? Also, what lighting do you recommend?
ohhh nice one i will check it out and for sure this might be an experiment for the summer
GORGEOUS Micholitziana Maxkowskii 🥰
It became a lot more available here in Canada as well. There's even a lot of variegated ones more and more available. I guess from TC. Wich is good. They are about 120/160$ range for now.
Thx for the video. Frydek is my favorite Alo. Yours is just wow ! 😊
I got one two weeks ago from a nursery in Ontario for $19.99!!
Wow yeah I think the pricing is similar here at the moment for the variegated ones. defo I would say TC. thanks, its one of my favourite Alo too
Wow is that for a variegated one or a green one?
@@Houseplantygoodness green.
en castellano, plase
Really quickly....
I had one and it kinda suffered so I've got the bulbs sitting in a prop box, hoping for it to bounce back in Spring. :)
Hopefully it will bounce back nicely, i find they do enjoy pon and leca quite a bit if you want to experiment with one of the bulbs
Fried Egg
I got some corms from my black velvet during repotting and left one still attached to the mama-plant. I got them all rooted and the speed was roughly the same. The difference I noticed was in the strength of the new plants: the one that stayed attached to the mother plant got giant first leave, it was roughly 3x larger than the others (propagated in perlite). However, its not a good experiment, as the conditions were clearly very different (perlite prop box close to light source vs. aroid mix in terracotta in a dark corner and watering when almost fully dry).
please talk about this all day ;D ;D
I have actually propagated that alocasia which is to the Philippines but the fully formed independent balls grow better.
How much water do you give it just before 4/10 humidity? 2 humidity points up?
Hihi. Can the corms be safely stored? I have too many baby frydeks 🙈
Heyy awesome and super helpful video.. actually all your vids are lol 🙌🏻
Question: I have a young alocasia fry with beautiful leaves about 8-9inches however. At the moment there’s 4 leaves two large and two medium. I did see a new leaf start to form.. all of a sudden one leaf is being superrrr droopy and I don’t know why. No burns no yellowing no dryness. What’s the reason for this leafe to be acting up lol?
Im legit on my plants everyday under the scope and making sure things are up to par…
Please help… thanks 💪🏻🌱
Although it’s been 11 months, I’m still going to answer in case you still need it. I have heard Alocasias can only support a few leaves at a time, so it might drop an older leaf to produce a new one. If it is old and yellowing, it’s probably worth it to cut it off to promote new growth. Give it a good look-over first though, I’m not 100% sure.
I got the variegated one today and don’t know how to care for it
Got one from IKEA yesterday for £19. Really good quality lots of leaves
how hard was it to assemble?
So helpful! Thank you!
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That is simply ridiculous! 🤩
It has kinda taken off 😅😅😅😅
@@Houseplantygoodness That thing is going to eat you in your sleep.
Omg! My jaw literally dropped when you picked up the plant! Absolutely stunning! Wish me luck! 💚🤍