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Sun, Feb 10, 13 at 14:33
| Is there a way to prevent my Alocasia ("African Mask" variety) from going dormant? I have at least 7 tubers dormant (I assume, no leaves) and I have one I just brought home from the nursery with slight yellowing setting into the leaves. How do I keep the leaves living year round or at least delay the loss? Help! |
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- Posted by meyermike_1micha 5 (My Page) on Sun, Feb 10, 13 at 21:06
| Bright to medium light, warmth, and using a mix that drains freely and that does not allow salt toxicity should do the trick. Mike:-) |
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- Posted by tropicbreezent (My Page) on Mon, Feb 11, 13 at 16:24
| I'd agree, keeping it warm with good light, not direct sun. I have a few of these I keep outdoors under the shade of trees. They'll go dormant if they dry out too much, but too wet could make them rot. |
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- Posted by September_Jenkins none (My Page) on Tue, Feb 12, 13 at 13:26
| Thanks. Any way to bring them out of dormancy? |
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| i've been reading about it on hardytropicals.co.uk in aroid forum. basically if you put the pot on a heat mat and bag it to incerease humidity - it'll wake up. soil should be at 70F minimum. 70F-90F is fine. i am looking into using regular heating pad for now to wake up the bulbils that i harvested. will be also potting my alocasia polly tubers too soon. but usually people use heating 'propagation' mats. |
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