How to care for Alocasia macrorrhizos so its leaves stay lush and green

If you want your Alocasia macrorrhizos to be lush and green, you need to start with soil preparation, light control, watering control and temperature control. Use a loose, fertile mixed soil, give the plant appropriate indirect scattered light, keep the potting soil relatively moist and mist it to raise humidity, and keep the temperature steady between 20-25°C.

How to care for Alocasia macrorrhizos to keep it lush and green

1. Prepare the soil

If you want your Alocasia macrorrhizos to become lush and green, soil preparation is very important. Use a mix of leaf mold, peat soil and fine sandy soil. This kind of mixed soil can meet the plant's growth and development needs, and it is loose and fertile, so it will not cause the plant to fail to adapt and can make the leaves greener.

2. Control the light

Light control is also very important. In winter, light intensity is low, so it can receive direct sunlight, but in the other seasons Alocasia macrorrhizos cannot receive direct light, otherwise the plant is very likely to suffer severe leaf dehydration and sunburn, and the leaf edges will no longer stay lush and green.

3. Control watering

When watering Alocasia macrorrhizos, be sure to water the soil thoroughly until it is in a relatively moist but not waterlogged state, that is, moist but not soggy, and mist around it during its growing period to maintain air humidity, so the leaves will not turn yellow and dry out from lack of water.

4. Keep the temperature stable

Alocasia macrorrhizos likes to grow in a relatively warm environment and has very poor tolerance for low temperatures, so even in winter the temperature must stay above 8°C, and during the growing period it must be kept between 20-25°C. When the temperature is too low, the plant will show yellow leaves, and when it is too high, the leaves will also dry up and turn yellow.