How to care for Alocasia macrorrhizos so it stays lush green? A detailed guide to care methods

If you want your Alocasia macrorrhizos to stay lush green, you need to work on soil mixing, light control, watering control and temperature control. Use a loose, fertile mixed soil, give the plant appropriate diffused light, keep the potting soil fairly moist and mist to raise humidity, and keep the temperature steady between 20-25 degrees Celsius.

Care methods for keeping Alocasia macrorrhizos lush green

1. Mixing the soil

If you want your Alocasia macrorrhizos to become lush green, mixing the soil 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 needs for growth and development, and being loose and fertile, it will not cause the plant to fail to adapt, and can make the leaves greener.

2. Controlling light

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

3. Controlling watering

When watering Alocasia macrorrhizos, you must make sure the soil the plant is in is watered thoroughly and completely, in a state that is fairly moist but does not become waterlogged, that is, moist but not soggy, and during its growing period mist around it to maintain air humidity, so that the leaves will not turn yellow and wither from lack of water.

4. Keeping the temperature stable

Alocasia macrorrhizos likes to grow in a fairly warm environment and has very poor tolerance of low temperatures, so even in winter the temperature must stay above 8 degrees Celsius, while during the growing period it must be kept between 20-25 degrees Celsius; when the temperature is too low the plant will show yellow leaves, and when too high it will also become dry and yellow.