Alocasia

Alocasia, commonly known as Taro, is a large ornamental plant.
Its leaves are big and green which can decorate your house very beautiful.
It needs only partial light, so you can cultivate it in a pot in your house without providing it sunshine.
This plant also has great capacity of reducing air dust pollution in your house. Because of this advantage, many people plant it in their room.
If you have interests in planting it, we will render you some suggestions as follows:
Firstly, you need to guarantee plenty of air for the root of this plant for avoiding root-rot. So, you can add proper amount of sandy clay to your pot like vermiculite and perlite.
Then, you should remember give it only a little sunshine which can promote it growing well. You should water it frequently when the soil in your pot is dry.
When it comes to winter, this plant prefers a warm environment. So the environment temperature should be controlled stability.
Last but not least, this plant is poisonous, so do not eat it.


3-6 hours of sun per day, with protection from intense mid-day sun

Water moderately, allowing the top 3cm to dry out between watering.

Alocasia

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