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Thanks! I do actually try to get all the soil off the roots when I repot from soil to moler clay, but I do that when the soil's dry so it comes off easily. If I recall correctly so far only two of the plants I repotted this way dropped leaves right after repotting: a Syngonium erythrophyllum that I was too rough on and a very sad Anthurium that I rinsed to get rid of bugs.

Keiki paste sounds nice, any results so far? It's the same hormones that are produced when you take a cutting, right?

Gina1960 said:I use the clay balls in the bottom of my terrariums for the water reservoir. My largest tank, #75 is where I have my Alocasia cuprous and ALocasia infernalis. Both are thriving, they have sent roots down through the fir bark, cocohusk, charcoal and perlite top dressing into eh water reservoir where they have spread out hugely. They are basically growing almost in semi-hydro. I was not sure a Jewel ALocasia like Cuprea would make it like this, in fact, another terrarium enthusiasts told me it would rot. But it just keeps growing, and has made an offset which I harvested

That's really interesting that the roots seek it. I don't see why semi-hydro shouldn't work. My baby Cuprea and Dragon Scale are both doing well in moler clay, constantly wet from bottom watering. My lauterbachiana put out three inflorescences and a new leaf at the same time, I should probably check if it's as rootbound as the Homalomena was.

Even my Colocasia has come back from the dead, although now I'm worried it might have mosaic virus. Edit: here's a closeup, is this healthy?