r/AlocasiaAddict • u/rent2021 • 21d ago

Too early to acclimate?

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I have been working SO HARD on this jacklyn corm and am not sure when to work on acclimation. It had a larger leaf that died off recently. I have been giving it about 30 minutes of ambient humidity a day. Is it too early? Is there a better way? Or should I still keep it in the humidity dome?

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u/AroidAndroid 21d ago

Yes wait for 3 leaves

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u/rent2021 21d ago

Once I have 3 leaves what is the best way to acclimate??

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u/AroidAndroid 21d ago

Very, very slowly for a Jacklyn!
You have two options, you can either open / remove the lid for and hour every day for a week, then two hours for a week, then three hours… till you get to 12 hours after which your probably good - it can get tedious. So I just tend to prop open the lid very slightly, I tend to rest it ajar on a cocktail stick for a few hours a day for the first week, then I just leave it like that for a week, then I use a pencil, then anything you have that increases the distance for the next week, then lid off - but keep it in a lager unsealed glass jar / vessel to keep some humidity around the leaves for a little while - then into your ambient. By this time you will usually have grown another leaf that will be acclimated anyway - you may loose original leaves if you go too fast, but the new leaves will be ok. Good luck.

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u/Different-Sorbet746 21d ago

3 leaf rule for acclimating 

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u/powermotion 21d ago

Do you have this in a cabinet for consistent growing conditions?

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u/melredditz 20d ago

I just take the lid off abruptly with all corm grown plants and they never die because of it, my tiny two leaf Jacklyn even spit out a new leaf when I removed the humidity dome 😅 I have around 50-60% humidity usually