Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Your advice.., 1 by tropicbreeze

tropicbreeze wrote:
I've had my melo probably about the same time as you, around 2 years. It only has one pup.

With the watering issue, it may be a cold climate situation where overwatering is a problem. Here the very high wet season rainfall doesn't seem to phase it. I checked the potting mix and I had added gravel to it so it drains reasonable well. The sprinklers are set to come on twice a day, necessary because our dry season (winter) would be too hot and dry for it.

One of my other Jewel Alocasias, A. reginula, I put in a large pot with lumps of limestone and very little soil. Same watering regime but it's growing faster, flowering more and producing more pups.