There's been a slight tear on my indoor alocasia plant and I was wondering if it'll heal? Is there anything I could possibly do to help it?
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It would help if you gave us a picture so we can understand the problem. – Graham Chiu Mar 07 '16 at 05:42
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Just updated a photo of it! – Alan Yeh Mar 08 '16 at 18:45
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Plants deal with injury in a different way than mobile organisms. Their mechanism is to let the cells surround the area with specialized wound tissue. Leaves in particular are disposable compared to roots and stems.
- the tear in the leaf will "heal" when dead cells wall off the wound area
- most indoor plants don't have enough light and too much water from their owners so you could see if you could provide more light
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The tear is likely to heal over as Kevinsky has said, but probably as a hole. As this will very slightly reduced the strength of the leaf, I'd try to let it dry, callous and heal over and then stick the two edges together with a slither of superglue! It was developed to stick skin together as small wounds, so this isn't a million miles away from that. It might be worth a go.