Originally Posted by Steve L

I would suggest mulching with composted pine bark and fertilizing with Miracid water soluble fertilizer(if you can find it) Miracid was made by Miracle Grow but has disappeared from the shelves in the last few years. I bought a bunch of it years ago. It is a fertilizer for acid loving plants, and will help turn the soil more acid. All of the older talk on websites and in an old Stokes Tropicals catalog speak of the Ae Ae as needing to grow in acidic soil to produce the best variegation. Fortunately for me, along the Louisiana Gulf Coast, our soil is naturally acidic but I do use the MIracid and religiously mulch with composted pine bark which will help with the acidity of the soil as well. I've always had great variegation following this routine although I really can't scientifically prove any of these suggestions have helped. But the visual evidence is there for me.

Steve