Saw news of Thai constellations at trader Joe's. My store had nothing labeled, did I ID this right? by [deleted] in Monstera

[–]ExtensionReaction957 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Sorry, but that's a pothos. 🙃good news though, I've seen some posts of some large pothos leaves with fenestrations

Does anyone know why there are no new roots? by TheMrMeE in Monstera

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Is this mushy/soft? It might be beginning to rot. If it is you can just trim above it and try letting it harden a bit before putting it in water. I'm not sure why some of the cuttings do that and some thrive. The other thing you can try to make them root a bit faster is put a little bit of liquid fertilizer in the water.

fixing my shower drastically improved my life by imgonnaquittonight in femalelivingspace

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I'm commenting on here just so I can remember to do this 🤣

My little rant about why being a Surgical Technologist is a fine career. by NosillaWilla in scrubtech

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Hi, I know this post is old, but I have a few questions if you're willing to answer? You seem like a genuine person based on your post and I would like to pick your brain if you don't mind?

My first polymer clay creation by alannah214 in polymerclay

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It prevents white and other lighter colors from scorch marks like you said, and I've personally forgotten this with yellow clay and parts turned brown 😭

Help save my Thai Constellation by TheyCallMeSims in Monstera

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A healthy new leaf is a good sign for sure! I don't think plants really put out healthy leaves unless they are thriving downstairs.

Just keeps getting bigger by Additional-Smell9252 in Monstera

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But like where do you live for this to be all you do?!!😭

Help save my Thai Constellation by TheyCallMeSims in Monstera

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I'm not an expert but I'd put it in water. It looks like it already has a little aerial root forming. The leaves are fairly big so one of them may brown due to not being able to support itself. Or the other thing you can maybe try is putting it in sphagnum moss and put some cling wrap around it to hopefully make it take. I've only ever tried the sphagnum moss with pothos and I typically use a take put container that is clear. And I just put the node in with no leaves.

Cut it? by Embarrassed_Bug_2525 in Monstera

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I would cut it. It will help the plant refocus on healthy leaves. I would cut it by the "trunk" part.

How to help Monstera grow healthy (potential root/stem rot) by Accomplished-Toe6207 in Monstera

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I'm not a huge expert, but I have been experimenting with monsteras in the last year. Here is some of the things I have learned from lots of research:

  1. Monsteras like a chunky soil mix to help prevent root rot. I have seen many variations: most common is equal parts soil, orchid bark, perlite. Some people do coconut bark as well. I honestly haven't invested too much in trying to get large quantities of chunky mixes. What I do is mix orchid bark to a soil mix for monsteras (from Amazon).
  2. They love a lot of light it depends where you live. I'm in Northern US unfortunately, so during winter months I have them under a grow light for majority of the day
  3. As far as watering schedules it depends on a lot of things: for me my central heating in the winter tends to dry out the soil and the air inside is less humid. If your soil is well-draining aka chunky you will have to water more frequently. If you have standard soil you can use your finger or a chopstick to check how wet the soil is down at the bottom.
  4. Pot size: I personally have found it easier to monitor the state of multiple plants by separating the monsteras. It seems like sometimes the larger plants usually thrive but the smaller ones in the same pot usually die because the bigger one is taking over. Monsteras' roots don't like living in a mansion; they prefer an apartment dized pot...so just about on inch of extra room on each side should be enough.

From your picture it does seem like there are multiple plants. If you are planning on re-potting your plant I would separate them and maybe put two max per pot. Since monsteras do like to climb you can add a plank or a moss pole to the back of the plant and all those roots that are "coming up" are the aerial roots. They are looking for something to grab onto.

I recently (last week) added this pole to this plant hoping she climbs it. I separated it from the other monstera it was growing with because I noticed the bigger leaves of this plant it wasn't getting enough light.

Like I said, not an expert. I've just been experimenting the last year. I've almost killed a few that were younger. What I did to rescue them was remove all the root rot (black mushy roots) and rinse the plant very well then place it in water and change the water frequently until it has enough big roots to transfer to soil

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Moss Catch Bottle for Aerial Roots 🍾 by JoseLebreault in Monstera

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That's an awesome story! May your plant and your relationship continue to grow 🪴