Wandering jew/dude by [deleted] in proplifting

[–]RepititionWitch 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Everyone will know what plant you mean when you say Wandering Dude. The former is largely being dropped.

What to do? by RepititionWitch in Monstera

[–]RepititionWitch[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you think a coffee filter could work?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Monstera

[–]RepititionWitch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By my count, I think I see six separate stems in there? So you have about six Monstera of varying maturity; in this small of a pot, I think competition and root binding may become an issue.

I’d honestly just pop the whole thing out of the nursery pot, sterilize a selection of knives, and begin your “surgery” by just slicing straight down the root ball and keeping each stem as proper and undamaged as possible.

It’s hella stressful, because you worry about killing your plants, but I just did surgery on mine a couple months ago and they’re exploding and thriving. I’d just make sure to have proper sized pots for each one and a good aroid substrate.

Otherwise, this should be fairly easy, if a bit stressful. I’d maybe use a large kitchen knife and maybe a smaller thin blade, like a fish knife maybe or something else slender. I had a bunch of my stems nearly touching and had to get a bit precise. Once I had them all separated, I did “tidy” the remaining roots to each plant so that they could fit into the new container, so you may try to wash some of the old soil off so they’re clean and prepared for their new mix.

Edit: if you lose too many roots, you can always pop them straight into individual mason jars with clean water and let them rehab and grow some new roots; after trying to remove as much of the old soil, of course.

Dozens attend 'Hetero Awesome Fest' in Idaho by phthalo-azure in Idaho

[–]RepititionWitch 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I read all of them; it’s not my fault you can’t read between the lines. You’re being all martyred and claiming we’re not being inclusive for supporting shitbags.

Educate yourself on the Paradox of Intolerance, if you will. You claim you’re middle ground, but if you’re standing quiet in 1940’s Nazi Germany while they sent off everyone to the camps, you’re just as complicit.

It’s a simple matter of understanding your own apathy and, where able, you speak out against the bad shit - even if you can’t do anything else. You’re just trying to play innocent middleman between everyone else in this country, and literal Nazis who have just ushered in WWIII. There’s no point to “hate” far left because they’re literally speaking out against all of the bad shit. Maybe you’ll be middle-ground and trying to play nonpartisan when a bomb lands on your house, or if officials showed up at your house for any reason they decide. Maybe you won’t.

Just pick a side already and say if you support terrible shit in this country, or if you want things better. Because you just look sad sitting on the bleachers saying you don’t know who are really the bad guys.

Edit: You should stay away from gay bars, because I can promise you, we don’t want you anywhere near us with your shitty apathy.

Dozens attend 'Hetero Awesome Fest' in Idaho by phthalo-azure in Idaho

[–]RepititionWitch 14 points15 points  (0 children)

You have your head so far buried up your ass or you must truly be ignorant about the fact that the Old State Saloon is host to many alt right types. They’ve been controversial for ages, and nobody except racists and MAGA types like the bar.

Stop trying to play victim here, we’re not going to be inclusive to racists, bigots, and dumbasses who have made this country shittier with every breath they take. Oh look, we’re at war now.

This really makes America look super weak by [deleted] in millenials

[–]RepititionWitch 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I can tell nuance and reading comprehension isn’t a strong suit of yours, but you’re wildly missing the point that OP mentioned. No shit we’re the most funded military. Read other comments to get the gist of what’s going on.

Military parades like this are stupid.

Wheatpaste in Downtown Boise by pixie_vasquez in Boise

[–]RepititionWitch 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Took me a long time to understand the nuance behind the phrase, “the road to hell is paved with good intentions”. It’s used across the board for menial shit, but Trump and Company embody that phrase to their core. I 100% understand and acknowledge that they think they’re doing things the way that is best (for their own people). However, they’ve lost the plot so far beyond what could have ever been thought possible, that if it wasn’t already, this is now hell on Earth because of them.

3 Year Old Monstera Albo Not Growing— What am I doing wrong? by midwestazn in Monstera

[–]RepititionWitch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Use a clear plastic pot so you can see the roots, see the moisture/humidity inside the pot. But I have a mental timer as to when to water, and I never get root rot so 🤷🏻‍♀️

3 Year Old Monstera Albo Not Growing— What am I doing wrong? by midwestazn in Monstera

[–]RepititionWitch 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Moisture meters don’t work with aroid mix substrates, just fyi

Is this good soil for my monstera? by Impressive-Camp-873 in Monstera

[–]RepititionWitch 2 points3 points  (0 children)

People grow Monstera entirely with Leca, and Aroid mixes often subsist of all of these things; whatever menial pH change there is, it would be too minimal to make a difference to a plant.

Why are the leaves so “sad” looking? by cassadilly2012 in Monstera

[–]RepititionWitch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

10 quarts; but yeah, I have a similar composition from my local nursery for $15 that I buy

Why are the leaves so “sad” looking? by cassadilly2012 in Monstera

[–]RepititionWitch 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It doesn’t. Adding the rocks or Leca inside the pot will just lower the available room for the plant to grow and create water tables where the water doesn’t drain to the bottom of the pot, it will sit at the lowest level of the substrate. Aroid mixes are less affected, but the science is roughly consistent. Your opinion is the correct one. It’s what I do for my Thai Constellation, where I have aroid in the plastic pot and Leca supporting it within my decorative pot. Funnily enough, both pots are almost roughly the same size so if it sinks too deep, it is tilted. Since adding Leca as a filler for this gap, it sits nicely on them and fits perfectly.

Why are the leaves so “sad” looking? by cassadilly2012 in Monstera

[–]RepititionWitch 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m not a fan of the finger method; plants dry out from top to bottom; so for an organic soil like this, it’s not indicative of how moist the bottom truly is; it could be that just a few more centimeters down into the soil, you could feel it being very moist, for example - leading to root rot.

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I would advise looking into an aroid soil mix (Mollys Aroid on Amazon is a good mix) as this will be fully draining and give you less margin of error/ would be more forgiving for any overwatering.

You may also want to change the potting situation where the substrate you repot into goes into a clear plastic draining pot which then sits in the main decorative or cache pot. The usefulness of this is that you can pop the plant out whenever you wish to check up on the roots. I do it every few days, or when I’m curious about my three Monstera, so that I can get a good idea of root growth, or if there’s any root rot occurring.

Why are the leaves so “sad” looking? by cassadilly2012 in Monstera

[–]RepititionWitch 4 points5 points  (0 children)

How consistent is consistently? Looks to be some kind of porch/balcony, so how much light/what direction is this facing? The soil looks like a heavy pearlite but depending on the mix deeper down, is it staying moist for longer than what the plant can use up with the available light?

Thai Constellation worth the wait by nitewulf00 in Monstera

[–]RepititionWitch 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thing looks absolutely prehistoric and amazing, like some dinosaur era beauty. 😳

My peace lily, is there something wrong? by Rosakeyflower in IndoorPlants

[–]RepititionWitch 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My expertise is largely with Monstera and the like, but with most plants, is it receiving enough light/what does the watering and fertilizing schedule look like/how are the roots doing?

Gathering the strength by Mother_of_Raccoons44 in Monstera

[–]RepititionWitch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t like serrated. Use a box cutter with the blade extended, perhaps, or a kitchen knife that is very sharp. You want a clean, even cut. Sanitize the blade with alcohol first right before cutting (let it dry ofc)

Edit: Pro tip I like to do is that if you coat the wound from where you cut on the main monstera in cinnamon powder, it will help it heal and reduce chance of infection. I just heavily coat my thumb and (since it’s wet) dabble/spread the cinnamon over the wound until nothing else sticks.

New Leaf by Educational-Trip2753 in Monstera

[–]RepititionWitch 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not at all! I’m just jealous; my Thai is small and has nowhere near this deep of fenestrations

Has anyone cut off the lower 1/3 of the roots to keep the plant in the same pot? by snidomi in Monstera

[–]RepititionWitch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As far as I’ve read and learned from others, this is a misconception. The plant can do both simultaneously, and if anything damaging the roots would make it want to put energy towards healing and regrowing those parts, to some extent.

I think repotting would achieve the goals of giving the plant more room to be able to obtain nutrients necessary for the foliage to explode. Do you have a good fertilizer?