3 SIMPLE changes for the best Monstera |
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- Опубліковано 24 сер 2024
- These are a few common issues people have been struggling with on our plant forums. Some simple changes and things to look out for can really help your monstera if you catch them early.
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I have to say that Lee is quite helpful and responds to questions in a timely manner. You can see that he genuinely likes to help people! Best of all, he lives in my city! Go Raptors! Hurrah!
I appreciate that! Thanks. 🦖
@@KillThisPlant You're welcome Lee!🙂
I completely agree. I've written twice asking for advice, and I've been blown away by his helpful, lightning fast response. He's the Batman of plants 🪴 😄 🤣
That is awesome! Don't see that too much, especially with FREE detailed help and information ❤
Hi there! Just wanted to let you know that in my local nursery I asked someone very knowledgable about what soil mixture to use for repotting my monstera. She gave me some ideas but directed me to your channel and your video with the 3 soil recipes. I'm waiting for my last amazon order to come in and my plants will be getting a nice, chunky upgrade. : )
wow!
That's a high honor! Thanks so much for telling me.
Lee really killed it in this video.
sure did 😭
Great video. You made me feel better for purging some plants; it’s a refreshing feeling. Thanks for sharing Lee!
I had a cutting that I had growing in water which was doing ok and decided to pot it and first mistake was putting it in a much larger pot and lost about 50% of it to root rot. Quickly pulled it out and back in water. And just recently repotted into much smaller pot after getting it back to a healthy state. Doing well now and it’s gifting me with a growth spurt in the last 1.5 months! Love this plant which was from a much older (20+ yo) monstera which sadly I didn’t get to keep so I’m making sure this one will be mine for the next 20 🥰 and oh I’ve also managed to have 2 smaller cuttings from this monstera and doing well too in a small pot although no fenestration just yet but I don’t mind since it’s doing quite well! I appreciate the education into caring for monstera and other plants! ☺️
Glad you managed to save it! Great work.
@@KillThisPlant When monstera deliciosa plant starts to flower and produce fruit when starting with 2 feet tall plant ❓❓
I've been commanded by my plant Guru to get a weird Epipremnum Pinnatum and I shall abide next spring. Thanks Lee for so much valuable information. I hope you conquer the pests issue soon.
Reg thrips; I recently saw Plants with Krystal using diatomaceous earth to treat her infested plants. I’m giving that I try today, as I’ve been battling a massive thrips infestation for over 6 months now. by the time I figured out what was going on (and that thrips even existed) almost every plant I own was infested. I think I’m slowly winning the war (a few plants have been lost), but it’s been exhausting.
It's such a nightmare. I'm glad you're getting it under control.
Remember if you're going into fall, they actually slow down and can even hibernate. If you think they're gone, be extra vigilant in spring.
@@KillThisPlant oh my gosh these things are diabolical! Thank you for that info, I had no idea! I’m in Canada too, so yes heading in to fall/winter. I’ll stay vigilant for sure. Honestly I don’t think I’ll ever be able to relax again lol
I also went through several pests infestations with thrips being the worst for the past few months. It’s definitely morale killer. Diatomaceous earth was way too slow and not aggressive enough for me, I was out for revenge. 0.5% Spinosad did the trick in 2 applications, particularly because I have several plants in pon! Good luck, don’t lose hope/enthusiasm.
@@xxdr5xx I just looked up spinosad and google brought me to Safer’s End•All. I’ve been using a Castile soap and neem oil spray mix and it’s helped a lot over multiple treatments… but I’m ready to go store-bought solutions now to fully end this battle. I’ll pick up some End•all today, thank you for the specific chemical to look for. Probably won’t hurt to sprinkle the diatomaceous earth over the soil too 🤔
try a systemic, should take care of the problem ; also use the blue sticky traps while the systemic is working
A tip I learned from youtube: a lint roll wil take trips of your leaves. It’s cheap and efficient! Greetings from Amsterdam, Deborah
Thank you so much for your videos. Would say, my Monstera loves you, because your tips truly helped me being a better plant-parent. ❤
As usual such great advice. And it’s nice to see someone just take the L when things get out of control. Needed this rn as I contemplate some problem plants. Thanks for your great watchable content Lee 😊
Thank you for your videos! I just found your channel and I'm learning so much! You explain things perfectly and with a lot of educational details. I also just got my first monstera today and definitely can start off on the right foot since I found your channel.
I restarted my monstera a few months ago with a top cutting and not only is it giving me gigantic leaves but I just got my first big leaf with interior fenestrations. I’m gonna get a cedar plank to repot and stake it today. My plant is so much happier and it’s all thanks to you. If you have social media I’d be happy to show you pics 💕💕💕💕
Best plant person on UA-cam!
Sharing this with my daughter because she's super talented but has social anxiety. She's a great artist but I believe she's scared to put herself out there
Having all those super cringe tradwifes plant-lover Karens on yt, your channel is a real precious find. Discovered it half an hour ago and i like it in here. Thank you for your shared knowledge, simplicity and authenticity;-)
I know, I know the name of your channel but oh how I cringed when you got rid of your plants. You still give the best advice around. Thank you.
thanks!
I must confess… it was painful for me to watch this clip, as fond as I am of you and as much as I enjoy your videos…. I understand the reason but still! I’m squirming! I have a lot to learn about letting go 😅. Thank you!
Haha I knew it would be controversial, but the thing I like best about this hobby is the act of growing (and being stress free).
Letting go can be tough with some plants.
@@KillThisPlant And that’s exactly what I’m learning and I thank you for showing me how! 🤗
you're ruthless! 😅i know we have to be in order to deal with thrips but i could never do that hahah
when i find pests in my plants i relocate them to my back yard (i live in a zone 9)
I wish I could just chuck things outside. Winter is coming 😔
@@KillThisPlant btw i meant ruthless in a good way, you're doing the right thing and not "beating around the bush"
i hate winter and i completly understand your weather is totaly different from mine (although i wish i had snow, it looks beautiful)
im also fighting with thrips rn :( tried to water them down and cover the soil with a bag for now but i guess im gonna have to use some chemical stuff sooner or later. since my plants are located pretty closely in my room those bugs spreaded out so fast im loosing my sanity
Good luck!
Great video! Thank you!
Hellooooo. You’re an amazing wealth of knowledge. I’m so happy I found your channel. I have a large monstera that I’m wondering if I can send you a photo of and get your opinion. What’s the best way to do this? Thank you in advance.
PS your splendid is…well was AMAZING 😻 😍😻. How long did it take you to grow it that tall and those leaves??? Luv it❤
Thanks!
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I appreciate your vulnerability in admitting you have normal plant parent problems. ❤
I have the skeleton key just waiting for the weird leaves
hope they come soon. I love them.
I will check out your "discord" and thanks for all the great advice!
Thank you for your videos! An interesting question about Monstera is that instead of propagating it in water, can one graft a monstera stem to another branch?
Generally no. You cant graft monocots.
There is an article called "Monocotyledonous plants graft at the embryonic root-shoot interface". So there is evidence that you can technically but you wouldn't be able to graft it in the same simple way you would an apple tree or something.
Moss is hard to beat for climbers it provides the roots with what they would get naturally constant moisture and plenty of oxygen.
I agree. But at what cost? 😅
Oh that's easy. Just give up All your time.😂
@@KillThisPlant No more moss poles for me........lessons learned! People need to learn to let go and I know it's hard :))
I use pumice instead of perlite, stays in the mix, no floating...did you try Diatomaceous earth, it dries out the skeleton of the pests, not toxic either🙄🌱💚
Pumice is great for staying put.
With DE I would have to cover the entire surface of my plants, it's easier to use a liquid spray to achieve the same thing. For the soil I use beneficial mites/nematodes.
Thanks from the U.K
Hey Lee,
I have been wondering for a while:
If you have monstera/Aroids in mineral mix (lava, zeolith, pumice), does a plank or a birch pole work as well?
Because mineral poles just get too heavy and too complicated if you need to stack them in my experience.
I would be really glad to hear your opinion, since i am thinking about skipping my one monstera variegata back to aroid mix instead of the self watering mineral mix because of the pole problem.
Thank you for your channel 💚
If you do put a plank in I would probably take the time to coat it with some kind of sealant. I get 2-3 years in soil before rot unsealed. So I assume in something like LECA or pon it would be much sooner.
@@KillThisPlant thank you so much :)
i have two monstera plants in a pot and one of them is thriving, the other one is so droopy i could cry
What happens when you need to repot and the Ariel roots are on the moss pole???
Try treating the moss pole as well as the plant. That will keep pest pressure at bay.
I barely wanted to water the moss poles, let alone treat them for pests 😭
that plat was so pretty
Wondered about this….I have new plants, hand me downs. I repotted with good soil mix. New pots.
None have taken off. Then I thought…..DC/MD area…we have the fire smoke, depressing me, why not the plants?
Plants respond to day length. These plant usually fast growing, they’ve had four months to be acclimated. Can’t think of what it is, poor growth.
Get a light meter or light meter app to measure the light in your home. Aim for +400 foot candles or+4300 lux for at least 12 hours for great growth.
Kindly advise what to do with turning yellow then brown edge monstera leaves. Thanks !
raggedy ol thrips, battling some on my monsteras here.
almost threw up at 8:22 you mad man
😆 my bad
I have same issue with hard shell scale that moves from spider plant to spider plant no matter what I do. 😢 They are all living inside bags in the basement window til i can defeat them.
i was not prepared for this 😂
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Neem oil .. with a few drops of detergent ... great for all nasties ❤
Fascinated that you used hydrogen peroxide. I got some second hand plants, and while trying to water root, the stems would be mushy. I changed container, had hard pressure water for the roots, but it happened again.
I hadn’t killed it off. Tossed it.
How long for HP? Spray? Plunge and rinse?
I usually do 20 minutes soaks. 1 part HP 6 parts water.
Quick question? My 2 monsteras don’t have any runners on the top of the soil as I’ve seen others have is this ok? Thank You
Are you talking about aerial roots?
They will grow as the plant grows. Don't worry about it.
6:45 why not save those nodes! Yeah, I am seriously thinking of getting rid of my 3 monstera's - I think if I didn't have those I could eradicate the thrips. Do you have any issues with an unseen predator that leaves random areas of what looks like enlarged pores? The colour is still good in the area, but this is on a variety of my plants from heart leaf philo to calathea to you name it. Need help!
I think your statement on pot size is not entirely accurate. Monstera deliciosa will grow fine in arbitrarily large sized containers and they aren't particularly picky about soil either. The bigger issue is that people aren't providing them enough light. They need 12+ hours of very bright conditions. A small window facing anything but south is not going to provide enough light. The issues people have with too large pots might be better solved with a grow light running 24 hours a day over their plant. If you are going to spend 20 dollars on new soil and a pot, you might as well get a grow light and skip all the repotting work.
Yes, I've made this statement in my "why ppl keep killing their Monstera" video.
But as you said, very few people are getting the amount of light needed for that.
I had to get rid of all the leaves of my large monstera due to thrips. I tried replacing all the soil and soaking the full plant in the bath to get rid of them. I’ve used various techniques such as homemade neem oil solutions, pesticides, cleaning the leaves every day and nothing worked. It got to the point where my plant looked so bad and I was fed up of trying to get rid of the thrips. So I chopped off all the leaves and just had a pot of sticks. It’s been a couple of months and I’ve got a full pot again but the thrips are still just as bad and I’m at a loss on what to do. They are on every leaf. The damage isn’t too bad at the moment so I want them gone before it gets worse. This monstera is my biggest and oldest plant so I don’t want to just get rid of it but I don’t know what else I can do. Is there something else I can try to get rid of the thrips infestation?
You could spend a lot of money over a long period of time on beneficial insects.
Combo of orious insidiosus, ambisylius swirskii, Stratiolaelaps scimitus.
Apply every 6 weeks
@KillThisPlant thank you for the reply! I'll definitely look into this. I really appreciate the advice!
Can you make a video on mycorrhizae and fertilizers you can use with it and also silica I don’t want to do research
I don't want to make that video. Here is everything you need, organized.
www.reddit.com/r/Monstera/s/kN4CEWQ3yA
hello. love your videos. can i use pumice stones in place of perlite?? thanks
you sure can!
pumice works better than perlite, but in most places it is much more expensive, so you'll usually see me suggesting perlite.
Hey Lee, was in the pest spray you made up? I'd ordered a colony of Orius bugs, that seemed to do the trick at first, but they either moved on or died out before the thrips did. Would be good to have something else to throw at them
I've added it to the video description.
Dollar store pool noodles. Need a small pole stake to hold it up. Make holes to run green florist wire to stake the plant.
Good to know that moss poles are to be avoided.
With my plants at the office, a gnat infestation went crazy in no time. Wrapping in plastic and using spray didn’t work, or not completely, soapy smell was obnoxious.
I had all but tossed the whole collection….but then in an old magazine I was about to toss…stones.
What?
Use glass disc stones or marbles on the soil surface.
Gnat eggs there, but they can’t get back up. Heh-Heh.
I mean, a moss pole will give the best growth but is it worth it if you go insane?
Hey! got any tips for Pink Anthurium? it lost all it's leaves and i've been having a hard time trying to revive the plant, i tried everything from researching or even asking experts, but nothing worked, thank you!
I have 0 tips.
Hi people😊
Do y'all repot your plants only in spring? Like the experts say you're supposed to? Or in any given season?
Thx in advance😊
Assuming your home stays relatively the same temperature all year, light levels remain good, and your pot size upgrade is reasonable you can repot most* tropical plants at any time.
*Exceptions apply to very specific genus and species.
@@KillThisPlant
Thank you very much, for answering that quick as well as for your advice😊💞
how long can a monstera survive without water
Hi Lee. Sam in sunny Johannesburg here. Can I use a metal stake/rod to support my monstera? I've just propagated a small stem from my giant monstera.
Yes you can.
Im thinking my home made moss poles are causing my problems...
I can't get rid of gnats 😭😭😭
Hey Lee, I have 5 monstera in the same pot (bought it like this) and they’re all facing different directions, what should I do?
If you don't like how it looks you could separate it, or you could take cuttings and reorganize it.
@@KillThisPlant ah I see, I’ll leave it like that, it’s actually really nice 🥰
I didn’t realized you’re in Canada, I’m in the Ottawa region, what about you?
Toronto
Oof 😩.. It hurt when you killed those plants
Whats the Name of the plant at 8:36? I cant understand because im from Germany xD
epipremnum pinnatum skeleton key
Such loss 😢
Breaking the plants was hard to watch. 😢
The thrips broke me long ago 😩
Help me to understand my RUBBER RUBY I LOVE IT BUT DON'T KNOW WHAT IM DOING WRONG!!
join the discord and show us!
How do I?
Thanks for reaching out.
Thrips made me stop purchasing plants for a while, they are the absolute worst
F’in thrips 🤬.
this was painful to watch i usually do like your content but destroying beutiful plants really just gave me that belly pain ;-;
@KillThisPlant moving forward I am respectfully referring to your channel as @Dr Kill This Plant
Best regard!
Lol thanks! (I am not legally a doctor 🏥)
@@KillThisPlant I’m new to Discord. Fumbling though APP. Not sure 🤔 if i properly accepted url invite through Discord. Pls. advise. Thx. 🙏🏿
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I'm never getting monsteras again after a thrips infestation. Not worth it.
Hey there ❤❤❤
Hi
I have monstera that no matter what I do it just keeps getting rot I have 3 leaves left its killing me I don't know what the deal is Iv even put it straight water still got rot spot what is it
I just murdered an alocasia frydek. I'm crying on the inside but going along like everything is okay 🥲♥️♥️♥️
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Sooooo very glad to see a new video 💚 but I won’t lie, it kinda hurt to see your splendid go 🫣 lol but I completely understand why!
me too. I wish the thrips would just leave me alone 😔
I have never been so tempted to join discord.
Great results both you and the community.
I appreciate you sharing parting with some plants. It is sometimes necessary and so valuable to remain at peace with that.
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Better said, I have never felt so welcomed to join discord