Hi, If it were mine I’d take your Thai out of the moss. Cut off any rotted roots. If there is some rot, an let it lay out in the air a hour or two. Pot it up in well draining soil an take it out of the Cabinet. It doesn’t need a cabinet or the high humidity. I think the hype over the plant is scaring you an it’s not that hard.
I agree, I am taking care of one at work and was super freaked out when I started taking care of it. It hasn't had a ton of growth since I started with it. However it did put out a new leaf with fenestrations and given that it did it in winter under led shop lights I think that's pretty good! The humidity settles at about 40% where it sits and I currently do not have it on a pole. I think it is in just some generic soil as well, no special blend.
Do you think the moss is the issue? I heard other people say they plant their Thais in moss to avoid root rot. Also, Claire's thai might be from the theoretical second mother thai that Kaylee Ellen talked about which might be why it's difficult to care
I would agree with the comment above about the Thai in that it would do better out of the cabinet. I think the super high humidity isn’t helping. I’ve also learnt that they prefer to not dry out completely unlike the monstera Albo, mine is in a really chunky mix that I made myself with a lot of bark, pumice and coco chips. In regards to the rotting roots, I’ve found that since using myco that rotting roots are less of a problem with all my plants and if there are any I now just keep an eye on them but generally leave them in there as the bacteria seems to deal with them nicely and allow new heathy roots to grow whilst the bad roots seem to break down really well. This probably sounds crazy but I use it on all of my plants even the ones in semi hydro, and when I’ve transferred plants from soil to semi hydro I’ve left the roots that inevitably rot in there and they bacteria has delay with them itself, and the plant has gone on to grow healthy new roots without any further issues. Sorry for the long post and good luck x
Hi Claire, I never have any luck with Pothos plants. I have killed about 5 of them so far, I know they call them the Devils Ivy as they are so hard to kill but I succeed everytime. My friend even calls me the exorcist. 😮💨
Hi Claire. Try tree fern fibre with the Thai, and any other plants your having problems with rooting. Agree with comments about taking it out of cabinet.
I know that Kaylee Ellen has an interesting opinion on why your Thai Con might not be as resilient as perhaps it should be, which she just covered on her Albo vs.Thai video.
Thank you for this video! It is so encouraging to see how you struggle and try different things for your plants. Take good care of you and I hope you know how much your content is appreciated! ⚘️💚🪴
When I got my 'Thai Constellation' it was the same size as yours now. Now less than 2 years later, it is in a 24" pot, leaves are huge, and it will soon reach my ceiling. It can grow like crazy. So what's different? First, I live in Tucson. Light. It is near a large window and has a grow light in a can overhead. Light. Light. All indirect, of course. But very bright. It is doing amazing in Tucson with every leaf perfect, never lost a leaf, and never in a cabinet. So, it can thrive in 20% humidity. I do water with collected rainwater and I have a low dose of fertilizer in it, but I seriously doubt if those account for the difference. As soon as it got big enough, I gave it a larger pot. They grow lots of roots and need root room. My best theory, is that we have more light. Sunny 330 days a year here. Lest you think I'm magic, my Queen Anthurium is growing slowly. The King is quicker. No complaint, just slow on the queen. Esqueleto is super happy here, too. M. adansonii got some minor brown edges when I left town and the plant waterer did not give it enough. But Esqueleto is still clear of damage, and it is going to grow quickly with a runner coming out there in mine, too. There will be leaves on that runner that will follow. Should be beautiful soon enough. Best of luck. My thought it give it a good size pot, well drained soil, and increase the light..
Perhaps take the Thai constellation out of the cabinet? In my experience plants that really don't like to sit in most soil are better off in the open air. It allows them to use the moisture they're given more quickly by evaporating it through their leaves. If the environment is humid, evaporating will go slower, resulting in the plant sitting in moist substrate for a longer amound of time. Sphag seems like a pretty wet substrate for its preferences as well, but I'd say: one change at a time. Hope it makes it!
Like others have mentioned. Moss isn’t ideal. In terms of substrate, it must be chunky. There’s no right or wrong mix but this is a good starting point imo- 1:1:1:1 coco chips, bark, perlite, and potting mix/coir. Thais don’t need special care or attention. A sunny spot in your apartment with regular household humidity should do it well.
A few people have said this already, but the thai doesn’t need high humidity. The roots look fine to be put in a chunky substrate. I would not leave it out to dry for an hour or two as someone suggested, you’ll dry those lovely roots out. If you do need to cut off any rotted roots, just put some moist moss on the healthy roots and leave the cuts exposed to air for 15 mins or so. They don’t need any longer than that to callous over enough to be potted up 😊 For your Limon, it’s clearly an epiphyte, so chunky soil mix with lots of bark and pumice is usually the best bet
Thai Constellation can be tricky, because I found they need more water then the regular Monstera, and that creates conditions for root rot. I think that is the number one complaint for people. This is a great plant to put in leca, and give those roots time to grow with adequate water, and lesser chance of root rot.
In my experience, piper seems to do better with less water and less humidity. I used to give mine higher humidity and water, it rotted out. It’s doing much better with wilful neglect. It’s in my bedroom now. Cooler and fairly low north facing light. Low humidity. It’s pushed out new leaves all winter. Hope this helps.
I think you can try leca. I bought recently a medium size Sodiroy and it was growing in leca, so I decided to keep it that way. Also works for anthuriums (i have two of them in leca, transferred from moss) and monsteras. Also when you transfer a plant from soil to leca (non soil) some roots can die, maybe that is what's going on with Tai Monstera... It's ok. So far I love leca, just needs a fertilizer for hydroponics and that's it. Less pest problems and no overwatering, which I am so guilty off.
I grow everything in Leca from Alocasias to ZZ plants and everything in between, including cacti and bonsai. The only failure I’ve had is Syngoniums - oh well, nobody’s perfect😊
My Thia did the same thing and I cut all the rotted roots off and put it in perlite and so far it's doing very well. Roots are coming in and I can't wait to be able pot it back up
I know this video is quite old, but if you are still having any issues with your thai constellation, try an aroid mix in an orchid pot, with all of the extra holes along the side of the pot. My thai has been thriving in the Molly's aroid mix.
The warocqueanum looks like its showing signs of excess moisture, hard to tell though as they can throw a fit pretty easily. Hopefully it takes the transition well, beautiful specimen
I live in Germany and my apartment gets pretty cold on the winter . My Thai is just standing on the windowsill and it’s fine, I agree on the comment , just take it out of the cabinet and ignore it 😂
For your Thai, I’d pot it in a chunky mix, terracotta pot and have it out in the room as a normal monstera. Water once a week. I’ve one in that set up, and it’s pushed out 2 new leaves since Christmas. My other is a small prop with 3 leaves in some moss & no drainage, once it’s pushed out another leaf it’ll be going in the same set up. Don’t over think it all, treat them the same as a green monstera, and it’ll crack on with it.
My queen did the same with I repotted it with aroid mix from moss...Lost all leaves one by one and had to switch to moss again and now started 2 small leaves that are perfect. Nightmare plant
My Thai is in a sunny window with a sheer curtain in a very chunky mix & I water when it’s pretty dry & deep water & let it get pretty dry. Mine is about the same size. I’m getting a 5th leaf which surprises me because we’ve had a lot of rain, hail & cold weather.
I have the sodiri (non-aff) and sodirini, in just tree fern fiber. Fertilize weekly with dynagrow pro foliage. Started out with cuttings. Sodiroi now has 4 leaves, sodirini I've propped endlessly for multiple plants. I've been using tree fern fiber for eveything and it's working so well. Highly recommend.
I have a piper sylvaticum in a self watering container. I received it in a large order and everything else looked really good, it was an absolutely willed mess. I knew it was going to need more water than everything else. I generally agree with bottom watering/self watering pots. The piper and tradescantia are the only plants I’ve done with.
I’ve heard that the Thai constellation plants that are out now aren’t as resilient as they were when they first came out because the cultivators changed the mother plants so there’s what some people call a Thai constellation 2.0 because they suffer from root rot so much more often then they use too.
With regard to the Monstera Thai Constellation, I would pot him up in epiphyte mix. The I use in 5 parts orchid potting mix, 1 part perlite or pumice, 1 part horticultural charcoal, and 1 part pine bark. I was having major issues with a Black Rabbits Foot fern dropping leaves like crazy! I actually killed him. I got another one, potted him up in the above mix, and he is putting out new leaves like nobody's business now. Another thing to consider is treating your plant for root rot. Mix up 2 parts water to 1 one part 3% hydrogen peroxide and swish the roots around in that for a few minutes. Repot in fresh substrate.
I got a Thai last year in August. It was the same size as yours in a chunky Aroid mix. I kept it outside under shade for the rest of our Summer, and it sized up pretty quickly. During the winter months I’ve had it in ambient humidity, and it seems to love it. Nothing special, and water when it’s dry. I’d cut the rot off, prop in water and peroxide until you get enough new roots, and then plant in an Aroid mix and leave out near a window.👍🏽
My Thai constellation didn't really love being in soil but I will say, it lives happily out in the open with ambient humidity fluctuating between 30-50% (I don't really measure it), as long as you give them enough light and warmth, they will grow, they also can go for ages without being watered if they are not rootbound. I moved mine to pon after 2-3 instances of rot and it loves it, these plants can thrive on neglect if you give them the right conditions. I would recommend maybe stepping away from it and not mothering it too much.
My most difficult plant has been my Begonia rex ‘maui sunset’. I see people grow begonia in terrariums and under cloches with super high humidity, so I was keeping mine in my bathroom. But the leaves were getting mouldy, and if they didn’t get mouldy they would turn kind of mushy and fall off. I recently moved it to my kitchen instead and it’s doing SO much better, so hopefully I can return it to how beautiful and full it was when I first got it. I’ve also had two Anthurium dragonscale, both of which I murdered immediately, but we won’t talk about them!
I have a begonia Rex that I keep under a plant light in ambient humidity. It was doing terrible until it was placed under the light. I only water if it feels very dry. Good luck 👍
@wildfern on UA-cam has struggled for over 1,5 years and documented all changes with her Thai. She went Leca for a longgg time, I don’t even own one and I’ve seen all of her updates on hers, so would recommend 😊 And are you 100% sure there’s no bugs on both your Anthurium W and Philo Esqueleto? Obviously you’d know better but it seems to look like a type of thrip or spider mite compared to what my Philodendron Week’s Red looked like when it had spider mites. Bugs make me paranoid ahah 😅
For the thaï con, you can try coco perlite, maybe with a pierced pot (semi hydro setup) and feed her silica, calmag, growth fertilizer, same brand + beneficial bacteria.🙃
I had a similar problems with my monst. esqueleto and queen ant. They don’t like to strong light. Try to turn off the light in the bottom of your cabinet and put them in the more shade place.
I have a Pothos N’Joy that I’ve struggled with for a year. I’ve tried everything. Finally chopped it, put it in a prop box and recently repotted it. Put a clear bag over it to increase humidity. We will see. My other pothos are just fine🤷🏼♀️. Also my string of turtles, all I get are tiny little turtles, but my string of pearls is doing great. Ugh……
My oldest Pothos N'Joy is the slowest growing out of all my pothos (Variegated Pothos, Lemon Lime Pothos, Philo Brasil, Snow Queen, Silver Satin). They are all fertilized and I water when the soil is bone dry.
My African mask has been a headache. I’ve brought her back 3 times now. 😂 But the stupid philodendron Micans that everyone “loves”… has been an absolute nightmare plant. I hate that plant. I just chopped up the whole thing and stuck it in a prop box and I don’t care if I ever see it again. 😂🤦🏻♀️
I know this video is about a year old but I have had such good luck with my monstera Thai constellation in 75% perlite and 25% soil. It sits in medium but bright light, I always let it dry to about 25% before watering and I've never lost a leaf. I got it back in October with about 4 leaves and now it's huge and pushing out it's first fenestration 10 leaves later. I took it from a 4 inch pot to a 12 inch immediately after bringing it home, not knowing anything about not potting plants in too large of a planter and 9 months later it's honestly thriving. It's my lowest maintenance plant next to my aglaonema Siam. My highest maintenance, most pain in my rear plant is the scindapsus exotica. She stays bald and puts out huge leaves and then teeny tiny leaves and I cannot figure her dramatic behind out
You could try different watering and different pots. I have recently moved from top watering to bottom watering. Those plants that require constant moisture, I use self watering pots. It is sometimes hard to know how far from a window is optimal for each plant. I hate that there's a radiator under each window at my house and keeping the humidity high is very difficult... I usually struggle with plants that have thin leaves, for example coleus scutellarioides. Oh, and air plants are difficult for me. I think it is so hard to know when to water them.
Hey Claire, not sure if you still have your thai constellation but I've found that semi hydro is amazing for this plant. My monstera thai loves semi hydro and it's roots are crazy. Even it's airiel roots are amazing.
Philodendron Gloriosum is by far my most difficult plant. Everyone says they're easy but mine is a spider mite magnet and always looks sick. I have verrucosum melanochrysum sodiroi several types of alocasia stromanthe triostar and calatheas but it's the gloriosum that doesn't want to thrive. For difficult plants I do recommend trying a semi hydro setup I have found Leca + a complete hydroponic plant food to be really successful with so many plants I'm considering moving my Thai to that setup not because it's not doing well but because I'm paranoid it's going to get root rot and die like the first one I got did.
Interesting you've mentioned moss being better for your Thai. My P. plowmanii while has grown fine in soils did better in moss, I am tempted to put it back in again. I just find moss breaks down so much quicker and I have to replace it more frequently.
I also got my Thai Constellation as a little 2 leaf baby (tiny tiny) she is now thriving. I have her in terracotta, with my usual chunky mix! She loves it, I also don't have her in a high humidity environment (usually 40%) Did you have your Warocqueanum and Esqueleto touching in the cabinet? Maybe it could possibly be a fungus? Just a thought😊 Have a beautiful week!
Warocqueanum commonly have initial acclimating issues.... I got 1 out of 2 leaves left, got it late December, the remaining leaf has similar yellowing as yours.. I got it in Pon. However a new growth point has appeared and I'm hoping that's the one that will be a game changer, but I hear they respond poorly to stress and it can take a while to recover and then start again and adjust to one's home. I'd give a year post-summer to see how it goes.
Keep it in only water and no soil. Be aware of the oxygen in the water and it will maybe flourish - i have never had an issue with a seedling in water while it matures, but i have seen every root issue if i take them out too soon
Thai Con- out in room air, chunky mix, and a self watering pot is what has worked for me. For the most part I just use self watering pots with all my thirstier plants
Fungus Gnats have single handedly taken out 7 of my plants. I am still fighting the good fight. It only takes one infected plant introduced to the collection to ruin it. especially on young plants, most of my plants that died were the young ones that i grew from seeds 😭
I wonder from.where the pests are coming? If the plant was pest free, how it gets worms? I am actually scared now 😅 I have few philodendrons and now they finally started to grow.
I always tell myself that when one of my plants is getting the best conditions that I can provide them the yellow spot like the one with your anthurium queen it might be a temperature issue or too much minerals in the water. So I give only RO water with the most sensitive plants
I had to pause the video!!! I got my Thai Con at exactly your size now, 2+years ago! I had it near the north facing window on kitchen bench,it got to big for that spot,I put it on the floor near glass door east facing,it kept growing non stop.It got to big for that spot,I put it out on the deck where it was getting some morning sun ( Australia) then it got so big I chopped it up January 2023 got 9 cuttings out of it including mother plant! It’s one of the easiest plants I’ve had,no fuss,no pests! Don’t give up on it Claire! Wishing you all the luck! 💚🪴 Natalie Edit* Very dry where I live as well,when it’s really hot,I just hose down all the plants on deck! Plus in regular chunky soil! Xx
Keep in mind that because thai constellations are tissue cultured, their health is dependent on the health of the mother plant used to create it. Its been a hot topic lately that newer Thais are weaker than the ones from a few years ago. If you got yours 2+years ago and you have little to no issues with it then its likely yours has better genetics than the one featured in this video.
I ordered a rosy parade plant thur walmart it took 7 days to get it when i picked up box it was so wet the water ran down my arm after trying everythink for 2 months i chopped it to the soil i was re😊ady to throw away after a month, and it started growing it has 2 leaves and anither one starting ,i m keeping figers crossed
I have a piper crocatum which is thriving on a moss pole in chunky aroid mix. I water the moss pole only and not the soil. I suspect your Piper is in soil that is too heavy/wet.
Thank you for another great video! 💕 Don't be afraid to move the sylvaticum into a better soil mix - keeping it in the dense, hydrophobic soil isn't doing it any favors and is the reason why it's not easy to figure out what the plant is happy with! 🌿
@@sylviedelyon4594 In my experience a well-draining soil mix, like an aroid mix, works great! The thing is to keep the soil humid, not soggy but humid and aerated 😊 I let the top inch or max two to dry out before I water again. If it dries out completely, the plant gets really stressed, goes flaccid in an instant and causes deformed growth in the long run.
@@anninaelli How very kind of you! 💚 This plant is so beautiful, but there is so little to be found about it on the internet. Should I give it a terracotta pot or leave it in a plastic one?
@@sylviedelyon4594 Of course, happy to help! 💚 I know there aren't a whole lot of resources, I had to learn through trial and error because I also couldn't find that much info. I'd say the pot depends on your watering habit - I'm an underwaterer, so I'd be concerned about the soil drying up too much and too quickly if I had mine in a terracotta pot. If you're an overwaterer, then the terracotta pot could help with evaporating excess water. However, a consistently moist soil makes the terracotta pot a perfect breeding ground for mold and mildew, so that's another thing I would personally be concerned about. Mine is in a plastic pot with drainage holes, and I've found that to be helpful in keeping the aroid mix consistently moist! 🌿
I have been struggling with the soderoi as well. Every leaf that comes out comes out all crinkly or it takes so long to come out it just doesnt live. The most recent leaf got some kind of edema, it was like a blister full of liquid on the leaf. I cut that leaf off. I had been trying to keep it moist so maybe I overwatered, not sure but oh boy I just cannot give it what it wants apparently. I’ve never had any of my other 200 plants act the way it is acting 🫤 Also, my melanocrysam is just so lanky and stretches, drops leaves, and it’s on a prime location so not sure why it hates me 😅 but I have heard they can be difficult.
Mine love water,I don’t let it dry out! I have one indoors which requires less water,but the ones I have under the patio/tree they do tend to dry out more! When the middle stem gets tall and leggy,I chop it back and use the top to make a new plant! Good luck! 😊
Normal soil Mix, ordinary and some perlite, let it dry out before next watering. The leafs start hangin a bit, then rinse with water just normal. I use rain water, and sometimes just Tap. A habe mine Directly Next my Windows. They need light, just Not the heavy sun 🤗 for me similar like succulents...
I suggest thai cons removed from moss media. Check the roots for any sign of rotting and remove it. Wash it with a solution of water and hydrogen peroxide. Place it in a moring indirect sunlight with well draining media especially if its indoor. My thai cons love morning sunlight and it really thrives
I have my Monstera Thai, Albo and Spider Man in a chunky airy mix. I let my Monsteras dry out slightly between waterings. I wouldn’t keep it in moss, I’d be afraid of root rot. I have all Monsteras around my home, no additional humidity. Anthuriums supposedly do really well growing in pon. I don’t have anthuriums, I tend to ignore and kill them. My daughter does really well with anthuriums, I got her a huge bag of pon but I’m not sure if she’s transitioned her anthuriums.
I don’t know if your aware of this but tap water can cause yellowing of leaves in houseplants I only use rain water because it’s natural but if you can’t use it then leave tap water for 24 hours before you use it.
This is usually species specific. Calatheas for example can be sensitive to tap water. But none of the plants she talks about here are sensitive to tap water. Keep in mind that not all tap water is equal. If you had problems using your tap on your plants it may be due to the amount of chemicals in it or the quality in your area. The only plants I know of that absolutely can’t handle tap water long term are carnivorous plants, but that’s because of the minerals.
Hey Claire! I love your videos they’re incredibly helpful! :) I’ve got a question: For the Sodiroi for example, how do you regrow them, what conditions do you keep them in so they come back??
Monsteras love leca another growing medium as well n it makes it much easier to avoid root rot. I saved a monstera by taking it out if soil n putting it in water. After the roots were happy again I replanted it.
I have issues with the Phio Brasil and Philo Brandtianum. I can keep various Alocasia and tricky Anthurium happy, sooo not sure why. Sometimes I just think it was a "bad pick" and it is jsut the particular plant that is the issue😅
I personally have some issues with the scindapsus exotica that in this winter dropped like ten leaves that gone yellow and then died. I bought that plant twice and I can't manage to keep it well settled in my house. Honorable mention to my tradescantia nanouk ( the third try) it grows well then all of a sudden the leaves drop crispy and the stem rot I don't figure out why the leaves dry up when the plant's soil is moist and on the other hand the stem rot when the soil is dry
My Thai is in leca and it’s doing great some yellowing but 95 sure it’s due to being so close to my radiator so I moved. All my variegated monsteras are in Leca. My albo, Thai, and aurea.
Re. Your Piper sylvaticum. I heard that they thrive in an open topped terrarium, so I planted my struggling cutting into one of my tall ex-vase terrarium creations & it’s still alive despite relative neglect. ☺️
Oh no! Your Thai is probably a 2.0. They’re from a different batch of mother plants and aren’t as strong as the original strain. I got lucky and found a lady with a Thai that came as a cutting from one of the original Thai’s that made it to the US like 10 years ago. That thing has no weakness I swear.
@@SuperUsername147 I’ve been chopping and propping mine. Trying to get as many of these “rare” house plants out to the public as I can. No hobby should be bottle necked.
I think you are battling yourself. Example, your anthuriums. You said you feel they are getting enough nutrients, but they stalled out. I would offer they are not. Push more nutrients than you are comfortable with and I bet they pop like mad. They will show signs if they get too much nutrients (tip burn etc). The most impressive specimen I have seen, the growers push the nutrients very hard. Go there and see what happens. Bet you are rewarded!
I’m new to my Thai con but have many monstera. But my Thai con is growing roots like mad! I was concerned and then suddenly saw super fat roots wildly growing out of the bottom of the container! It was so wild I repotted it and the roots were INSANE! I have it growing in a airy mix, 1/3-1/2 perlite with 1/2-2/3 mix of coco loco, stratum and bark. A few days after repotting again the roots have nearly doubled in size! It is in my house currently 40-55% humidity even with humidifiers running. New leaf almost unfurled. I feed gold leaf at half strength and have recently added rhino skin. I also pH adjust my tap water to 6-6.5 ish
But something that’s so prone to root rot I personally would never grow in moss long term, only if it had minimal to no roots and needed to root but even then I prefer every other method for rooting with the exception of moss poles.
I'm having the same problem with my alocasia Polly. My first one died and my replacement is on its way out too...😥. Most challenging plant I have and I don't know what else to try. It's not worth me getting another!
I think the polly might like lower light than folk might expect. My mother has one in the corner of her bathroom, covered in dust, but it puts out new, healthy leaves fairly regularly! It's in the same cheap, dense soil it was in when purchased, never gets fertilised and has irregular watering - maybe they thrive on neglect.
It’s also worth noting that Alocasia can go dormant in normal home conditions during the winter months. My experience is that even with grow light, mine still go dormant around January (like it takes longer to get there, but still goes ZZZZZ). I withhold watering, leave it until March and then start to water again, a little at a time, until growth reappears. I have also found that mine like PON.
Alocasias often go dormant when you get them. Fungus gnats can also quickly kill small alocasias. And they hate cold. Heat mats are amazing for growth in alocasias. I recommend getting them in water, perlite, or leca in a clear pot or vase (with perilite / leca just water enough to fill the bottom third or so and the substrate will draw water up to the plant). You can see root growth and no soil no fungus gnats. If it goes dormant you have a good corm with a point on top. Pot in perilite with lots of light in a warm humid spot and wait a few months. They can come back. Don't give up if it's not mushy. Many of my alocasias lost all their roots and some all their leaves and came back. Also when you get alocasias the soil is often horrible, dense, and full of gnats. I repot immediately removing any unhealthy roots, and a few old leaves. Removing leaves reduces transplant stress. The ones I don't remove leaves on have lost them anyway and were slower growing roots. Also wash the plant and spray the roots with hydrogen peroxide to remove pests. And spray occasionally in neem oil to prevent pests (evening only to prevent sun burn). Also saving baby corms and planting in perilite (make sure they are exposed to light / dont bury the corms fully) means when the mother plant dies from all the neglect they suffer in the store you have new healthy babies to enjoy the plant. My polly didn't make it but her babies are beautiful.
I threw out several Polly plants before finding out that they go dormant. Last year, it went dormant and I cut it up, realized that it also puts out little round pups, a lot of them actually. I placed the pups and pieces in soil, covered the pot with plastic and waited. It took several months but I now have a large pot filled with Polly. I agree with the neglect theory. It is on a north facing window shelf, is watered when it is dry and seems to love the mistreatment.
Wildfern posted recently about her thai, did you see it? She had very similar experience as you, and she talked about two different varieties of thai, one being "made" before 2018 (?) and one after, the one post 18 is apparently very tricky...
I think non-velvety anthuriums are easier to care for than small types of alocasia. But I am not talking from tons of experience: I have cared for two smaller type alocasia (stingray and dragonscale) and two anthurium (Jungle king and scherzerianum, the one everyone's grandparents have). I unalived the alocasia dragonscale. It did not have what it needed to thrive in this fast-paced environment. Never had a velvety anthurium or a big type of alocasia.
My anthurium clarinervium is very low maintenance, and the only two alocasia I’ve had have died/been murdered very quickly. So I’d definitely say anthurium
Hi, If it were mine I’d take your Thai out of the moss. Cut off any rotted roots. If there is some rot, an let it lay out in the air a hour or two. Pot it up in well draining soil an take it out of the Cabinet. It doesn’t need a cabinet or the high humidity. I think the hype over the plant is scaring you an it’s not that hard.
I love how knowledgeable you are!
Sherry I totally agree! I treat mine like a regular green monstera! 😊 Mine is out on the deck and we have very low humidity! 😢
I agree, I am taking care of one at work and was super freaked out when I started taking care of it. It hasn't had a ton of growth since I started with it. However it did put out a new leaf with fenestrations and given that it did it in winter under led shop lights I think that's pretty good! The humidity settles at about 40% where it sits and I currently do not have it on a pole. I think it is in just some generic soil as well, no special blend.
Do you think the moss is the issue? I heard other people say they plant their Thais in moss to avoid root rot. Also, Claire's thai might be from the theoretical second mother thai that Kaylee Ellen talked about which might be why it's difficult to care
I agree with this. I treat mine like a normal monstera and don't do anything special and it's always been absolutely fine.
I would agree with the comment above about the Thai in that it would do better out of the cabinet. I think the super high humidity isn’t helping. I’ve also learnt that they prefer to not dry out completely unlike the monstera Albo, mine is in a really chunky mix that I made myself with a lot of bark, pumice and coco chips. In regards to the rotting roots, I’ve found that since using myco that rotting roots are less of a problem with all my plants and if there are any I now just keep an eye on them but generally leave them in there as the bacteria seems to deal with them nicely and allow new heathy roots to grow whilst the bad roots seem to break down really well. This probably sounds crazy but I use it on all of my plants even the ones in semi hydro, and when I’ve transferred plants from soil to semi hydro I’ve left the roots that inevitably rot in there and they bacteria has delay with them itself, and the plant has gone on to grow healthy new roots without any further issues. Sorry for the long post and good luck x
Hi Claire, I never have any luck with Pothos plants. I have killed about 5 of them so far, I know they call them the Devils Ivy as they are so hard to kill but I succeed everytime. My friend even calls me the exorcist. 😮💨
girl… my 6 year old brother has kept his alive for a year 😭💀
@@Alyseviolet😂😂😂
Calathea Medallion has been giving me a lot of grief recently :(
Hi Claire. Try tree fern fibre with the Thai, and any other plants your having problems with rooting. Agree with comments about taking it out of cabinet.
I know that Kaylee Ellen has an interesting opinion on why your Thai Con might not be as resilient as perhaps it should be, which she just covered on her Albo vs.Thai video.
Thank you for this video! It is so encouraging to see how you struggle and try different things for your plants. Take good care of you and I hope you know how much your content is appreciated! ⚘️💚🪴
When I got my 'Thai Constellation' it was the same size as yours now. Now less than 2 years later, it is in a 24" pot, leaves are huge, and it will soon reach my ceiling. It can grow like crazy. So what's different? First, I live in Tucson. Light. It is near a large window and has a grow light in a can overhead. Light. Light. All indirect, of course. But very bright. It is doing amazing in Tucson with every leaf perfect, never lost a leaf, and never in a cabinet. So, it can thrive in 20% humidity. I do water with collected rainwater and I have a low dose of fertilizer in it, but I seriously doubt if those account for the difference. As soon as it got big enough, I gave it a larger pot. They grow lots of roots and need root room. My best theory, is that we have more light. Sunny 330 days a year here. Lest you think I'm magic, my Queen Anthurium is growing slowly. The King is quicker. No complaint, just slow on the queen. Esqueleto is super happy here, too. M. adansonii got some minor brown edges when I left town and the plant waterer did not give it enough. But Esqueleto is still clear of damage, and it is going to grow quickly with a runner coming out there in mine, too. There will be leaves on that runner that will follow. Should be beautiful soon enough. Best of luck. My thought it give it a good size pot, well drained soil, and increase the light..
Perhaps take the Thai constellation out of the cabinet? In my experience plants that really don't like to sit in most soil are better off in the open air. It allows them to use the moisture they're given more quickly by evaporating it through their leaves. If the environment is humid, evaporating will go slower, resulting in the plant sitting in moist substrate for a longer amound of time. Sphag seems like a pretty wet substrate for its preferences as well, but I'd say: one change at a time. Hope it makes it!
Like others have mentioned. Moss isn’t ideal. In terms of substrate, it must be chunky. There’s no right or wrong mix but this is a good starting point imo- 1:1:1:1 coco chips, bark, perlite, and potting mix/coir.
Thais don’t need special care or attention. A sunny spot in your apartment with regular household humidity should do it well.
A few people have said this already, but the thai doesn’t need high humidity. The roots look fine to be put in a chunky substrate. I would not leave it out to dry for an hour or two as someone suggested, you’ll dry those lovely roots out. If you do need to cut off any rotted roots, just put some moist moss on the healthy roots and leave the cuts exposed to air for 15 mins or so. They don’t need any longer than that to callous over enough to be potted up 😊 For your Limon, it’s clearly an epiphyte, so chunky soil mix with lots of bark and pumice is usually the best bet
Thai Constellation can be tricky, because I found they need more water then the regular Monstera, and that creates conditions for root rot. I think that is the number one complaint for people. This is a great plant to put in leca, and give those roots time to grow with adequate water, and lesser chance of root rot.
In my experience, piper seems to do better with less water and less humidity. I used to give mine higher humidity and water, it rotted out. It’s doing much better with wilful neglect. It’s in my bedroom now. Cooler and fairly low north facing light. Low humidity. It’s pushed out new leaves all winter. Hope this helps.
Glad to see I'm not the only one dealing with root rot on a Thai... So sad 😢
I think you can try leca. I bought recently a medium size Sodiroy and it was growing in leca, so I decided to keep it that way. Also works for anthuriums (i have two of them in leca, transferred from moss) and monsteras. Also when you transfer a plant from soil to leca (non soil) some roots can die, maybe that is what's going on with Tai Monstera... It's ok. So far I love leca, just needs a fertilizer for hydroponics and that's it. Less pest problems and no overwatering, which I am so guilty off.
I grow everything in Leca from Alocasias to ZZ plants and everything in between, including cacti and bonsai. The only failure I’ve had is Syngoniums - oh well, nobody’s perfect😊
My Thia did the same thing and I cut all the rotted roots off and put it in perlite and so far it's doing very well. Roots are coming in and I can't wait to be able pot it back up
It does well in water also.
All my anthuriums have struggled in Soil Ninja mix. I transferred to pon and they’re thriving.
I know this video is quite old, but if you are still having any issues with your thai constellation, try an aroid mix in an orchid pot, with all of the extra holes along the side of the pot. My thai has been thriving in the Molly's aroid mix.
The warocqueanum looks like its showing signs of excess moisture, hard to tell though as they can throw a fit pretty easily. Hopefully it takes the transition well, beautiful specimen
I live in Germany and my apartment gets pretty cold on the winter . My Thai is just standing on the windowsill and it’s fine, I agree on the comment , just take it out of the cabinet and ignore it 😂
For your Thai, I’d pot it in a chunky mix, terracotta pot and have it out in the room as a normal monstera. Water once a week. I’ve one in that set up, and it’s pushed out 2 new leaves since Christmas. My other is a small prop with 3 leaves in some moss & no drainage, once it’s pushed out another leaf it’ll be going in the same set up. Don’t over think it all, treat them the same as a green monstera, and it’ll crack on with it.
My queen did the same with I repotted it with aroid mix from moss...Lost all leaves one by one and had to switch to moss again and now started 2 small leaves that are perfect. Nightmare plant
My Thai is in a sunny window with a sheer curtain in a very chunky mix & I water when it’s pretty dry & deep water & let it get pretty dry. Mine is about the same size. I’m getting a 5th leaf which surprises me because we’ve had a lot of rain, hail & cold weather.
I have the sodiri (non-aff) and sodirini, in just tree fern fiber. Fertilize weekly with dynagrow pro foliage. Started out with cuttings. Sodiroi now has 4 leaves, sodirini I've propped endlessly for multiple plants. I've been using tree fern fiber for eveything and it's working so well. Highly recommend.
I have a piper sylvaticum in a self watering container.
I received it in a large order and everything else looked really good, it was an absolutely willed mess. I knew it was going to need more water than everything else.
I generally agree with bottom watering/self watering pots. The piper and tradescantia are the only plants I’ve done with.
I’ve heard that the Thai constellation plants that are out now aren’t as resilient as they were when they first came out because the cultivators changed the mother plants so there’s what some people call a Thai constellation 2.0 because they suffer from root rot so much more often then they use too.
Kaylee ellen made a video about it
@@loes6839 yes she did that’s the exact video I watched
With regard to the Monstera Thai Constellation, I would pot him up in epiphyte mix. The I use in 5 parts orchid potting mix, 1 part perlite or pumice, 1 part horticultural charcoal, and 1 part pine bark. I was having major issues with a Black Rabbits Foot fern dropping leaves like crazy! I actually killed him. I got another one, potted him up in the above mix, and he is putting out new leaves like nobody's business now. Another thing to consider is treating your plant for root rot. Mix up 2 parts water to 1 one part 3% hydrogen peroxide and swish the roots around in that for a few minutes. Repot in fresh substrate.
I got a Thai last year in August. It was the same size as yours in a chunky Aroid mix. I kept it outside under shade for the rest of our Summer, and it sized up pretty quickly. During the winter months I’ve had it in ambient humidity, and it seems to love it. Nothing special, and water when it’s dry. I’d cut the rot off, prop in water and peroxide until you get enough new roots, and then plant in an Aroid mix and leave out near a window.👍🏽
Where do you live that can keep outside in summer?
My Thai constellation didn't really love being in soil but I will say, it lives happily out in the open with ambient humidity fluctuating between 30-50% (I don't really measure it), as long as you give them enough light and warmth, they will grow, they also can go for ages without being watered if they are not rootbound. I moved mine to pon after 2-3 instances of rot and it loves it, these plants can thrive on neglect if you give them the right conditions. I would recommend maybe stepping away from it and not mothering it too much.
My most difficult plant has been my Begonia rex ‘maui sunset’. I see people grow begonia in terrariums and under cloches with super high humidity, so I was keeping mine in my bathroom. But the leaves were getting mouldy, and if they didn’t get mouldy they would turn kind of mushy and fall off. I recently moved it to my kitchen instead and it’s doing SO much better, so hopefully I can return it to how beautiful and full it was when I first got it.
I’ve also had two Anthurium dragonscale, both of which I murdered immediately, but we won’t talk about them!
I have a begonia Rex that I keep under a plant light in ambient humidity. It was doing terrible until it was placed under the light. I only water if it feels very dry. Good luck 👍
@wildfern on UA-cam has struggled for over 1,5 years and documented all changes with her Thai. She went Leca for a longgg time, I don’t even own one and I’ve seen all of her updates on hers, so would recommend 😊
And are you 100% sure there’s no bugs on both your Anthurium W and Philo Esqueleto? Obviously you’d know better but it seems to look like a type of thrip or spider mite compared to what my Philodendron Week’s Red looked like when it had spider mites. Bugs make me paranoid ahah 😅
For the thaï con, you can try coco perlite, maybe with a pierced pot (semi hydro setup) and feed her silica, calmag, growth fertilizer, same brand + beneficial bacteria.🙃
I would love to see a tour of your home and placement of plants! The two by the doir and behind you are beautiful!
I had a similar problems with my monst. esqueleto and queen ant. They don’t like to strong light. Try to turn off the light in the bottom of your cabinet and put them in the more shade place.
I have a Pothos N’Joy that I’ve struggled with for a year. I’ve tried everything. Finally chopped it, put it in a prop box and recently repotted it. Put a clear bag over it to increase humidity. We will see. My other pothos are just fine🤷🏼♀️. Also my string of turtles, all I get are tiny little turtles, but my string of pearls is doing great. Ugh……
My oldest Pothos N'Joy is the slowest growing out of all my pothos (Variegated Pothos, Lemon Lime Pothos, Philo Brasil, Snow Queen, Silver Satin). They are all fertilized and I water when the soil is bone dry.
My African mask has been a headache. I’ve brought her back 3 times now. 😂
But the stupid philodendron Micans that everyone “loves”… has been an absolute nightmare plant. I hate that plant. I just chopped up the whole thing and stuck it in a prop box and I don’t care if I ever see it again. 😂🤦🏻♀️
I know this video is about a year old but I have had such good luck with my monstera Thai constellation in 75% perlite and 25% soil. It sits in medium but bright light, I always let it dry to about 25% before watering and I've never lost a leaf. I got it back in October with about 4 leaves and now it's huge and pushing out it's first fenestration 10 leaves later. I took it from a 4 inch pot to a 12 inch immediately after bringing it home, not knowing anything about not potting plants in too large of a planter and 9 months later it's honestly thriving. It's my lowest maintenance plant next to my aglaonema Siam. My highest maintenance, most pain in my rear plant is the scindapsus exotica. She stays bald and puts out huge leaves and then teeny tiny leaves and I cannot figure her dramatic behind out
You could try different watering and different pots. I have recently moved from top watering to bottom watering. Those plants that require constant moisture, I use self watering pots. It is sometimes hard to know how far from a window is optimal for each plant. I hate that there's a radiator under each window at my house and keeping the humidity high is very difficult... I usually struggle with plants that have thin leaves, for example coleus scutellarioides. Oh, and air plants are difficult for me. I think it is so hard to know when to water them.
I used planks across my rads n put glass jars with water in them on either side of all rads on the floor. My plants loved it ❤
Hey Claire, not sure if you still have your thai constellation but I've found that semi hydro is amazing for this plant. My monstera thai loves semi hydro and it's roots are crazy. Even it's airiel roots are amazing.
Philodendron Gloriosum is by far my most difficult plant. Everyone says they're easy but mine is a spider mite magnet and always looks sick. I have verrucosum melanochrysum sodiroi several types of alocasia stromanthe triostar and calatheas but it's the gloriosum that doesn't want to thrive.
For difficult plants I do recommend trying a semi hydro setup I have found Leca + a complete hydroponic plant food to be really successful with so many plants I'm considering moving my Thai to that setup not because it's not doing well but because I'm paranoid it's going to get root rot and die like the first one I got did.
My Thai is also a juvenile and lives in moss in an orchid pot and is happy. Sizing up and fenestrating
Interesting you've mentioned moss being better for your Thai. My P. plowmanii while has grown fine in soils did better in moss, I am tempted to put it back in again. I just find moss breaks down so much quicker and I have to replace it more frequently.
I also got my Thai Constellation as a little 2 leaf baby (tiny tiny) she is now thriving. I have her in terracotta, with my usual chunky mix! She loves it, I also don't have her in a high humidity environment (usually 40%)
Did you have your Warocqueanum and Esqueleto touching in the cabinet? Maybe it could possibly be a fungus?
Just a thought😊
Have a beautiful week!
Warocqueanum commonly have initial acclimating issues.... I got 1 out of 2 leaves left, got it late December, the remaining leaf has similar yellowing as yours.. I got it in Pon. However a new growth point has appeared and I'm hoping that's the one that will be a game changer, but I hear they respond poorly to stress and it can take a while to recover and then start again and adjust to one's home. I'd give a year post-summer to see how it goes.
If it were me, I’d get that Thai in perlite! I do that with all my hoyas and it’s saved a lot of the. From rot!
Keep it in only water and no soil. Be aware of the oxygen in the water and it will maybe flourish - i have never had an issue with a seedling in water while it matures, but i have seen every root issue if i take them out too soon
Thai Con- out in room air, chunky mix, and a self watering pot is what has worked for me. For the most part I just use self watering pots with all my thirstier plants
Fungus Gnats have single handedly taken out 7 of my plants. I am still fighting the good fight. It only takes one infected plant introduced to the collection to ruin it. especially on young plants, most of my plants that died were the young ones that i grew from seeds 😭
Maybe try growing the monstera in water that has helped my plants with root rot you do have to change the water every week. Hope it gets better!
I wonder from.where the pests are coming? If the plant was pest free, how it gets worms? I am actually scared now 😅 I have few philodendrons and now they finally started to grow.
I always tell myself that when one of my plants is getting the best conditions that I can provide them the yellow spot like the one with your anthurium queen it might be a temperature issue or too much minerals in the water. So I give only RO water with the most sensitive plants
I had to pause the video!!! I got my Thai Con at exactly your size now, 2+years ago! I had it near the north facing window on kitchen bench,it got to big for that spot,I put it on the floor near glass door east facing,it kept growing non stop.It got to big for that spot,I put it out on the deck where it was getting some morning sun ( Australia) then it got so big I chopped it up January 2023 got 9 cuttings out of it including mother plant! It’s one of the easiest plants I’ve had,no fuss,no pests! Don’t give up on it Claire! Wishing you all the luck! 💚🪴 Natalie
Edit* Very dry where I live as well,when it’s really hot,I just hose down all the plants on deck! Plus in regular chunky soil! Xx
Keep in mind that because thai constellations are tissue cultured, their health is dependent on the health of the mother plant used to create it. Its been a hot topic lately that newer Thais are weaker than the ones from a few years ago. If you got yours 2+years ago and you have little to no issues with it then its likely yours has better genetics than the one featured in this video.
Hi! I had issues with my Thai in my cabinet. It seems to do better out of the cabinet under a grow light.
I ordered a rosy parade plant thur walmart it took 7 days to get it when i picked up box it was so wet the water ran down my arm after trying everythink for 2 months i chopped it to the soil i was re😊ady to throw away after a month, and it started growing it has 2 leaves and anither one starting ,i m keeping figers crossed
Prayer plant(sorry)
I have a piper crocatum which is thriving on a moss pole in chunky aroid mix. I water the moss pole only and not the soil. I suspect your Piper is in soil that is too heavy/wet.
Thank you for another great video! 💕 Don't be afraid to move the sylvaticum into a better soil mix - keeping it in the dense, hydrophobic soil isn't doing it any favors and is the reason why it's not easy to figure out what the plant is happy with! 🌿
And what kind of soil would that be, please? I want to change substrates too, but don't know which would be best 🤔
@@sylviedelyon4594 In my experience a well-draining soil mix, like an aroid mix, works great! The thing is to keep the soil humid, not soggy but humid and aerated 😊 I let the top inch or max two to dry out before I water again. If it dries out completely, the plant gets really stressed, goes flaccid in an instant and causes deformed growth in the long run.
@@anninaelli How very kind of you! 💚 This plant is so beautiful, but there is so little to be found about it on the internet. Should I give it a terracotta pot or leave it in a plastic one?
@@sylviedelyon4594 Of course, happy to help! 💚 I know there aren't a whole lot of resources, I had to learn through trial and error because I also couldn't find that much info. I'd say the pot depends on your watering habit - I'm an underwaterer, so I'd be concerned about the soil drying up too much and too quickly if I had mine in a terracotta pot. If you're an overwaterer, then the terracotta pot could help with evaporating excess water. However, a consistently moist soil makes the terracotta pot a perfect breeding ground for mold and mildew, so that's another thing I would personally be concerned about. Mine is in a plastic pot with drainage holes, and I've found that to be helpful in keeping the aroid mix consistently moist! 🌿
@@anninaelli Thank you so much, I'll keep it in a plastic pot then, and let you know later how things went ☺
I have been struggling with the soderoi as well. Every leaf that comes out comes out all crinkly or it takes so long to come out it just doesnt live. The most recent leaf got some kind of edema, it was like a blister full of liquid on the leaf. I cut that leaf off. I had been trying to keep it moist so maybe I overwatered, not sure but oh boy I just cannot give it what it wants apparently. I’ve never had any of my other 200 plants act the way it is acting 🫤
Also, my melanocrysam is just so lanky and stretches, drops leaves, and it’s on a prime location so not sure why it hates me 😅 but I have heard they can be difficult.
My tough to figure out plant is pilea peperromoides. Leaves are not flat and I don't get babies.
Mine love water,I don’t let it dry out! I have one indoors which requires less water,but the ones I have under the patio/tree they do tend to dry out more! When the middle stem gets tall and leggy,I chop it back and use the top to make a new plant! Good luck! 😊
Normal soil Mix, ordinary and some perlite, let it dry out before next watering. The leafs start hangin a bit, then rinse with water just normal. I use rain water, and sometimes just Tap. A habe mine Directly Next my Windows. They need light, just Not the heavy sun 🤗 for me similar like succulents...
My harder to care for plants have done great on a seed heat mat.
The soil in the piper's pot looked hydrophobic, the water was probably not absorbing when watered from the top.
I suggest thai cons removed from moss media. Check the roots for any sign of rotting and remove it. Wash it with a solution of water and hydrogen peroxide. Place it in a moring indirect sunlight with well draining media especially if its indoor. My thai cons love morning sunlight and it really thrives
I have my Monstera Thai, Albo and Spider Man in a chunky airy mix. I let my Monsteras dry out slightly between waterings. I wouldn’t keep it in moss, I’d be afraid of root rot. I have all Monsteras around my home, no additional humidity.
Anthuriums supposedly do really well growing in pon. I don’t have anthuriums, I tend to ignore and kill them. My daughter does really well with anthuriums, I got her a huge bag of pon but I’m not sure if she’s transitioned her anthuriums.
I don’t know if your aware of this but tap water can cause yellowing of leaves in houseplants I only use rain water because it’s natural but if you can’t use it then leave tap water for 24 hours before you use it.
This is usually species specific. Calatheas for example can be sensitive to tap water. But none of the plants she talks about here are sensitive to tap water. Keep in mind that not all tap water is equal. If you had problems using your tap on your plants it may be due to the amount of chemicals in it or the quality in your area. The only plants I know of that absolutely can’t handle tap water long term are carnivorous plants, but that’s because of the minerals.
Hey Claire! I love your videos they’re incredibly helpful! :)
I’ve got a question: For the Sodiroi for example, how do you regrow them, what conditions do you keep them in so they come back??
For the Thai go for wider vs deep pot. Worked for me
Monsteras love leca another growing medium as well n it makes it much easier to avoid root rot. I saved a monstera by taking it out if soil n putting it in water. After the roots were happy again I replanted it.
I have issues with the Phio Brasil and Philo Brandtianum. I can keep various Alocasia and tricky Anthurium happy, sooo not sure why. Sometimes I just think it was a "bad pick" and it is jsut the particular plant that is the issue😅
Is regular house lighting count as light for my plants or do i need grow lights? Really dark house as far as natural lighting.
Those variegated Monsteras are so pretty and so annoying 😭 I feel you ❤️
I personally have some issues with the scindapsus exotica that in this winter dropped like ten leaves that gone yellow and then died. I bought that plant twice and I can't manage to keep it well settled in my house. Honorable mention to my tradescantia nanouk ( the third try) it grows well then all of a sudden the leaves drop crispy and the stem rot I don't figure out why the leaves dry up when the plant's soil is moist and on the other hand the stem rot when the soil is dry
I've hear the exotica can be quite sensitive to the cold
My Thai is in leca and it’s doing great some yellowing but 95 sure it’s due to being so close to my radiator so I moved. All my variegated monsteras are in Leca. My albo, Thai, and aurea.
The container your Thai constellation is in needs to have holes in the bottom the substrate needs to be airy and draining.
Have you tried orchid pots with the side slits? This helps the water evaporate and prevent root rot.
I am really struggling with monsteras right now (esqueleto, Adansonii etc) no idea why! I don’t feel like they’re ovewatered!
Re. Your Piper sylvaticum. I heard that they thrive in an open topped terrarium, so I planted my struggling cutting into one of my tall ex-vase terrarium creations & it’s still alive despite relative neglect. ☺️
Neglect seems to help piper thrive In my experience too!!
Claire, how long did it take you to get your Thai to that size.?
My one Thai hated my cabinet and has done significantly better just on a shelf with a grow light (my humidity also kinda sucks)
Bostern ferns they just crisp up and die I’m desperately trying to save my last one , yet my calathias that are in the same room are thriving
I also struggled with a Sodiroi Aff, it was perfect and huge when I got it, then it just rotted on me really quickly and I killed it :(
Perlite for monstera Thai. Or even soil with 50% perlite has helped me.
young monstera should be in purely bark watered whenever that dries out
And the waroc, of you just repotted and changed the substrate it might just be transition “shock”
Thanks for sharing!
Hello from Puerto Rico!!! Try aroid mix for your Thai. 🪴💚🙋🏼♀️🐩
Have you done peace lily video ?
Put your tai Constellation in an orchid pot with moss
I was told if you have killed a lot of plants you become an expert..so I guess I am an expert 🤗
Oh no! Your Thai is probably a 2.0. They’re from a different batch of mother plants and aren’t as strong as the original strain. I got lucky and found a lady with a Thai that came as a cutting from one of the original Thai’s that made it to the US like 10 years ago. That thing has no weakness I swear.
I wish more people sold Thai cuttings. You just don’t see them for sale.
@@SuperUsername147 I’ve been chopping and propping mine. Trying to get as many of these “rare” house plants out to the public as I can. No hobby should be bottle necked.
My monstera Thai constellation lives perfectly well in semi hydro Self watering pot
Hi please can you tell me is it OK to use hydrogen peroxide cream which is use for hair dye diluted in water for plants
Haha love the slow mo 😂🌱
Good to see even you who adores her plant's struggle with certain plants maybe they are going through a teen-age spat 😂😂😂
I think you are battling yourself. Example, your anthuriums. You said you feel they are getting enough nutrients, but they stalled out. I would offer they are not. Push more nutrients than you are comfortable with and I bet they pop like mad. They will show signs if they get too much nutrients (tip burn etc). The most impressive specimen I have seen, the growers push the nutrients very hard.
Go there and see what happens. Bet you are rewarded!
I’m new to my Thai con but have many monstera. But my Thai con is growing roots like mad! I was concerned and then suddenly saw super fat roots wildly growing out of the bottom of the container! It was so wild I repotted it and the roots were INSANE! I have it growing in a airy mix, 1/3-1/2 perlite with 1/2-2/3 mix of coco loco, stratum and bark. A few days after repotting again the roots have nearly doubled in size! It is in my house currently 40-55% humidity even with humidifiers running. New leaf almost unfurled. I feed gold leaf at half strength and have recently added rhino skin. I also pH adjust my tap water to 6-6.5 ish
But something that’s so prone to root rot I personally would never grow in moss long term, only if it had minimal to no roots and needed to root but even then I prefer every other method for rooting with the exception of moss poles.
The esqueleto and waroc look like they may have vitamin deficiencies.
Deal with a bit of plant burn out too. Don’t be to hard on yourself
My alocasia polly. Ugh it was beautiful then I brought it home and one by one the leaves fell off. I tried so hard to meet it’s needs 😕
I'm having the same problem with my alocasia Polly. My first one died and my replacement is on its way out too...😥. Most challenging plant I have and I don't know what else to try. It's not worth me getting another!
I think the polly might like lower light than folk might expect. My mother has one in the corner of her bathroom, covered in dust, but it puts out new, healthy leaves fairly regularly! It's in the same cheap, dense soil it was in when purchased, never gets fertilised and has irregular watering - maybe they thrive on neglect.
It’s also worth noting that Alocasia can go dormant in normal home conditions during the winter months. My experience is that even with grow light, mine still go dormant around January (like it takes longer to get there, but still goes ZZZZZ). I withhold watering, leave it until March and then start to water again, a little at a time, until growth reappears. I have also found that mine like PON.
Alocasias often go dormant when you get them. Fungus gnats can also quickly kill small alocasias. And they hate cold. Heat mats are amazing for growth in alocasias.
I recommend getting them in water, perlite, or leca in a clear pot or vase (with perilite / leca just water enough to fill the bottom third or so and the substrate will draw water up to the plant). You can see root growth and no soil no fungus gnats. If it goes dormant you have a good corm with a point on top. Pot in perilite with lots of light in a warm humid spot and wait a few months.
They can come back. Don't give up if it's not mushy. Many of my alocasias lost all their roots and some all their leaves and came back.
Also when you get alocasias the soil is often horrible, dense, and full of gnats. I repot immediately removing any unhealthy roots, and a few old leaves.
Removing leaves reduces transplant stress. The ones I don't remove leaves on have lost them anyway and were slower growing roots. Also wash the plant and spray the roots with hydrogen peroxide to remove pests. And spray occasionally in neem oil to prevent pests (evening only to prevent sun burn).
Also saving baby corms and planting in perilite (make sure they are exposed to light / dont bury the corms fully) means when the mother plant dies from all the neglect they suffer in the store you have new healthy babies to enjoy the plant. My polly didn't make it but her babies are beautiful.
I threw out several Polly plants before finding out that they go dormant. Last year, it went dormant and I cut it up, realized that it also puts out little round pups, a lot of them actually. I placed the pups and pieces in soil, covered the pot with plastic and waited. It took several months but I now have a large pot filled with Polly. I agree with the neglect theory. It is on a north facing window shelf, is watered when it is dry and seems to love the mistreatment.
Alocasia Polly is the hardest plant for me
Wildfern posted recently about her thai, did you see it? She had very similar experience as you, and she talked about two different varieties of thai, one being "made" before 2018 (?) and one after, the one post 18 is apparently very tricky...
Kaylee ellen made that video about 1.0 en 2.0
You need to understand where these plants come from and how they interact with the environment.
What do you think are easier between alocasia and anthurium ? I would love everyone's opinion
Anthurium
Depends on the Alocasia and the Anthirium
@@gypsylee333 thank you
I think non-velvety anthuriums are easier to care for than small types of alocasia. But I am not talking from tons of experience: I have cared for two smaller type alocasia (stingray and dragonscale) and two anthurium (Jungle king and scherzerianum, the one everyone's grandparents have). I unalived the alocasia dragonscale. It did not have what it needed to thrive in this fast-paced environment. Never had a velvety anthurium or a big type of alocasia.
My anthurium clarinervium is very low maintenance, and the only two alocasia I’ve had have died/been murdered very quickly. So I’d definitely say anthurium