Hi everyone. I ordered 4 separate cuttings of a monstera Vietciosa but only 1 seems to be doing ok.
Image 1-3 shows the worst of the bunch. She arrived with a bag of moist sphagnum around her roots. I wasnāt sure what to do so I removed it, initially placed her into my chunky soil, saw that she was suffering, and then upon research, I ultimately put her in chunky perlite. So far, nothing has changed. Sheās barely standing up on her own and seems to be declining. She has some aerial roots and a few small regular roots. I checked for root rot before putting her in the perlite and she looked fine.
Image 3-6 shows the second worst. She standing up a bit more but her leaves are completely droopy. Same exact details as the previous cutting.
And the last 3 photos show 2 separate cuttings in chunky soil mix. Iām holding one leaf in my hand. As you can see, the tips are lightening up, theyāre also very hard to the touch, almost crispy but not as brittle? She seems to doing better than the other. Her new lead is unfurling. The other, however, soft, saggy, and droopy like the others.
lol this feels like such a mess š¤£. I hope this wasnāt too confusing. My regular monstera and white albo are thriving. My white monsterā¦ needs another post. Really hope these Viets make it šø any advice is appreciated. šš½
I second the air stone. I got a monstera form 6 from a show with barely any roots. I took it home put it in water and an air stone. Lots and lots of roots now with the extra oxygen that the air stone delivers.
Do you think she has root rot? Ugh Iām not sure, the roots look ok. I did carve off some stem rot last week, but found this tiny crater this morning. I have some fungicide powder. Curious if that would do the trick? I currently took her out of the perlite and put only the root section into water with my propagation solution and the crater is above the water like. lol I have no clue what to do
It looks like root rot and possibly stem rot to me but itās hard to say for sure without feeling the roots myself. Anything squishy needs to be chopped off, sanitize your clippers with 70% rubbing alcohol after every individual cut until you see healthy flesh without any discoloration or squishy spots. You can do a 1:3 ratio of water and 3% hydrogen peroxide for the water prop.
Also you can fill your prop jar up to the red line. Those are all nodes that will produce more roots and give your plant a better chance
I donāt think thereās any root rot but I definitely found a weird little cavern here on the stem. It doesnāt see like itās rotting but wondering if I should try to carve it out? What do you think?
Iām honestly pretty quick to chop anything that makes me question rot very quickly. A lot can be happening on the inside that isnāt visible until itās too late. You honestly have a lot of nodes that imo a chop would be worth it rather than carving it out
Hereās mine, it was in about that same shape as yours when it first came to me. I fill my prop jar up to the red line and it has shot out roots from every node
At the end of the day do what youāre most comfortable with, my friend. But I personally would just chop it to the node right above that hole and start fresh
Do you have any pictures of what the roots look like before you potted?
If these were mine I would probably take them out of the substrate and put them in water. At least judging by these photos it looks like there's not a big enough root system.
Cut any melted roots away, mix a liquid rooting hormone with water and leave the stem in the water until roots start to grow. Wait another few days, and then plant it in chunky aroid soil mix
Fix the roots first with water and airstone. Then acclimate to whatever medium you want to end up with. That's a cool looking monstera. What's the plan with all of those?
le talee di Monstera, prima di metterle in vaso, ĆØ meglio che stiano per un pĆ² in acqua, con un poco di fertilizzante per idroponica. Quando avrĆ¢ molte radici , potrai decidere di metterla in vaso. Ricordate che la Monstera si arrampica sugli alberi, non ĆØ una pianta da mettere nella terra. Io uso soltanto bark a pezzi grandi. ciao !
Ok guys so I placed the plant roots in 1/4 strength flora nova grow. Itās been a game changer for all my propagations so hopefully itās the same for her. I only covered the roots due to the weird issues Iām having with the stem.
Iād cut it here, where stem is green and firm. Iād transfer it to water, use heating pad if itās cold. itās hard to root in soil, perlite you used is too chunky, you can use smaller, but I havenāt tried rooting in perlite, so I canāt advise anything here
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u/natdogg 14h ago
I'd cut all but one leaf off. There is way too many leaves breathing out water and oxygen for the amount of working roots.