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title: "My Albo: How it started and where we are now 💚"
description: "My Albo: How it started and where we are now 💚"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/UeI834LBSHCioL8MwLcQxA/YAZ6x8Tq7mGI25TKJreAct"
community: "Monstera Maniacs"
author: "Hay Hay"
published: "2025-03-06T23:58:43.121631Z"
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# My Albo: How it started and where we are now 💚

_Posted by Hay Hay on 2025-03-06_

My Albo: How it started and where we are now 💚

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## 7 comments

### K commented on 2025-03-07

Gorgeous! Perfect level of variegation to be a clear albo but still avoid stunting growth, too

#### Hay Hay replied on 2025-03-07

Thank you! I'm really proud how far it's come. 🥰

### JW commented on 2025-03-07

Where did it come from?

#### Hay Hay replied on 2025-03-07

Facebook marketplace seller. I knew it had root rot, it was sold at a deep discount as a result.

### Steven commented on 2025-03-07

It looks like you keep it in leca. Is the pot fully leca? I’m debating on what soil or combo to do for mine.

#### Hay Hay replied on 2025-03-07

The pot is fully leca. I have a friend that does a soil leca combo for her's

#### K replied on 2025-03-08

I have one in coir, one in leca, one in a leca/soil mix, one in a blend of coir/perlite/bark on a sphagnum pole, and two in just sphagnum. The coir is the only I wouldn’t recommend and plan to change; the others all seem to grow and mature at similar rates (though I think the sphagnum pole one would probably be fastest if you controlled for level of variegation).

For starting off cuttings I’m a big fan of leca but after that point I think it’s just what you’re comfortable with

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