Herman and I have been getting to know each other for about 2 weeks now! He seems happy, other than a bit of yellowing new growth at the soil level. He’s still in Walmart’s mix. What’s the best soil mix to transfer him to? He came in a wick system self watering pot…
I repotted my Monstera in a “Chunky Soil Mix” which consisted of: perlite, orchid bark, activated charcoal, and potting soil. It did well with the transition from the Home Depot potting soil it was originally in (I got 3 new leaves since the changing of mix)
いいね 1件 How long between repotting and new growth?
いいね 1件I repotted a month ago ! I recently bought it a month and a half ago I believe
いいね 1件 Great to hear! I’ve only had Herman Monstera for 2 weeks and haven’t seen any action yet…
いいね 1件Maybe repotting and checking out the roots as well! I’ve been using fertilizer as well (I’m impatient and like to see new growth asap!)
いいね 1件 I feel ya there! I have a good 10-10-10 plus fertilizer I add at half strength to the water…this happened a day ago tho, so I removed that water from the self watering reservoir.
The name! That’s clever! 😆 I agree with Jeiddy on repotting in a chunky soil mix. The peat-heavy mixes they come in are a ticking time bomb for root rot – especially for a Thai Con. It could also be root bound. My deliciosa from Walmart was severely root bound when I got it.
2件のいいね Thanks for all that!
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I just re-potted my Thai con from the nursery into a chunky soil mix from grow queen & she seems to be happy so far!! ☺️
That looks perfect for Herman! Probably better than the quick draining mix I add perlite to…right?
0件のいいね I can’t speak from experience about those mixes but when I was researching best options for monsteras, that aroid mix came up pretty consistently!
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