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title: "I’ve been water propagating a Monstera for about a year now and I’m…"
description: "I’ve been water propagating a Monstera for about a year now and I’m moving it to soil now. Any opinions on what the best soil mix is?"
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author: "Leafmealone"
published: "2023-03-20T14:48:23.526Z"
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# I’ve been water propagating a Monstera for about a year now and I’m…

_Posted by Leafmealone on 2023-03-20_

I’ve been water propagating a Monstera for about a year now and I’m moving it to soil now. Any opinions on what the best soil mix is?

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## 9 comments

### Kraig commented on 2023-03-20

For an aroid like Monstera’s I use a brand called IvyMay’s. But as long as you have a good brand specifically labeled for indoor plants so that it gets proper drainage/doesn’t hold onto water and ruin those beautiful roots!

#### Leafmealone replied on 2023-03-20

Sweet. Thanks

### Jamie R. commented on 2023-03-20

I use an aroid mix called Dirtbag. It’s from Bros With H\*es plant company. Won’t let me spell out that word for some reason.

#### ehmé telegotre replied on 2023-03-21

😂😂

### Elin commented on 2023-03-20

I use a tropical mix containing orchid bark, coconut coir and other nice substrates.

You can check out the tropical soil among the recommend soils in the app, or Plantas YouTube channel where we recently released a video on how to mix a tropical soil.

#### Leafmealone replied on 2023-03-20

Oh OK great! Thanks so much. I didn’t realize there was a YouTube channel. I’ll check it out.

### mj🪷cultivates commented on 2023-03-21

Tropical for sure!

#### mj🪷cultivates replied on 2023-03-21

I mix my own soils up. Really any solid all purpose potting soil, horticultural charcoal, volcanic pumic/extra chunky perlite (def prefer pumice), orchid bark/coco chips (or both), and usually some worm castings (especially if the all purpose mix isn’t all that. I even reuse most of the larger chunks when repotting just sift them out.

#### Leafmealone replied on 2023-03-24

Hey. I was creeping on your beautiful collection of plants and I saw your ficus tineke. I bought a single stem cutting a year and a half ago that’s been grow great and I’d like to chop and prop it to make the pot more full. Is that what you did with yours? If so how much would you cut off the top to prop? And would you just put it in the soil?

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