Update on my previous post, 1 month later (details in comments): “Running an experiment on which substrate will help these monstera siam cuttings grow the fastest – any guesses?”
Update on my previous post, 1 month later (details in comments): “Running an experiment on which substrate will help these monstera siam cuttings grow the fastest – any guesses?”
I tried rooting them in moss, perlite, aroid soil, water, pon, and leca.
A lot of votes were for water and perlite, which both did well. I could see roots for those, the moss, and for the aroid soil coming in nicely.
The one in pon completely rotted but tbh every plant that I potted in that pon rotted, so there was definitely something wrong there.
The one in water was obviously the easiest one to monitor, and now it has great roots and is even sprouting a leaf.
I’m going to leave them all as is for now, until they get more roots/growth. I’m actually surprised at how much they all grew, someone in the original thread said they took forever to grow and I thought they would too. But they are in a nice sunny warm spot, and I guess I was watching them like a hawk lol and taking great care to make sure they were in optimal conditions.
I’ll do another update in another month’s time!
Usual_Platypus_1952
The issue is that you do not have a large enough sample for the results to mean anything. 1 plant in each type of media won’t tell you anything as you could have varying degrees of growth in the same media. You need to do something like 10 of each media and find a way to get the mean of each type, whether it be total root length or total weight. With a sample size of 1 the worst options could easily perform the best due to all the variables. Your end result will not really tell the story. A sample size of 1 is never considered an accurate test.
presence_unknown
Which one came out the best in your opinion? I was thinking about converting some of my more finicky plants to pon or pumice
Traditional_Video240
It’s funny because I usually start my cuttings in a mason jar full of Leca and move them over once they start to develop roots. I found that direct humidity still stimulates root growth without introducing rot. And I use a small amount of hydrogen peroxide to keep the water clean.
Edit: I use a heatmat and that also accelerates growth.
OsazeBacchus
1st Lecca 2nd Perlite is my guess, but that’s fine perlite so it might not do so well
badjokes4days
This is fantastic, thank you for doing this!
I just went and switched a couple of my plants to aroid mix so hoping they enjoy it!
Yes_THAT_Beet_Salad
Never in a million years would I have thought to plant monstera in Whoppers. 🤣
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This is a 1 month update to my post about testing 6 different growing substrates for my monstera siam cuttings: [https://www.reddit.com/r/Monstera/comments/1huzvw3/running_an_experiment_on_which_substrate_will/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Monstera/comments/1huzvw3/running_an_experiment_on_which_substrate_will/)
I tried rooting them in moss, perlite, aroid soil, water, pon, and leca.
A lot of votes were for water and perlite, which both did well. I could see roots for those, the moss, and for the aroid soil coming in nicely.
The one in pon completely rotted but tbh every plant that I potted in that pon rotted, so there was definitely something wrong there.
The one in water was obviously the easiest one to monitor, and now it has great roots and is even sprouting a leaf.
I’m going to leave them all as is for now, until they get more roots/growth. I’m actually surprised at how much they all grew, someone in the original thread said they took forever to grow and I thought they would too. But they are in a nice sunny warm spot, and I guess I was watching them like a hawk lol and taking great care to make sure they were in optimal conditions.
I’ll do another update in another month’s time!
The issue is that you do not have a large enough sample for the results to mean anything. 1 plant in each type of media won’t tell you anything as you could have varying degrees of growth in the same media. You need to do something like 10 of each media and find a way to get the mean of each type, whether it be total root length or total weight. With a sample size of 1 the worst options could easily perform the best due to all the variables. Your end result will not really tell the story. A sample size of 1 is never considered an accurate test.
Which one came out the best in your opinion? I was thinking about converting some of my more finicky plants to pon or pumice
It’s funny because I usually start my cuttings in a mason jar full of Leca and move them over once they start to develop roots. I found that direct humidity still stimulates root growth without introducing rot. And I use a small amount of hydrogen peroxide to keep the water clean.
Edit: I use a heatmat and that also accelerates growth.
1st Lecca 2nd Perlite is my guess, but that’s fine perlite so it might not do so well
This is fantastic, thank you for doing this!
I just went and switched a couple of my plants to aroid mix so hoping they enjoy it!
Never in a million years would I have thought to plant monstera in Whoppers. 🤣