I have no experience growing these but I thought they were beautiful. The seller said I had to focus on root growth first and the worry about the leaves. How do you guys suggest I take of these and can you find anything wrong that I need to fix?
by Ok_Wrangler4114
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Beautiful plant by the way
there seems to be PLENTY of roots for this fella. maybe just to spread into the pot but it seems to be plenty healthy as well. just give it A TON of light. as much as possible without burning it.
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It has plenty of healthy roots, pot it in some well draining aroid mix
IMO that’s plenty of roots to go into soil. Your potting mix needs to be chunky/porous, monstera are prone to root rot. I do a more or less equal mix of Fox Farms Ocean Forest, coarse perlite, orchid bark, and coco coir. Only water when the top inch or two of the soil is dry.
Most important thing with albos is that they get enough light. The white parts don’t have chlorophyll so they rely on the green parts for energy. If the plant doesn’t get enough light the white parts will start to brown. Most people use grow lights to make sure there’s enough.
Chrome gardens likes to get their aroid roots going by growing in perlite first but this guy looks like he has solid roots.
Chunky mix is great.
I do coco coir perlite and coco bark with super thrive and silica with decent results. 4th leaf in 5 months from a midcut.
Gorgeous and ready to pot! Use a chunky mix that drains quick. Would you mind sharing where you purchased this?
Nice!
Was it an online purchase? I’d love one of them!!