I purchased this Monstera from Home Depot or Lowes sometime in late July or early August. It was 2 Monsteras sharing the same soil pot. On August 13th, I separated them and put one in a hydroponic bucket with a moss pole. I have two air stones in the bucket.
Aerial Roots: The hydro is throwing large aerial roots and in the last few nodes its sending multiples out. There are roots coming down into the bucket from the bottom of the moss pole from these aerial roots. There is a few small holes at the bottom of the pole that allows water to come up and keep the moss moist + a small string to wick water up. The most recent nodes are much thicker and these recent leaves have been 2-3 weeks apart, I believe the aerial roots getting water are the driving factor for this recent explosion in growth
Lighting: Up until about a month ago, they only had window light from my 2 windows facing East and South. I was annoyed at looking at the back of the plants so I grabbed 2 standing lights and they stay on 24/7 for now. I am planning on rearranging the room to give them a better display/setup in the coming weeks.
Food: I use FoliagePro by Superthrive as recommended in many others here.
I am pretty new at this, so I have made a few mistakes along the way. Accidentally burned a leaf on the new light setup, whoops.
I will post pictures once I get this back wall of my home office the way I like it, its a little chaotic right now.
I will no longer be doing soil for any future plants, in the blue bucket on my photos is a Thai Con I purchased at Lowes and immediately brought home to transfer to hydro. She has already given me one new leaf and down low a few thick air roots that went right down into the leca to find water.
Thought I would share this in case anyone is on the fence about going hydro vs soil. Suggestions are always welcome, still consider myself a newbie at this.
by bradinphx
8 Comments
Wow those look great! Thanks for explaining your set up, I am new in the Monstera community, and learning a lot here!
Lovely. Any guidance on setting up a hydroponic grow like this? I’ve got some cuts that I want to replant soon ish and this looks like an interesting holiday project.
Your doing awesome, those hydro roots look great. Once you figure out hydro you never want to go back to soil. And your teasing me with those grow lights. I have been wanting like 3 of them so I can move my plants out of my grow room and into my living room.
Love the Bambu setup! Got a Mini myself, currently addicted to printing moss poles! 🫶🏻
Interesting, thanks for sharing. I know literally nothing about hydro, would you mind explaining your suggested setup some more for a noob?
Can you explain the blue tubes going into the hydro plant?
In my experience plants that grow in soil grow more slowly – but also more sturdy, more healthy, more colorful and they’re way more resistant to pests. But everyone to their own liking… 😊💁🏽♂️
I don’t think you give them light 24/7. I’ve read they need some dark hours to “sleep”.