Adding water directly from fishtank to the vase will allow them to grow at crazy speed, without the need for fertilizer. If algae begins to grow on the vase, add a single snail; it will consume the algae and release the nutrients back into the water. A single bladder snail can keep a 1-2L vase clean. A small neurite can easily handle 2-3 gallons, but are a lot more expensive and finicky. On another note, monsteras grown entirely in water for some reason have a MUCH higher resistance to root shock. We recently removed 17lb of roots from our main aquarium monstera (6 leaves, each over 2' in length). This accounted for almost 100% of the roots in the water; after 1 week, we have at least 8 or 9 new roots sprouting, and the only sign of shock to the leaves was the release of defensive liquids (the same sort that release when you're trimming a monstera). We needed to reset and contain the new roots so they don't take over the entire aquarium again, so this was an experiment. If you have a monstera NEXT to an aquarium, you can set up a single button passthrough pump (brings water into the monstera vase, and pulls an equal amount of water back out and into the aquarium, no physical water changes necessary). Just hit the button every week
@tierneylogan5943 pass through may be the wrong verbiage, but it's just two pumps (one in each tank) wired to the same switch, and and identical GPM outputs. One brings water in, the other pumps it out. 30 seconds once a week and you're done. Plants feed off the "dirty" water, cleaned water goes back in tank. Pothos and monstera seem to really suck nitrates, so it reduces water change frequency in the aquarium, and makes it much easier to control root growth! You also don't ever need to move the plant vase to empty or refill, provided the pump inlet is in the bottom to suck up decayed matter etc
i just got one from the nursery to be put on my aquarium lid. ahhaha good to know i made the right choice. have to prepare the aquarium water and fishes first.
Your enthusiasm is contagious! I never thought I would grow my babies in water. But now I’m ready to try. I will need to sit with my plants, tune on their wave length and ask who volunteers to be the first (: thank you for all the information you share! 💚🪴 Your adult monstera in the pot is so beautiful and looks healthy! My rescue monstera who came broken and with weathered leaves is recovering after 2 months bringing new fenestrated leaves. (of course, I rescued him after watching all your videos about monsteras and it made me want to own one) 💚
I did this with some pothos cuttings back in May of 2023 and they are thriving. Over the last 2 days I’ve transferred 2 smaller monstera plants that kept falling over, monstera adinsonii and a couple of others into water as it’s so much easier to look after them this way.
You and I have been on A very similar journey, just when I am starting to get very curious about something going on with my plants, from fungus gnats to hydroponics… Love it, keep being you!
Yes, Monstera do great in water! My experience with putting the Monstera stems underwater is they eventually rot. So I try to keep the stem above the water, like how people recommend to keep the stems above the soil, and that seems to help. I know they don't immediately rot when underwater, but I've had enough cuttings rot even just a couple weeks underwater that I try to avoid submerging more than the roots now.
For pots that are less easily drained, it might be worth adding some narrow pvc pipe cut at an angle and just a little less than the depth of the pot, afterwards, some rigid aquarium airline could be fed to the bottom of the container and siphoned out without getting a mouthful. A capping stone could then be placed on top of the pvc pipe to hide it whilst being displayed. Just a thought. Thanks for the great video, I’ll use this to make multiple copies of my monstera. Always well presented and fun to watch.
Great video Mrs. Sheffield! I had a gorgeous Monstera obliqua but she gave up due to last summer's heatwaves. I saved a few bits and put some in soil again and some in water Both versions are springing back to life now and the aquatic version is soo gorgeous in its glass bowl in good company with anthurium and phil.brazil sprouts. I'm enjoying watching roots developing ! Grazie molte for this instructive vid. Ciao from Italy 🍃🥬
I have found that using plain stones in water has lead to stinky, sulfur smelling, root killing conditions very rapidly unless you change the water very frequently, which for a large plant, is a pain. The best system I have tried is to use pots with drainage holes, and then put that in a second, closed container. To change the water, you just lift the plant pot out of the bottom pot and let it drain while changing the water in the bottom pot. Make that bottom pot opaque, and you get no algae.
CHANGE THE WATER! Years ago I invested in pots specifically for hydroponics. The instructions didn't mention water changes and my project was a disaster. And definitely keep the pot simple. Acute angles and narrow necks invite precisely the problems you showed in your snake plant video. (Great video! Wish I'd seen it first all those years ago.)
I started my first propagation project 2 months ago with a Dieffenbachia that had stem rot in a similar fashion. It took 3 weeks to develop first roots and as I left the eight leaves that were already there, one after the other browned and gave its nutrients to the stem cutting to make it survive. Fascinating experience to grow the plant in water, also from the perspective of fertilizing (when/how much). I exchanged the water with pressurized water (oxygen) daily, which is maybe unnecessarily frequent and increased the fertilization stepwise (by measuring the µS conductivity value also daily) once the roots were about 3cm long. A few drops of H2O2 once in a while boosted the oxygen content of the water and disinfected it. Ongoing project, so far so good. The mother plant rearranged its leaves and is well on its way to its former glory. Nothing grows from the stem, though. But it shows increased numbers of shoots from the ground.
I took your recommendation and bought some pH test strips. My plants do okay even though my water is a little on the neutral side. I’ll be getting some buffer to bring the pH down and see if they like that better.
Great video! IMHO the climbers of the Monstera family (adansonii, dubia, peru amongst others) do not like this way of keeping them, but M deliciosa definitely works. BTW, did you know that M deliciosa is called delicious, because it develops a delicious and edible fruit? Do not trust me on that, though! Just saw it in a video. Monstera wants a pH between 6.7 and 7.2, so roughly neutral pH. Tap water in my area has 7.5 and contains relatively much calcium. But Monstera needs a lot of calcium and consumes it and the other good stuff from the fertilizer pretty soon, so that the pH value is lowered rapidly by the plant to even lower than 6. This needs to be checked to keep the plant happy and healthy. I find a pH meter costs little enough to get rid of the strips. Added tap water pushes the pH value up. Downwards is done by the plant itself. pH higher that 7.5 is not good for the plant either. Better to exchange the water, rather than to fiddle with citric acid and stuff. A combined pH/µS (conductivity) meter (or two separate ones) allows to check if the water contains enough food. Monstera in water is happy with 500-1000 µS (also up to 1500 µS is okay) if enough calcium and all the required elements are present. As we cannot know that, values below 500 are the moment to add new fertilized water or to exchange the water altogether. Growing plants in water is in my opinion a great way, because you can see the roots and react if something goes wrong and you can control the growing conditions of the plant. All of that is hardly possible in earth. With mineral media (stones etc.) you can at least measure the water and it looks maybe better than just water.
Best described how to video of it’s kind. I’ve watched tons of videos to do this and yet to feel comfortable bc there’s always a step missing and I don’t want to unalive my baby lol. I’m finally ready to make some cuttings! Thank you!
Thanks for showing the propagation process. I love my 2 monsteras in water. I like your vases and the stones decor as well. The light vs. dark stones concept was eye opening regarding the algae. I am usually drawn to purchase the darker color ones.
Thank you for the tip re the width of the top of the vase. I find I have issues with with some of my pots as they have an inner lip or they curve in at the top so when I remove the plant from the decorative pots it’s always a lotto on how much skin will I shave off my knuckles this time . I’m new to plant but have learnt that just because a decorative pot looks good doesn’t mean it’s practical.
Too funny! I was just thinking about transplanting my Monstera into lava rock. I have transferred almost all of my plants into lava or pon over the past 2 years - Orchids, Pothos, Staghorn Fern, Aglaonema, Hoyas, Bromeliads ...I think all epiphytes are much happier NOT in soil. Not to mention getting rid of the bloody fungus gnats! Great channel, thanks!
I have lots of plants in my 3m aquarium with growlights and they're all thriving :) (for people wanting to do the same these ones are working for me) Probably all: philodendron Syngonium Monstera Alocasia Pothos Palms (?more?) Will thrive! Philodendron gigas Philodendron melanochrysum Philodendron verrucosum Philodendron scandens Philodendron scandens brasil Philodendron mayoi Philodendron billietae Philodendron joepii Multiple monstera borsigiana Monstera borsigiana albo Monstera deliciosa GOG Monstera adonsonii Monstera minima Areca palm Syngonium albo Syngoinium three kings Syngonium mojito Pothos global green Pothos albo Alocasia dragon scale
Your contend is amazing even if you are not plant grower then it is still fun to watch but i am big time exotic plant grower in cold baltic weather but what i ment with good content was that you might get milioner one day with this channel and soon you can buy bigger house and some where much better weather and i cant imagine how you conna travel with all those plants in new place 😂😂 if this happens then we need a vlog series.
Hahahaha Mr. Sheffield I would listen. I can talk about plants for days and I can’t keep anyone around long enough to share the joy of a new bud forming, or a new leaf fenestration 😅😂
Changing the water weekly, I would like that for my Cyperus Textilis cuttings. It's every other day here, because the water gets a blueish tint pretty quick. Probably because it's just water in there, no stones to block some light. Haven't had that with other cuttings, my Monstera cuttings kept the water looking pretty clean :)
Hey there Mr Sheffield ... G'Day from sunny Oz. Can you please keep us updated about your Monstera every couple of weeks? So we can see how things are progressing please? Thanks for the great informative vids you do for us. Take care and happy planting ! 👍🥰😘
Yay! Here it is! I cannot wait to try this! My Monstera is a pretty happy plant so I think she’ll adapt just fine. Now to find the perfect vessel. Thank you Mr Sheffield! 😊❤
I have a question for you about fertilizer. If I water my plants with water from my fish tanks, does that cover all the nutrient needs or will I be missing out on key parts?
Love the video. Am currently growing a monstera cutting hydroponically and considering growing it like that full time. Was wondering if it were still okay to use a moss pole for a hydroponic plant or if that would cause issues with the roots and such. Thanks so much and love you videos 💚💚
I am at the beginning of the video but instead of pebbles I would suggest some porous stones (leca/lavarock) so monsteras can grab onto them and get bigger leaves. In my experience water grown plants will grow leggy with small leaves and my theory is that it has nothing to hold onto.
@@SheffieldMadePlants in my experience Monstera just need support and don't need to have roots growing into anything. They tend to do pretty well adhering to anything sturdy, including walls !
Great idea!!! Thank you so very much! I will have to give it a try…. Question though: have you ever had any experience with coffee plant? If so, would you mind to share your expertise with us? I have coffee plant, it was quite happy till I moved it to another pot, now it’s loosing leaves as they are turning dark brown on the ends. Please help! Thanks!
Thanks for sharing these tricks! If you wish to add more growth stimulants to your monstera plants, you better try electroculture! It helps me a lot with my various plants :)
My tap water is bad!!! I use a few drops of aquarium water treatment in a gallon of tap,my water,and soil plants love it,and even my Thanksgiving catus is blooming for a second time, mine you only a few spots but still
Ok now I need some pretty containers with a drain tap at the bottom as the water changes would be a struggle for me... maybe something like a vinaigrier would work
I have a monstera that seems to have more than one plant in the nursery plant. I want to put it on a moss pole would you recommend splitting the plants up while it's young still? Thanks for sharing this i didn't know you could do this with monsteras
@@SheffieldMadePlants that's my weekend sorted now 😊 I've just come back from b&q they've got grab bags of 3 plants for £10 I don't know if you'd be interested
My monstera baby leaves are yellowing but it is still growing is it normal? I’ve repotted it, made a pole for it, gave it plenty of grow lights and made sure it’s not always wet since it is winter here and cold. Also, new aroid roots are growing.
I have a monstera in water and the leaf is folded. What is causing this? Its a cutting I got as a gift, the roots are really good but no other sprouting going on. Need some advice.
My huuuuge monstera I bought last summer has been consistently dying ever since I got it. I've had 4 monsteras and they've all died. I feel so desperate and sad, because I try my best to care for them, but ofc not too much so I don't overcare them. Nothing seems to be good enough. Few weeks ago I had to repot it because I suspected root rot, but since repotting it, the process of dying just sped up. I'm planning to cut all the top leaves and put them in the glass as a last resort. I honestly want to cry because I don't understand what is the problem. It's impossible to diagnose. I've tried every solution, repotting was the last thing I tried and it sealed the deal. I hate when people say these are easy plant. They are freaking impossible.
I must say i'm surprised. They're normally ok but it must depend on the house. I wonder what it is in your home they don't like. How are you with other aroids?
@@SheffieldMadePlants During this time i've lived in 2 different apartments. First two I killed with overwatering, I think this newest and biggest one died for both, over and underwatering. It's really hopeless because I feel there is this super thin line where my fat green thumb can not fit to make this flower prosper. I won't give up tho, I keep bying these untill I really can grow my own huge plant. And to your last question, I don't have any other aroids but zamioculcas, it wont die even tho I water it once a month.
actually i m thinking about going back to soil really. i got quite deep into hydroponics and stuff but damn... it starts strong and over time you face so many issues and your constantly need to fix things and so much root rot everywhere and i simply cant keep up with the maintenance really. trust me, when people tell you that semi hydroponics is less work, they straight up lie. You need to do so many things from buying a shelf full of water additives and measuring everything and doing ph adjustments all the time, and even adjust ph levels inside the reservoirs alot since they rise if you really want them to thrive. you re becoming more of a scientist and problem solver than a plant parent for the most part. with traditional growing, you have a blueprint and recipe at hand, wich is: the actual plant in nature so you know what a plant wants and you can mimic that. with hydroponics, those plants wont grow in hydropebbles outdoor so you have nothing to reference to at all and if something goes wrong...it keeps adding quickly and you have no clue how to solve problems and you keep doing trial and error until you run out of money of the 20th ''magic water additive you bought for a shitton of money that is supposed to fix your problem'' and what really makes me start to hate it is the weekly plant chore. soil plants kind of manage themselfes in a way and you just go around water every week, done. with semi hydro mixes you have to get every single plant out of their pot to check water level, then bring every single plant into your bathroom one by one to flush and clean the substrate in the shower, then clean the outer pots, then bring all the plants back to where they where and throw the old water away and refresh the nutrient solution. now tell me how you gonne do that with bigger plants? do you want to rearrange plants and run them to the bathroom every week or so? no? can you imagine how time consuming that is? its insane. hydroponics really is only worth it in my eyes if you build some active setup around it wiuth pumps and whatnot that control everything on their own but manually do all of that work for every plant one by one every week... i m not even kidding, but i would need to quit my job to do that. i ll take dealing with some gnats here and there in comparison all day because that stuff takes way less time. semi hydro might work for a handful of plants or for some really sadistic people, or on a mass scale under a sterile and controlled lab enviroment but for your average living room...its unmanagable if you have a lot of plants.
if the main thing is to have oxygène in water can we not put an buller or oxygène machine for aquarium instead of replace the water often ? did dome ont try this ? im curious
Can I just use a normal pole instead of a moss pole till plant grows more ..I just got a monstera so if I don't kill it then I might need moss pole iv no clue lol
Exactly how long has hydroponics been around? This long: Genesis 2:6, But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
"--like a good boy" 😆 I have a question, would the algae be problematic to the plant's health if just left there or is it just a cosmetic thing? Love what you did with the rocks though.
It is because the algae will steal nutrients away from the plant and algae is a voracious feeder thereby leaving the plant with little to no nutrients, oxygen etc.
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Adding water directly from fishtank to the vase will allow them to grow at crazy speed, without the need for fertilizer. If algae begins to grow on the vase, add a single snail; it will consume the algae and release the nutrients back into the water. A single bladder snail can keep a 1-2L vase clean. A small neurite can easily handle 2-3 gallons, but are a lot more expensive and finicky.
On another note, monsteras grown entirely in water for some reason have a MUCH higher resistance to root shock. We recently removed 17lb of roots from our main aquarium monstera (6 leaves, each over 2' in length). This accounted for almost 100% of the roots in the water; after 1 week, we have at least 8 or 9 new roots sprouting, and the only sign of shock to the leaves was the release of defensive liquids (the same sort that release when you're trimming a monstera). We needed to reset and contain the new roots so they don't take over the entire aquarium again, so this was an experiment.
If you have a monstera NEXT to an aquarium, you can set up a single button passthrough pump (brings water into the monstera vase, and pulls an equal amount of water back out and into the aquarium, no physical water changes necessary). Just hit the button every week
Thanks for the tips 👍👍
I have never heard of a pass through pump! I have many plants either in or next to my aquariums… will have to try this!!
@tierneylogan5943 pass through may be the wrong verbiage, but it's just two pumps (one in each tank) wired to the same switch, and and identical GPM outputs. One brings water in, the other pumps it out. 30 seconds once a week and you're done. Plants feed off the "dirty" water, cleaned water goes back in tank. Pothos and monstera seem to really suck nitrates, so it reduces water change frequency in the aquarium, and makes it much easier to control root growth! You also don't ever need to move the plant vase to empty or refill, provided the pump inlet is in the bottom to suck up decayed matter etc
fishtank water is basically exclusivley how i water my houseplants. They be growin!
i just got one from the nursery to be put on my aquarium lid. ahhaha good to know i made the right choice. have to prepare the aquarium water and fishes first.
Your enthusiasm is contagious! I never thought I would grow my babies in water. But now I’m ready to try. I will need to sit with my plants, tune on their wave length and ask who volunteers to be the first (: thank you for all the information you share! 💚🪴
Your adult monstera in the pot is so beautiful and looks healthy! My rescue monstera who came broken and with weathered leaves is recovering after 2 months bringing new fenestrated leaves. (of course, I rescued him after watching all your videos about monsteras and it made me want to own one) 💚
Thank you very much. Your Monstera will bounce back. They always do
I did this with some pothos cuttings back in May of 2023 and they are thriving. Over the last 2 days I’ve transferred 2 smaller monstera plants that kept falling over, monstera adinsonii and a couple of others into water as it’s so much easier to look after them this way.
Great stuff 👍
In the first 2:45 I learned so much even more than couple of other videos I've seen already. Thanks for the info.
You bet! Did you enjoy the rest? 😅
You and I have been on A very similar journey, just when I am starting to get very curious about something going on with my plants, from fungus gnats to hydroponics… Love it, keep being you!
I'll try thank you 😁
I love your face when saying NO FUNGUS GNATS! 😂 So related.
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I love your channel. Very informative and 😂😂😂😂😂😂.👌🏽
Thank you 😊
Yes, Monstera do great in water! My experience with putting the Monstera stems underwater is they eventually rot. So I try to keep the stem above the water, like how people recommend to keep the stems above the soil, and that seems to help. I know they don't immediately rot when underwater, but I've had enough cuttings rot even just a couple weeks underwater that I try to avoid submerging more than the roots now.
Good to know!
For pots that are less easily drained, it might be worth adding some narrow pvc pipe cut at an angle and just a little less than the depth of the pot, afterwards, some rigid aquarium airline could be fed to the bottom of the container and siphoned out without getting a mouthful. A capping stone could then be placed on top of the pvc pipe to hide it whilst being displayed. Just a thought.
Thanks for the great video, I’ll use this to make multiple copies of my monstera. Always well presented and fun to watch.
Good shout 👍👍👍
Great video Mrs. Sheffield! I had a gorgeous Monstera obliqua but she gave up due to last summer's heatwaves. I saved a few bits and put some in soil again and some in water Both versions are springing back to life now and the aquatic version is soo gorgeous in its glass bowl in good company with anthurium and phil.brazil sprouts. I'm enjoying watching roots developing ! Grazie molte for this instructive vid. Ciao from Italy 🍃🥬
Sounds like a nice combo 👌
I have found that using plain stones in water has lead to stinky, sulfur smelling, root killing conditions very rapidly unless you change the water very frequently, which for a large plant, is a pain. The best system I have tried is to use pots with drainage holes, and then put that in a second, closed container. To change the water, you just lift the plant pot out of the bottom pot and let it drain while changing the water in the bottom pot. Make that bottom pot opaque, and you get no algae.
Great idea! I'm glad I came to read the comments. How often do you replace the water?
If only I had enough room for multiple monsteras, this looks fun.
CHANGE THE WATER! Years ago I invested in pots specifically for hydroponics. The instructions didn't mention water changes and my project was a disaster. And definitely keep the pot simple. Acute angles and narrow necks invite precisely the problems you showed in your snake plant video. (Great video! Wish I'd seen it first all those years ago.)
Thanks for watching 😁
I started my first propagation project 2 months ago with a Dieffenbachia that had stem rot in a similar fashion. It took 3 weeks to develop first roots and as I left the eight leaves that were already there, one after the other browned and gave its nutrients to the stem cutting to make it survive. Fascinating experience to grow the plant in water, also from the perspective of fertilizing (when/how much). I exchanged the water with pressurized water (oxygen) daily, which is maybe unnecessarily frequent and increased the fertilization stepwise (by measuring the µS conductivity value also daily) once the roots were about 3cm long. A few drops of H2O2 once in a while boosted the oxygen content of the water and disinfected it. Ongoing project, so far so good. The mother plant rearranged its leaves and is well on its way to its former glory. Nothing grows from the stem, though. But it shows increased numbers of shoots from the ground.
Very good 👍
I took your recommendation and bought some pH test strips. My plants do okay even though my water is a little on the neutral side. I’ll be getting some buffer to bring the pH down and see if they like that better.
Cool 👍
You create such great content! I always feel so positive and empowered when it comes to plant stuff thanks to your videos!!
Thank you 😊
Any plant of mine that's struggling goes right out of soil and into water. Saved a few Agleonema that way
Great stuff 👍
Very informative as always and digestible, thank you! 💚
My pleasure 😊
This video is perfectly timed for me. I have Monstera cuttings in water that I need to pot. Maybe I’ll try this!
Great tips and video as always! ❤
Thanks for watching 😁
Great video! IMHO the climbers of the Monstera family (adansonii, dubia, peru amongst others) do not like this way of keeping them, but M deliciosa definitely works. BTW, did you know that M deliciosa is called delicious, because it develops a delicious and edible fruit? Do not trust me on that, though! Just saw it in a video.
Monstera wants a pH between 6.7 and 7.2, so roughly neutral pH. Tap water in my area has 7.5 and contains relatively much calcium. But Monstera needs a lot of calcium and consumes it and the other good stuff from the fertilizer pretty soon, so that the pH value is lowered rapidly by the plant to even lower than 6. This needs to be checked to keep the plant happy and healthy. I find a pH meter costs little enough to get rid of the strips. Added tap water pushes the pH value up. Downwards is done by the plant itself. pH higher that 7.5 is not good for the plant either. Better to exchange the water, rather than to fiddle with citric acid and stuff.
A combined pH/µS (conductivity) meter (or two separate ones) allows to check if the water contains enough food. Monstera in water is happy with 500-1000 µS (also up to 1500 µS is okay) if enough calcium and all the required elements are present. As we cannot know that, values below 500 are the moment to add new fertilized water or to exchange the water altogether.
Growing plants in water is in my opinion a great way, because you can see the roots and react if something goes wrong and you can control the growing conditions of the plant. All of that is hardly possible in earth. With mineral media (stones etc.) you can at least measure the water and it looks maybe better than just water.
Apparently it’s quite nice to eat
Best described how to video of it’s kind. I’ve watched tons of videos to do this and yet to feel comfortable bc there’s always a step missing and I don’t want to unalive my baby lol. I’m finally ready to make some cuttings! Thank you!
Awesome, thank you!
Thanks for showing the propagation process. I love my 2 monsteras in water. I like your vases and the stones decor as well. The light vs. dark stones concept was eye opening regarding the algae. I am usually drawn to purchase the darker color ones.
Most things looks great in black stones
Thank you for the tip re the width of the top of the vase.
I find I have issues with with some of my pots as they have an inner lip or they curve in at the top so when I remove the plant from the decorative pots it’s always a lotto on how much skin will I shave off my knuckles this time . I’m new to plant but have learnt that just because a decorative pot looks good doesn’t mean it’s practical.
Glad it was helpful!
Too funny! I was just thinking about transplanting my Monstera into lava rock. I have transferred almost all of my plants into lava or pon over the past 2 years - Orchids, Pothos, Staghorn Fern, Aglaonema, Hoyas, Bromeliads ...I think all epiphytes are much happier NOT in soil. Not to mention getting rid of the bloody fungus gnats!
Great channel, thanks!
Thanks!
I have lots of plants in my 3m aquarium with growlights and they're all thriving :)
(for people wanting to do the same these ones are working for me)
Probably all:
philodendron
Syngonium
Monstera
Alocasia
Pothos
Palms
(?more?)
Will thrive!
Philodendron gigas
Philodendron melanochrysum
Philodendron verrucosum
Philodendron scandens
Philodendron scandens brasil
Philodendron mayoi
Philodendron billietae
Philodendron joepii
Multiple monstera borsigiana
Monstera borsigiana albo
Monstera deliciosa GOG
Monstera adonsonii
Monstera minima
Areca palm
Syngonium albo
Syngoinium three kings
Syngonium mojito
Pothos global green
Pothos albo
Alocasia dragon scale
Thanks for the info
Your contend is amazing even if you are not plant grower then it is still fun to watch but i am big time exotic plant grower in cold baltic weather but what i ment with good content was that you might get milioner one day with this channel and soon you can buy bigger house and some where much better weather and i cant imagine how you conna travel with all those plants in new place 😂😂 if this happens then we need a vlog series.
Haha maybe one day into the distant future. Nice idea for a blog
Hahahaha Mr. Sheffield I would listen. I can talk about plants for days and I can’t keep anyone around long enough to share the joy of a new bud forming, or a new leaf fenestration 😅😂
Great i've got someone then 😂
@@SheffieldMadePlants yup any time. I have alot to share😅😂
Changing the water weekly, I would like that for my Cyperus Textilis cuttings. It's every other day here, because the water gets a blueish tint pretty quick. Probably because it's just water in there, no stones to block some light. Haven't had that with other cuttings, my Monstera cuttings kept the water looking pretty clean :)
Interesting
Your Monstera looks so great in the water🤩
Thanks!
Hey there Mr Sheffield ... G'Day from sunny Oz. Can you please keep us updated about your Monstera every couple of weeks? So we can see how things are progressing please? Thanks for the great informative vids you do for us. Take care and happy planting ! 👍🥰😘
Hey. I’ll do an update but will be further down the line
Yay! Here it is! I cannot wait to try this! My Monstera is a pretty happy plant so I think she’ll adapt just fine. Now to find the perfect vessel. Thank you Mr Sheffield! 😊❤
You’ve got this ✊
I have a question for you about fertilizer. If I water my plants with water from my fish tanks, does that cover all the nutrient needs or will I be missing out on key parts?
Not sure what the content would be. I’d think you’d still need to feed but not sure
I love this video so much! Thank you Richard 😃
Thank you 😊
Your best video yet. Love your tips. ❤
Legend!
M💚NSTERAS!!!
But these get very large. Isn't that a huge hassle to change the water every week?
I love this! Just beautiful!
Thank you! Cheers!
Love the video. Am currently growing a monstera cutting hydroponically and considering growing it like that full time. Was wondering if it were still okay to use a moss pole for a hydroponic plant or if that would cause issues with the roots and such. Thanks so much and love you videos 💚💚
Should be fine if you can get it to work
Thanks so much
I am at the beginning of the video but instead of pebbles I would suggest some porous stones (leca/lavarock) so monsteras can grab onto them and get bigger leaves. In my experience water grown plants will grow leggy with small leaves and my theory is that it has nothing to hold onto.
I think it's the aerial roots growing onto a pole that does that
@@SheffieldMadePlants in my experience Monstera just need support and don't need to have roots growing into anything. They tend to do pretty well adhering to anything sturdy, including walls !
You could also decorate the glass with paint seen as though it’s a centrepiece. Would algae be an issue if your changing the water regularly?
Changing the water helps but eventually algae gets a hold of white stones
dear Richard, can you please give us a video with semi-hydro plants? prons cons and tips?
I'm experimenting
Wow Wonderful Monstera 👏
Thanks!
Great tips! What about sacrificial leaves? I'm always unsure which will survive a chop and which won't - and will aerial layering alleviate that?
Not sure what you mean by sacrificial leaves?
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Welcome aboard!
Occasionally add a splash of 3% Hydrogen peroxide for algae control.
Good shout thanks
Great idea!!! Thank you so very much! I will have to give it a try…. Question though: have you ever had any experience with coffee plant? If so, would you mind to share your expertise with us? I have coffee plant, it was quite happy till I moved it to another pot, now it’s loosing leaves as they are turning dark brown on the ends. Please help! Thanks!
Sorry not had that yet
Whoa! Shef, have you seen how many subs you’ve got? 🎉🎉🎉
I'm a lucky fellow
thank you!!!
You bet!
Can anyone recommend a hydroponic fertilizer for indoor house plants?
So basically leca is a huge scam… I always thought so 😅
Thanks for sharing these tricks! If you wish to add more growth stimulants to your monstera plants, you better try electroculture! It helps me a lot with my various plants :)
Do you add fertiliser every time you change the water? E.g. weekly?
Yes
My tap water is bad!!! I use a few drops of aquarium water treatment in a gallon of tap,my water,and soil plants love it,and even my Thanksgiving catus is blooming for a second time, mine you only a few spots but still
I do that too
Ok now I need some pretty containers with a drain tap at the bottom as the water changes would be a struggle for me... maybe something like a vinaigrier would work
Ooo that's a very good idea 👍👍👍
I have a monstera that seems to have more than one plant in the nursery plant. I want to put it on a moss pole would you recommend splitting the plants up while it's young still? Thanks for sharing this i didn't know you could do this with monsteras
Yes, absolutely
@@SheffieldMadePlants that's my weekend sorted now 😊 I've just come back from b&q they've got grab bags of 3 plants for £10 I don't know if you'd be interested
Shef, can you link the hydroponic fert you used please? I can’t find it anywhere.
I bought it from here thewateredgarden.co.uk/products/liquid-fertiliser?_pos=1&_sid=52beacf7a&_ss=r&variant=40251683536998
When taking a monster from soil to water, should you cut back the roots?
Not really. Trim them back if they are long
What’s a good American plant food alternative since checking Amazon didn’t show me the one you’re using?
Not too sure on the American market sorry
My plants are struggling so much in my north facing flat at this time of year 😭
My monstera baby leaves are yellowing but it is still growing is it normal? I’ve repotted it, made a pole for it, gave it plenty of grow lights and made sure it’s not always wet since it is winter here and cold. Also, new aroid roots are growing.
Might just be part of ageing
@@SheffieldMadePlants thanks loving all your videos.
I have a monstera in water and the leaf is folded. What is causing this? Its a cutting I got as a gift, the roots are really good but no other sprouting going on. Need some advice.
Really not sure based on the description.
Beautiful presentation…You never fail to inspire us, Sir Richard.🪴😊🩷
Thank you 😊
My huuuuge monstera I bought last summer has been consistently dying ever since I got it. I've had 4 monsteras and they've all died. I feel so desperate and sad, because I try my best to care for them, but ofc not too much so I don't overcare them. Nothing seems to be good enough. Few weeks ago I had to repot it because I suspected root rot, but since repotting it, the process of dying just sped up. I'm planning to cut all the top leaves and put them in the glass as a last resort. I honestly want to cry because I don't understand what is the problem. It's impossible to diagnose. I've tried every solution, repotting was the last thing I tried and it sealed the deal. I hate when people say these are easy plant. They are freaking impossible.
Same here, thought it will be easy but it died on me...I kept one leaf with root to see if I can save that 😭
I must say i'm surprised. They're normally ok but it must depend on the house. I wonder what it is in your home they don't like. How are you with other aroids?
@@SheffieldMadePlants During this time i've lived in 2 different apartments. First two I killed with overwatering, I think this newest and biggest one died for both, over and underwatering. It's really hopeless because I feel there is this super thin line where my fat green thumb can not fit to make this flower prosper. I won't give up tho, I keep bying these untill I really can grow my own huge plant. And to your last question, I don't have any other aroids but zamioculcas, it wont die even tho I water it once a month.
actually i m thinking about going back to soil really. i got quite deep into hydroponics and stuff but damn... it starts strong and over time you face so many issues and your constantly need to fix things and so much root rot everywhere and i simply cant keep up with the maintenance really. trust me, when people tell you that semi hydroponics is less work, they straight up lie. You need to do so many things from buying a shelf full of water additives and measuring everything and doing ph adjustments all the time, and even adjust ph levels inside the reservoirs alot since they rise if you really want them to thrive. you re becoming more of a scientist and problem solver than a plant parent for the most part. with traditional growing, you have a blueprint and recipe at hand, wich is: the actual plant in nature so you know what a plant wants and you can mimic that. with hydroponics, those plants wont grow in hydropebbles outdoor so you have nothing to reference to at all and if something goes wrong...it keeps adding quickly and you have no clue how to solve problems and you keep doing trial and error until you run out of money of the 20th ''magic water additive you bought for a shitton of money that is supposed to fix your problem'' and what really makes me start to hate it is the weekly plant chore. soil plants kind of manage themselfes in a way and you just go around water every week, done. with semi hydro mixes you have to get every single plant out of their pot to check water level, then bring every single plant into your bathroom one by one to flush and clean the substrate in the shower, then clean the outer pots, then bring all the plants back to where they where and throw the old water away and refresh the nutrient solution. now tell me how you gonne do that with bigger plants? do you want to rearrange plants and run them to the bathroom every week or so? no? can you imagine how time consuming that is? its insane. hydroponics really is only worth it in my eyes if you build some active setup around it wiuth pumps and whatnot that control everything on their own but manually do all of that work for every plant one by one every week... i m not even kidding, but i would need to quit my job to do that. i ll take dealing with some gnats here and there in comparison all day because that stuff takes way less time. semi hydro might work for a handful of plants or for some really sadistic people, or on a mass scale under a sterile and controlled lab enviroment but for your average living room...its unmanagable if you have a lot of plants.
Wont this have root rot? I tried this but instead of stoned i used leca. In my experience it had root rot.
Soggy soil causes root rot not just water
How often do you change the water?
Weekly if you can
Thank you!
Where can I get those nice beige stones from, Mr Sheffield? Can I do this with a spider plant?
I got them from Homebase. Yes you can
if the main thing is to have oxygène in water can we not put an buller or oxygène machine for aquarium instead of replace the water often ? did dome ont try this ? im curious
Yes we can
I keep rocks in a saucer and water under my staghorn fern what is your expert advice
What do you want to know?
@@SheffieldMadePlants will that be ok they seem fine what do you think
@@mariepatterson7804 no harm in it
Can I just use a normal pole instead of a moss pole till plant grows more ..I just got a monstera so if I don't kill it then I might need moss pole iv no clue lol
Yes
U rock
Thanks!
Can't do this at home cause my lazy ass is gonna forget to replace the water when mosquito larvae are freely swimming at it🤣🤣🤣
😅
How will you add a moss pole?
No moss pole for this one
Omg, I just transitioned my monstera into water hoping to go semi-hydro. Me and soil don't mix
Great stuff 👍
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LECA >>>> soil
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Exactly how long has hydroponics been around? This long: Genesis 2:6,
But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
"--like a good boy" 😆 I have a question, would the algae be problematic to the plant's health if just left there or is it just a cosmetic thing? Love what you did with the rocks though.
I don’t think it does harm but not looked into it
It is because the algae will steal nutrients away from the plant and algae is a voracious feeder thereby leaving the plant with little to no nutrients, oxygen etc.
@@cheryllitzinger5076 That makes sense. Thank you!
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Would this work for ZZs?
Starting as a propagation yes