Soil Mixes For Monstera & Most Aroids | Monstera Indoor Houseplant Soil Tour & Care | Ep 21
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This is a great video - finally someone who isn’t like “15.22% bark” “20.9% magic” “10.16% soil” “44.87% perlite” “3.5 sprinkles of sphagnum moss” 😂 those hyper-specific mixes drive me crazy!
Haha I’m definitely not about that life. I applause people who are passionate enough and have the time to do that, but I do wish they would do more educating on the general principles behind why, as well as letting others know that simplistic mixes can also work well for lots of people.
Yes, and these materials are easy to get, too. By the way, if perlite is not available at local nurseries, you can find it at hydroponic supplies shops.
Rachael Firestone omg yessss!!! Totally agree
So is his simple mix something that I can use for all my plants?
Haha. Same here
He finally talks about the soil at 7:40 and you’re welcome!
Oh you hit it on the head - people make soil mixes more complicated than it should be! Thank you for calling this out and challenging all to keep it simple!
I'm a simple guy lol. I can't add more complicated things into my life =) Cheers!
I was so overwhelmed by finding the right mix that I found a seller selling a aroid mix and I bought a ton. I totally get your point and I wish I would have watched this first. I know I could create my own mixture now. Thanks
I feel like most of your videos are more theoretical instead of visual. It'd be nice to see a video of you making the mixture and talking about what purpose each item serves , also where you source the item. It'd be nice to also watch you cut and pot up a albo cutting
I had the same feeling as well. Would have appreciated a little more 'action"
totally agreed
I love the analogy of intuitive cooking with family matriarchs! I work in the food industry and actually apply this concept to plant care a lot. I’m pretty surprised how much. But, it’s true. I don’t always have everything I need when I’m mixing soil, it’s pretty easy to just grab something that will work similarly. It’s kind of amazing to see how different my soil is from plant to plant because of this actually…but, at the end of the day, it works.
how can you be so cute while speaking about dirt 🥺❤️
I love common sense videos.
I overthink everything and I drive myself crazy! I have so many containers of different leftover mixes and no clue what I used it for. I want to throw it all out and just start more simplified. I think I’m just gonna sift out all of the chunks of stuff and add it to coco coir and adjust as needed. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for making me feel better about my soil mixes for my Alocasia and monsteras. I was worried that I wasn’t making the “right” choice for the soil with the supplies I have... but I have everything that you use in your video! Also thanks for saying that you keep your monstera deliciosa on the drier side! I have 4 very small rooted cuttings I have in soil with chunky bark and I was worried it was getting too dry. But it’s growing a new leaf so I think it’s happy!
Yeah I had some friends stay over recently and my plants were so dry that my friends really questioned my plant parenting haha
Thank you for always remaining peaceful.
I'm so glad I found this video and I love how you brought up the difference of normal plants and recovering plants.
Totally agree. Just mixed my own soil from watching a bunch of different videos. Got the idea of what type of soil is needed and grabbed a bag of orchid mix, perlite, potting soil(peat/perlite) and some charcoal. Honestly you just need to look at it and you can tell whether or not it’s going to be good or not. You have hit the nail on the head on knowing the ‘profile’
So many channels have had me terrified to use potting mix as part of it to the point I haven’t repotted my Thai con yet. I read on one website that cactus mix works well too. Just terrified of it getting root rot!
finally found someone that simplifies things
You are amazing man! You saved me! You make it so simple by explaining the reason behind picking a soil! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Thank you so much for the awesome video this made me feel more confident on knowing what soil’s to use
thank you for your video - exactly what I'm looking for... I have 3 baby monsteras I propagated from seeds and they're not growing as fast as they should - now I know why, thanks to you. I will repot them and change my potting mix. Make the soil "airy & well draining."
Great video! Seeing the different mixes in your pots was super helpful for me too!
Thanks for all the Info. Me and my wife are somewhat new to this plant collection hobby and this video will def help with keeping our aroids thriving.
Most welcome! Hopefully I’ll be able to share a lot of other collectors and how they do things as well. Cheers!
Thank you so much for your simple guide about soil. I'm new to the plant 🍃 world and I was so surprised how complicated it was, I watch so many videos and honestly I was shocked at how confusing all the information was.
Thanks, I’ve learnt so much about Monsteras from your videos.
You’re the only one that I’ve come across who explains the theory behind “why” certain things are done! I appreciate it so much, not knowing “why” and just replicating someone else’s methods/recipe stress me out so much lol. Thank you for explaining it so thoroughly! 🙏!!
1 minute in and I already like this guy. "It's soil."
Thank you, your very simple, I’ve watched many and by the time if I got all the different things to mix I’d have spent 50 to 70$$$ just for the mixing. Then I found u. I just got a 3 leaf albo monstera borsigiana a bit of a rehab only because they cut it about 2inches from the node, she dropped the price to 125.00 $$ . It rooted in 2 different spots so really 2 different plants. The main node is very nicely verigated, I’m just feeling fortunate and happy
Love your videos. Very informative.
I instantly loved your vibe and then you said LA and I was like yep. Thanks for the sound advice!
I completely agree! I get so stressed over my soils it's unreal! I watch different videos and one I just watched earlier called for 5 different types of soils for the Monstera, and I just can't afford all the fancy soils they recommend buying! I just purchased a Monstera today, actually! My very 1st one! And I've wanted one for awhile now! I'm so excited and want it grow well and be happy in its substrate! I started getting into plants about 2 yrs. ago and I need all the advice I can get but watching all these different people and nobody's advice on the soil is the same! And it really stresses me out when i know it shouldn'ti just want my plants to be happy especiallymy new addition! I'm so glad I ran across your channel today. You made it so much easier! Thank you! Btw the 1st monstera at the beginning of the video the white and green is absolutely gorgeous!! I love it! I wish I could find one! Any suggestions as to where I could get one? Again thank you for making this video it really helped me! 😊
Your channel is so informative. I’ve been researching soil for philodendrons and monsteras for weeks and stumbled onto your channel. No website or YT channels give such detailed info on soil mixtures as you have. Thanks a bunch!!
You are most welcome. Thanks for tuning in!
Hi, thank you so much for your explanations (and "demystisfication" :) Take care !
This is really amazing to learned all of your detailed information about potting mix. Thank you😊
Thank you for this video. I have been trying to find what soil mix i need to go with for my monstera and there are so many different options and opinions out there. Thanks to you I no longer feel intimidated!
Thank you !your video is very helpful to keep my plants happy
I gather “formulas” and tweak them to me and my plants. I tend to be heavily handed when I water. Also it depends on the amount of light and the pot my plant is in. Sometimes I don’t even potting soil. I use worm compost. When I ran out of perlite or pumice, I use chicken grit. Some of the grit had oyster shell so my plants get the benefits of airy soil & calcium. You mentioned recipes, recipes always say, salt to taste!
Oh I haven't heard of anyone using chicken grit before! It's always interesting what people use and it's good for people to know that a lot of things can be used as long as the basic fundamentals are applied. Cheers!
Love THIS way of looking at it!!! Thank You 🌱
This is enormously helpful! Thank you so much.
Thank you so much, this is exactly what I needed. I was getting overwhelmed looking at how much I had to spend in order to keep my plants happy. You kept it simple and straightforward. Can’t wait to check out more videos!
Hi! Doc thanks for sharing this such informative I learn from this video I like how the mixture of your plant looks chunky and just to feel it looking so airy. I pretty much use the orchids bark s in my mixture I just need to lessen a little bit of potting soil. Thanks for this .
I love how you compare the soil to flavor profiles in cooking ! This is so accurate. And it’s so important to take into consideration your environment and watering habits ! 👍🏻great video ! I have been very curious if soil mix PH level affects plants - do you have any opinions on that?
Very well put!!!!
I dig the positive energy!
Perfect! Im about to pot two rooted cuttings of monstera variegata and now i ordered bark, perlite and stuff online! Thanks!
Yay! I'm sure they do great! Ep 13 is a variegated monstera care guide if you want to see more about what I do for mine. Definitely reach out if issues. Cheers!
Super helpful!! Thanks so much. Subscribed and sending love for Monsteras from Moscow! 🪴
Excellent info!
Exactly what I was looking for totally amazing 😊
Thnx it was super complicated until you applied the “cooking” profile aspect. I’ve watched others and my head stays spinning lol newbie trying to learn but master in the kitchen means I may now understand. Using what I have just need maybe a couple bags vs everything I thought I needed! Yay!
I go around gathering leaf mulch and flowers. Cold compost for beneficial fungi and bacteria . Use that with bark, coco-coir and perlite. Big on worm castings also. Love your content. 👍
Great video, really love the comparison with our elders' cooking ''recipe''!
I've also been using that approximate mix for my mature plants. Now I have a few aroids cuttings that I'm trying to root in the same mix, but it's my first time using this mix as a propagation medium.
I think it's airy, so it should have enough space for the roots to grow, while preventing root rot, but I'm also anxious about the medium being too dry for root growth. I put all my cuttings in a DIY greenhouse to keep a high humidity level. I've seen you are rooting your monsteras in sphagnum moss, but still wanted your thoughts on that :) Realllyyy hope it will work out, since I have a monstera peru and treubii cuttings in there. Thank you!
Thank you for this nice video! I like it more simple too. 😊
I bought my monstera deliciosa in potting soil and repotted it in such 🙈 But I would like to change that the next time I repot. Would you remove all the potting soil between the roots? Or ist that a shock for the plants (two plants in one pot)?
Greetings from Germany 😊
This video is relieving because I repotted my monstera, eyeballed the measurements, and got nervous. It's doing better than I had feared.
I recently bought an albo cutting and was JUST wondering what soil they prefer and then BOOM! here you are haha thanks for the info 🙌🏽 this makes me feel so much better
I felt a disturbance in the albo force so I responded 😎🤣💚
Legends Of Monstera hahaha you saw the albo signal in the sky 😂it’s very much appreciated ! 🌱💚
Well, thank you Doctor this was informative and what I needed to hear!
Great explanation!
You're right about the soil. Some you need the right profile. Some just good soil. I grew my Aunt's Mass Cane (after she passed) for 20 something years. At least the first 10 was just garden soil that she had put the plant in. My Monstera does indeed have a mixture of mostly orchid/mixed with soil.
I was searching soil mixture composition for monestra and meanwhile i came across to your channel . Thanks for making it simple . Everytime when i m repotting the plant from nursery i used to wonder if my soil mixture is appropriate . 😊
Nice and practical ,thank you
Excellent rules to go by. I grow all my plants in 1/3 ratio of pine bark fines, sphagnum moss and Black Kow, if I’m doing succulents I’ll get rid of the moss and add larger amount of sand. Never failed me in 30 years. I’ve never used pearlite, it doesn’t look natural to me.
Love this info! I just bought my first monstera Thai .
Thanks for the video! Very Helpful :)
Oh!🤦🏽♀️ I have so much potting soil…different brands🤦🏽♀️ You’ve taught me something so important for me! My Monsteras look so SAD! My 100% potting soil is too heavy🤦🏽♀️Now I get it🙋🏽♀️THANK YOU!YOU SO MUCH!
I love this so much!! I grow a lot of anthuriums and orchids and I always just kind of macgyvered it with what I had on hand and they do fine. I try to keep it as airy as possible with a humidifier nearby but I just got a monstera and wanted to make sure I wouldn’t kill it. Glad I came across your video I feel much more confident it will be ok now. Haha!
Great video - thanks!
Thanks for the profile. I do vary my mixes since I have about 6 bags of stuff but I’ll use the profile as a guide. I think I’ll be adding more bark in the future. I also need to let my plants dry out a little more. The perlite and vermiculite labels say these cause cancer. Can you comment on the safety of these two products?
Your video is so inspiring and knowledgeable. How can I prevent insect buildup in the soil. Can I add Neem powder in the soil mix? Will it help?
Such useful advice, thank you!
Very helpful!
Thanks for sharing! Very helpful. Do you ever use pumice instead of perlite?
I was looking how to mix soil for my aroids and originally planned to watch a lot videos but after this one I feel that I don't need to watch any other video, thanks man
Just what I was looking for ☺️ thanks
Amazing video I learned a lot. I want my monstera to grow healthy. I’m so afraid to lose them. Thanks for sharing- new friend here
Do you have any recomendation for a nutrient solution to water my moss poles with? Thank you very much keep up that great content.
You make my day.
Awww, thanks so so much for watching and following! Cheers!
Legends Of Monstera mine also, all the way from Scotland. Sending thanks and love 🌺
I use black Gold cactus and succulent mix for my monsteria and they love it and it has everything in it even worm castings pearl lite orkid bark
I’ve heard good things about Black Gold in general
@@ivyrose779 they sell it at Ace hard wear store Monstera love it and philodondren the climbing and vining versions love it . I love philodondrens .
Thank you for this. I was on my way to get the the 'popular' worm casting, now I just finished repoting with whatever I had on hands.
Thank you for this !❤
Listened/watched this video again after potting up my new Albo cuttings. Though everyone seemed to prefer water propagation, I decided to go with the soil route, using mainly an orchid bark/perlite/charcoal mix with potting soil sprinkled on top and then watered in. The growing environment sounds similar to a phalaenopsis in which they like their roots on the drier side, using an airy mix. I hope my thinking is correct. Wish me luck and keep up the great videos!
When in doubt, always go with dryer for sure. Cheers!
@@LegendsOfMonstera I agree with that! Thank you for the assurance. :)
Thank you for this!!!
I love love love your Albo on my wish list beautiful plants.
Thanks! There are lots of amazing ones out there in other collections that I hope to share in the future. Cheers friend!
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Ong bruh he really just vibin
that's why I love California eheheheheh
lmfao I looked through the comments just to see if someone said it first
😂 me too
Btw, I am a 10-ingredient guy! It's totally true it's not necessary to have good plants, but if you have the room, more ingredients don't cost any more but can bring real advantages. Here's an example: For your perlite drainage component, if you cut it in half with pumice, you vastly reduce the annoying floating of the perlite that happens as the pot ages, plus you cut your risk of fluoride toxicity in half, plus you get a whole new set of elemental micronutrients when you increase the different types of ingredients. More ingredient diversity is better & safer (but of course not necessary). Another example: If one of your components is coir or peat, you get real advantages by cutting them in half with each other. A little peat helps bring down the pH to where you want it plus it hold more air for a given volume of water-holding capacity than any other ingredient on the planet; and that lower pH allows you to add calcium type ingredients like ground oyster shell (calcium is hard to get enough in standard fertilizers). But now cutting the peat in half with coir prevents the pH from going too low, and adds additional micronutrient diversity. Additionally, by not going with all coir, you cut your risk of coir potassium toxicity and cal/mag deficiency (which are real concerns in average soilless mixes) in half. So if you have the room, there are many more real advantages to lots of ingredients! :)
For your “Dirty Ingredients”, do you mix all of them together including the two diff orchid bark or at just at least the soil,perlite and a bark mix?
I mix everything together. The bags of "orchid mix" usually has a mixture of stuff already.
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So I'm finding your video bc I googled it and it said 7 different items to put in. And also said to not have bark. Everywhere else says to use it in the mix. I need the help asap
I am using a mix of 1/3 orchid bark and 2/3 coco-perlite soi. The bark reduces compaction. One has to find what suits his/her ideal mix for the climate and type of plants
Agreed. I’m getting very very fond of bark+perlite and essentially no soil. Cheers friend!
Thanks for the sound advice.
Hi jimmy, i've a question. Does succulent mix medium suit well with aroids?
Can somebody pleaser help me out: How often do I need to water my monstera albo? She's in a teracotta pot with a soil/bark/seramis mixture and my humidity is about 50%. I'm afraid my plant will get root rot
Thank u for this. 😊
How much water do you give per pot? I just experienced root rot with my monsters albo borsigiana and Monstera Thai Constellation. I'm stressed.
Hi can you tell me how/when to use sphagnum moss? I am fairly new to the plant mom life would appreciate the help a lot!
The Sun Bulb 50000 Better GRO Special Orchid Mix is not available at amazon for couple weeks, could I use cactus potting soil as replacement? If not, any recommend replacements?
Nowadays I use 60-80% perlite with any type of potting soil. I don’t even add the orchid mix or bark anymore.
I was just saying my soil is a gumbo mix and i do the same whatever i have laying around just like i do when im cooking and your rite as long as its airy thats all that matters there is no perfect recipe i learned thanks for sharing ❤
Gumbo is a good way to describe it! I haven't really reached the expertise in cooking to do this same approach yet but some day haha. Cheers!
Do you ever add worm casings into the mix? How often are you feeding them? My home tends to be very dry, and I tend to forget to water. Would you recommend adding some peat or coir to the mix to help with moisture retention?
If you need help with moisture retention, you can just use a higher percentage of soil. The more soil in the mix, the more it holds onto water. You can also use non-terra cotta pots which will retain water for longer.
So for example a pathos or philodendron. Would you use the same airy and well draining soil as the monstera?
Very helpful tips. Thank you 🙏🦋🤗🌿
Thanks for watching and joining us!! 🤗🤗
what are some good indicators for when a airy/chunky/well-draining substrate is drying out and needs water? i find that the chunkier it is, the less reliable a moisture meter is.
I have mine in terra so the pot dries out when everything is dry. Also a dry pot is much lighter in weight than a wet pot =)
Hi Jimmy,, tq for your advise abt Monstera Plant ,I will follow your steps..
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Thank you for this video, Im so stressed for my plants soil media
I live in a place where there's no bark available. What do you think about mixing rice hull into the soil?
Basically you can use anything that doesn't hold water. I mean frankly rocks can be used, but they tend to make the pot really heavy haha.
How do you feel about putting charcoal into soil mix?
Thanks a great source of information that was needed 😊 👍✨🙏🌝