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I Can't Believe I Spent This Much on Wet Albo Sticks!
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- Опубликовано: 17 ноя 2020
- Hi Fronds, Your are in luck! I dished out $160 to fulfill my curiosity of getting a couple of wet albo sticks to play with and here are my results! I definitely learned a thing of two from my experience and as always, I hope you can take something away from my adventures! Happy Growing!
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0:00
0:37 Introducing my wet sticks
1:36 Buying guide for an Monstera Albo Node aka wet stick
1:55 Age of the Node
2:09 Younger nodes are more productive
2:45 Keiki Paste
3:31 Thicker is better
3:56 How about the variegation?
4:36 Stem tissue
4:59 Callused ends
5:16 Is there still hope after 3 months? 5 months?
5:54 Tips for propagating albo stick
6:14 What type of medium to use?
6:41 What about water propagation?
7:36 Would I do it again?
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My friend bought me an albo for my birthday. It came in from Amsterdam to the North Mid West (USA) in the middle of February and sat in customs for 10 days. When I finally got it the leaves were frozen and the root system was gone. All I had left was a stick with 2 nodes. I laid it on top of moss in an orchid pot, put it under a cloche and left grow lights on it 24/7. It took months for it to do anything. I've now got 3 sets of leaves from each node.
I think you should have left it in the prop box if they weren’t showing signs of rot/yellowing/shrivelling. It took my stick cutting 2 months to shoot any sign of roots/growth but it did it eventually!
Your stick didn’t have good arial roots, without a leaf or roots they don’t have enough energy IMHO to survive. Albo cuttings seem really prone to drying out, I sell cuttings from time to time and I decided not to sell wet sticks, unless they are rooted with signs of growth. I have seen so many cuttings sold partially rotting from water propagation, or sticks with no hope of growing. I recommend spending $200 for a leaf and good arial root or a little more for a growing rooted leaf.
This hobby has gone from fun to vulgar ostentation in just a few short years. I feel bad for you spending so much money for no return. You seem to be such a nice person; I hope someone sends you a healthy rooted cutting and it grows to be a magnificent specimen, if that's what you really want.
its crazy! i enjoy sharing plants and meeting fellow plant lovers but yeah the price gauging activities i have been witnessing is definitely making me less into the hobby! =( And thank you for you wishes! =)
that intro 😍😍😍😍
I feel your pain!
You can claim it on your taxes since you used it to make a video for your channel. I guess you could technically claim ALL plants you buy as long as they make it into a video (even as background "decor")
Ughhh, this sucks. I killed a Thai constellation earlier this year after treating myself. Honesty, I felt so much lighter once it died lol! I was really stressed about it for the time I had it. Hugs to you!!
that was. great opening
Thank you!
I’m so glad I went with a rooted top cutting as the VM is such a slow grower even with a decent root system. I still can’t believe the price people have to pay for a wet stick! You’re lucky to get an inch on both sides of the node, I’ve seen some people selling wet sticks with less than 5mm per side!!
You didn’t do anything wrong when moving the stick to the tank. I’ve done it on many different plants 😊 sometimes they make new growth in moss/perlite and sometimes they prefer my fish tank.
I like to try and start all my plants in the tank and they transfer to moss and perlite once I get a water root. I find that the fish tank helps to start the rooting quicker but moss and perlite gives more rapid secondary root growth.
This video is quite old but I have to comment. I’m an orchid keeper and keiki paste is pronounced cake-key. It’s Hawaiian for baby. When an orchid clones itself it looks like a baby orchid so that’s the name.
Interesting! Thanks for sharing
I hope the other one makes it. 😃 I’m really wanting it one but their too expensive for me. ☹️
I’ve been reading that albos are more prone to rot. They do better in dry medium. Even when propagating. I tried sphagum moss, rot, water, rot, perlite, rot, Waxing the ends, rot, soil, rot. What I’m currently doing is setting them on top of sphagum, with just the aerial roots in sphagum and soil and with a grow light. Hopefully no rot 😂 I have another still propagated in water that is sprouting tho so maybe it’s my energy at this point haha!
interesting. i have not heard of that. I did finally get an albo to grow in my prop box that i planted in sphagum. I think if the cut is sealed properly rotting really shouldn't be an issue. I find letting cuts air dry maybe with the help of some drying agent like rooting hormone or DE may help but yeah, Good Luck!
Well that's disappointing! Hopefully the magic of your fish tank water works on that second wet stick. Also, congrats on almost 10k subscribers!!
Thank you for this video. It’s very informative. The once you showed looked absolutely healthy to me I am surprised they didn’t work for you. I would have bought them too.
I agree with you!
Hope it will grow
Omg I’m dying at the intro 😂😂
lol I had to rewatch it! lol Happy it made you laugh =)
Me lmfaoo, I saw the thumbnail photo and I was like “that’s meeee” 😂😂💀😩😩
Its a risky business , if its a success its very satisfying but if it fail it tears you to pieces, your cuttings is ridiculous, I have bought a cuttings too its a stick with a shoot and the shoot has 2 small roots even those is still risky good thing mine is cheep like 20 cents because its a philo but it took me almost half day to decide if I get it or not at the end of the day I ended up getting it and successfully grew it.
I'm so sorry.. 😢 I thought my luck would be bad so I bought a rooted stick.. costs more but less left up to chance
How did it go?? That’s what I just did and I’m nervous still 😅
Older stems have gone through secondary thickening meaning dead outer cells much like a tree cannot photosynthesis or less cells are able too, whereas the newer stems have apical nodes meaning like pruning they are ready to grow once they have been told what to do such as grow roots. A stem would need to have cells to photosynthesis. I always prefer a leaf with a node and stem. Always trust biology and botany
it's hard to argue with biology and botany!
They’re well over $1000 for a cutting in NZ if that makes you feel any better!!
Also, I would’ve put that baby under 24/7 decently bright light and not covered it completely with moss. Hope you had some kind of result!
Madness!
How disappointing. I'm very sorry. Have you thought abt adding rooting hormone and sphagnum on a Ziploc bag? Has been highly successful on my end. Oh and I have it 6-8in below a grow light. I truly hopes this last one makes it for you. I'm glad you shared everything you've learned. I'm sure we all learned something from this too. Hugs 💚🌱
Just found your channel, definitely going to subscribe! You are very lovely
Such a bummer! I hope your second stick makes it (fingers crossed). Similarly I tried rooting a one-leaf, single node albo cutting and promptly killed it (rotted the cutting). I definitely second your advice in trying to find a rooted or established plant. Sigh.
I highly doubt it. Oh no, girl we need to have a drink together!
My reaction when I killed mine.... You're lucky you got two for that price 😅
2 years later, I bought a rooted albo stick for 6 dollars. Hehe.
People are paying 300+ here in Australia for a wet stick monstera albo and over 1000 to 5000 for a plant
Mine came and they were brown, no green at all
:( the price is a lot! i was lucky to get one but it's aerial roots rotted! i don't know if it'll make it!
I am a bit worried about my albo sticks as well. Two of my albo sticks, which were shipped via Japan EMS to Thailand, are being held for a COVID-19 inspection I guess and it’s now been 7-8 days. Do you think they’d survive? Each stick was wrapped in dry paper towels and placed in a ziplock bag.
good luck, there is not way to really know i am afraid. it sounds fine but it also really depends on the temperature it is expose too as well. it won't do well if temps are under 45 F
@@BotanicalWoman Finally they have arrived Thailand from Japan after 17 days. They look better than I expected. One of the 2 sticks is a bit wilted but the node looks fine and no rots on all ends of the sticks.
What do you do if there is rot forming on the end of your wet stick?
use a clean blade and cut it off and hope the new cut will callous over and not rot again.
I'm so not down for this! I just don't get it. I mean, if someone handed me a stick, I might try. But purchase? Naw.
Yeah it's a gamble for sure!
Hah, I’m currently going through videos to commiserate, my albo stem is currently rotting and I’m 90% certain it’s too far gone and I’m just watching it slowly go. 😖 Such a bummer. You’re lovely though!
Botany BXtch! ha! Love it. thank you. You grow girl! using your graphic designer skills like a boss! you're channel looks amazing by the way. from audio to video! Can't wait to see you hit 1000 subs!
@@BotanicalWoman Aww thank you!! I’m trying to figure out how to film my next video breaking the news about my dying albo LOL. Think it might be a showing my new growth and then sprinkling that news in at the end.
I've killed... 5. I'm over it.
There’s no one that wants to do a trade? It’s all about that black market albo cash?
😂🙈🙉🙊
I am close to calling it quits on a dark lord wet stick I have. Nothing has happened since I got it and I am sad 😫
Sending you positive plant vibes 💚
25 seconds in and now I'm subscribed😹 dat fucking dead albo node man
lol thx!
wow are variegated monsteras thaaaat expensive there? in Germany you can get a leaf cutting for 30-60 euro. For 400 euro you can get a full plant. Crazy:D 80 dollars are a lot for some wet sticks:(
The price of plants are crazy in the US right now. I am actually out of touch as I stopping buying since the pandemic. Couldn't deal with it anymore. ppl are selling all sorts of bits for $ =(
@@BotanicalWoman well people over here on ebay are also trying to deliberately scam others, selling single pothos cuttings with 1-2 leaves for a price of an adult plant. I also sell some cuttings online and I was disgusted when I saw those prices so I wrote a thread for beginners about real prices and where to buy which plant :D
@@Anny95290 thats a great idea! i am looking forward to being able to go to plant swaps again!
Is buying a wet stick always a gamble?
yes!!! its not worth it!
Zbecause theyre rare and variegated. I spend $300 on a cutting and aerial roots rotted lol. Video on my page
I purchased a 1 leaf Albo cutting, so disappointed. I started it in water, nothing after a month, moved it to Perlite, nothing. I think it may have been doomed anyway, the stem has a yellow colour to it when I got it. 2 months and nothing. I’ll keep it until the leaf dies and let that be a lesson learned not to spend so much on a cutting
you think having a leaf on it would be better. sorry! I feel you frond!
You have to be super patient. Don't keep switching the medium. These guys grow so slowly. That's part of the reason why they are expensive. Mine took 2 months in water to root. Then it sat in a chunky soil mix doing nothing until I got a grow lamp and a grow mat. Now (4 months since I bought the cutting, and 2 weeks since I got the grow mat) it finally has a decent growth node. According to people on Reddit, it will take 7 months from buying a stem cutting (with 1 node and 1 leaf) until you get a new leaf. After that, the growth should accelerate, with a new leaf per month during the growing season. So be patient and don't give up.
Want to trade something(s) for one? I have a couple of babies I started!