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This monstera is over & under watered at the same time |
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I've spoken to more than one plant parent who uses this watering strategy. They notice their plant is dry, so they add a little bit of water. Sometimes its been anything from a few table spoons to a few cups of water. This cycle of tiny waterings and drying out happens so frequently some end up watering their Monstera every day or every other day.
I think this boils down to having all the right knowledge but applying it in the wrong way. Most aroids when kept in a normal home environment need to go through a wet and dry cycle. Usually this cycle takes 1-2 weeks.
Plants need to be watered fully where their entire root system has access to water so they can absorb nutrients in the soil. This doesn't necessarily mean soaking your plant with water. It can mean watering until a bit of water comes out of the bottom of the drainage holes.
We have to develop a better understanding of how our soil type retains water, how fast our plant dries out, and when it needs watering again.
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I don't think I've ever seen any other plantuber ever link someone else's video.
Appreciate the generosity and collaborative spirit.
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7:27 love this approach
yeah, really working towards shifting my language.
@@KillThisPlant I see your EQ and it's wholly endearing. 🙏🏽 💚🌻
I was determined to not overwater my plants so I switched them to a soilless substrate. Now my plants are underwatered because water just runs right through my pots LOL
I really enjoyed this enlightening video about watering!! I subbed :DDDD I hope your channel grows as strong and healthy as your plants~
Thank you so much for the sub!
I do mess around with soilless with LECA /semi hydro. I have a few more of those videos coming up. I hope you find them insightful.
It's so helpful how in-depth you are in your videos. I find a lot of videos now are only giving very generic advice
Glad you enjoyed
I put my monsteras in pine bark and a little bit of soil mostly on the top of the pot. When the soil on top dries out I water. It works well. Need to use liquid fertilizer. That's It. Can't be more simple. Since my mix is chunky I don't worry much about overwatering. Usually takes more than a week before I need to water. Sometimes 2 or 3 weeks between watering. There is no watering schedule. If you see they need watering, water.
yeah I usually do around 2'ish weeks+ because I forget. I dont think ive ever watered once a week unless it is SUPER hot outside and dry, like 30 degrees.
Yes I repotted my monstera immediately I put a trellis on the side it helps it’s so green I changed it’s soil and I changed the pot to a terra cotta one! I also just propagated a pothos this is helping with my anxiety n depression if u feel down and out buy a plant it helps me so much u habe no idea
Looking like Malcom x in that thumbnail 🌟🌟🌟
Nice haircut! And great info. Potted four Monstera props just yesterday. Think I am done for the season. Plants on chill mode now.
Thanks! I missed my barber. Hope your plants do well. All deliciosa?
@@KillThisPlant Yes. All Deliciosa. I chopped the mother plant when I staked it to my moss pole. Had about six propagations which were all successful.
I love techplant, you and him are my two favorites when I look for answers to my questions
Ooooh! Down to the wood!! ✂️
Another great video! 👍
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Very helpful vid Lee 🙌🏾
Hi Lee, informative clip, as usual. Thank you. I wonder if you have made a clip that talks about how long you’ve been into plants and how you got started. I’d be most interested in learning about your journey.
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Got it. Thank you.
Ye I used to water like that person and that's how I used to kill my plants. It's best to just let ur plant dry out and then do a big soak or bottom water
Hoyas are super easy to prop try it out just cut anpiece with a node and put in some sphagnum moss or perlite prop box and it will grow !
Thanks for the tips. I'm excited to try it sometime soon.
@@KillThisPlant oh you are quite welcome my fellow Canadian plant lover !! Theres alot of hoya you can even prop from leaf cuttings too ! You will see some hoya growing roots by the nodes out of no where ! They are fun plants to prop , I find my hoyas love a good south facing window some nice airy potting medium they love a good drink but hate their feet constantly being wet ! Also give them something to climb and you will be best friends , hope this helps start off your hoya journey 😁👍💚🌿🌱
I just spray my big plant with water every few days and it seems to be ok. If it starts drooping than I give it a thorough soak through however maybe that’s not the right thing to do. At the moment it’s growing well
Excellent video. Any experience with African violets or any of the Gesneriaceae? I didn’t have much trouble with them when I lived closer to the water but now that I’m more inland it never flowers and the bottom leaves are slowly dying.
I don't have any experience with those plants. I wonder with if the changing season and less lighting could be the culprit? How long ago was the move? Did window direction change for the plant?
@@KillThisPlant I moved over two years ago. And yes the window direction changed but I also bought grow lights to help supplement. I think I’ve tried every suggestion on the internet so far. I’m starting to think the humidity just isn’t suitable..Thanks for your reply!
@@StanleyBabieee african violets like a good east facing window they enjoy the bright morning light , what direction is your lighting now ?
Ok I have a monstera I have clearly watered it to much it is having guttation which I’m ok wit that I just want to get it on a good schedule so typically how often shall I water my beautiful monster of a plant? I was on tt n someone mentioned ur channel I already followed u and I chuckled thinking I was gonna hit u up anyways to help me wit a schedule if anyone else is reading this how often do u water ur monstera
@@Jon79w get a long wooden stick to check the wetness of the soil all the way to the bottom of the pot. Dry stick=dry plant.
No one can tell you how often to water your plant. It depends on so many factors including: light exposure, temperature, humidity, pot type, root mass, plant age, etc.
Any thoughts on super thrive plant vitamin ?
I use superthrive when I transition young plants to a new medium. For example, it might be extremely helpful when transitioning an import plant to soil for the first time.
@@KillThisPlant good call! Do you think there are benefits to using it every now and then while watering regular plants?
@@premeditatio No, I think if you're fertilizing regularly (with whatever system you prefer) you shouldnt need it.
@@KillThisPlant eh, I've got an old bag of Miracle-Gro that I throw a few crystals of into the watering can when I remember. I also add worm castings of varying amounts into my soil mixes. Weirdly, I'm way more precise and methodical with my substrate blends than I am fertilization. I should address that. I see a new spreadsheet in my near future. 🤓
Also, I know Miracle-Gro is not really the best stuff. I just don't like waste, so I feel a duty to finish it all up before splurging on some of that organic fish emulsion Planterina & others seem to get such great results with.
What's your preferred system?
Also, despite restraining my overwatering, I-will-love-you-to-your-root-rotted-death hand, I'm forever worried about root rot. I've been pretty good about being more nonchalant about it (I'm almost an underwaterer now!), but I'm still guilty of leaving some water in the drip tray sometimes because I get distracted.
That was a really long and meandering preamble to asking: what are your thoughts on the 1:1 water + hydrogen peroxide watering (followed up by fertilization next watering)? I'd also seen someone suggesting a tiny splash of hydrogen peroxide in every watering to mimic rainwater. Good idea / bad idea?
Sorry for the long post and all the questions. Please don't feel any pressure to respond; I know we're all busy and I'm just overflowing with inquisitiveness that you are responsible for not one bit! 🤣
@@premeditatio I actually made some plant trackers that I sell on my Etsy store. I use those to remind me when to fertilize as I use 3 separate things. For typical fertilizing I just use the miracle gro shake and feed granules.
I also use a microbial soil innoculent and a humic acid in the summer on certain plants only.
As for hydrogen peroxide I think if your soil is a good mix you don't need it. If your roots aren't currently rotting you don't need it. It also kills healthy bacteria in your soil. Light use is probably fine but I can't imagine the effort you put in is worth whatever results it could provide.
I use a moisture meter because left on my own I WILL overwater them. Bad plant parent!
No. Water gets distributed evenly in the soil due to gravity. Definitely not the best but when there's a soaking every 4-5 weeks it sure is enough lol. And after 2 days there will still be leftover humidity from the previous watering which also helps.
Haven't you heard of capillary watering? Where only the lower part of the pot ever gets wet? So, how are those plants not "under- and overwatered at the same time"?
Different situation. If the amount of water given by bottom watering (capillary action) was only half the amount needed to reach the top of the pot, and that was done every couple days in addition to a biweekly soaking that reaches the top of the pot, it'd be a similar scenario to the one presented in the question: root system has an overwatered bottom half and underwatered upper half.
@@kvil1537 that's just not true, come to my work and see lol
@@lexy99 Thank you for the kind offer. I understood the question and the watering scenario I presented, and I think they're roughly equivalent. I hear you're saying that these hypothetical scenarios are not true, though. You work in a greenhouse or farm, too? This seems like a silly argument and I don't get the impression you're willing to budge on your position.
@@kvil1537 yes I'm a professional gardener. And yeah that's exactly what I'm saying. From my experience it's just not true
@@lexy99 As a professional farmer, my experience suggests it is true that plants can be both under- and over-watered by frequent top-watering combined with irregular, infrequent drenches via bottom watering.
Weren't you saying that, in your experience, bottom/capillary watering effectively keeps plants properly watered? I'd also say that's true.