Awesome!! We have a video on the tissue culture Thai constellations (which can be quite temperamental). But once you have that root zone strong they’re usually very stable!

YAY!!! This is such a nice comment! And thank you for subscribing! 😄🤗

Seriously the one Asian guy talked more about random stuff in the 1st 5 min I turned it off 😅

So glad it was! Thank you for watching 😄

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I made a whole documentary on the Thai Constellation Monstera where I speak with the person who named it and the origin! Check it out 👍

You’re welcome! I’m sure it will appreciate more air in the soil!

That sounds like a great mix! There’s so many different combinations to use 😄

Glad it was helpful!

It is tough with rock based substrate like pon/Leca/perlite to tell exactly when to water. The best indicators I use are the top of rocks going dry and seeming “dusty”. Then double check the bottom drainage hole is mostly dry. Also look for a little leaf wrinkling just before watering, and the pot will be noticeably lighter!

@@prettyingreen yes, very tough. Thanks for the tips sharing how you approach it.

You’re welcome! Happy to share! 65% in just your living room can be hard to achieve without and enclosure. The Thai should be OK health wise, down to 40% or so… you’re just going to find the leaves tend to brown off quicker than when humidity is 55-70%

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The little babies go for around $120 at the Albo Shows 😄

@@prettyingreen oh, myself. I guess I have to put out to get that plant!! It's still expensive!!

I absolutely LOVE orchid pots. Try and use a cover pot to avoid algae / gnat attraction. Use aroid mix with it for good air flow

I grow a bunch of mine in 4” pots of LECA under grow lights 😄

Potentially! As long as the leaves are above water, and only roots are in the water

It’s perfectly normal for any albino part of a plant that lacks chlorophyll to brown off. I’ve done a video on methods on delaying this browning, “stop albo from browning”

@@prettyingreen Thank you. I'll check it out. One last question, I transferred my Monstera Albo to Leca today, and I am uber paranoid. Lol. I dipped the roots into Mycorrhizae, and made sure that the water level is just below the roots. Is there a clear sign that it's not a good situation, where I should go back to a chunky aroid mix? I watched your vid about how you can push growth by having it in leca to increase air around the roots, but I just can't lose this plant. Thanks for all of your help, and keep making great videos.

This is a great question. I honestly don’t know on the fertilizer front. For variegation, I need to give highly variegated plants more intense light, and I’m starting to experiment with different colors of light for variegation! Finding so far is to use light which is different than variegation colors. Ie avoid yellow lights on Thai con variegation

Very informative but what about fertilizer how often and which you use?

We use our A+B LECA fertilizer: prettyingreen.com/products/part-a-b-leca-fertilizer?_pos=1&_sid=fcbc9bb7a&_ss=r But something with 3-1-2 NPK ratio 😄

Hey! I would water from the top down in a pot with drainage. Also, make sure the medium has lots of rocks/aggregate like perlite for drainage! We recommend using our liquid fertilizer Leaf Lux which can be used on all plants, and in all media! amzn.to/3wgITmR

@prettyingreen Thank you so much!

I would just get rid of the dirt. Maybe add a slow release or liquid fertilizer assuming it has adequate root mass

@@prettyingreen Thanks. Would you take as much caution with a standard albo? Or can they handle a little soil in their mix?

@@silenc3x at minute 1:15 of the video, he answers this question. He strongly urged moving away from soil medium entirely, “for all Monstera.., including the Albo”. The reason he shared was in order to avoid wet pockets by providing a well drained growth environment that the rocky, or chunky medium facilitates.

@@shnuggumz Thanks, I heard that.... but moving over to LECA with a reservoir is a large change. Watch the Logee's video on albos with their master gardener, he just uses modified standard potting soil. And the dude literally manages the plants all their stores and they grow from small cuttings and sell thousands of albos. While that may debatably be too heavy, it works for them. Even if you don't want such a heavy soil, there is probably a happy medium between 100% LECA and a standard potting soil, right? Pun intended. Esp if you don't oversize the container and have extra wet medium around the plant so it doesnt have wet feet/legs. There are so many ways to grow plants and I just find LECA to be such a departure for me. Hence my questioning. But I get if Pretty In Green is just recommending what he's comfortable with and enjoys the most. It seems the takeaway is just, chunky as possible. I'm considering a mix of coco coir/bark/charcoal/perlite with maybe like 10% Fox Farm Ocean forest soil to aide the nutrients and microbe population. (going easy on the perlite and soil)

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The 3/2/1 Aroid Mix works good for it: 3 parts Coconut Husk / 2 parts Perlite / 1 part Coconut Coir + slow release fert

Thank you, i will try this, i live in north of cali, my thai is yellowing i hope this will help👍🏼

Probably every 10-20 days depending on pot size and environment

@@prettyingreen thank you I used both pine bark and perlite for soil. It’s in an orchid pot with great drainage. I really appreciate your advice ❤️

I just saw her video on that! I honestly can’t comment on it yet since I’m not versed on it. But I do agree there has been a shift in the difference in todays Thai cons (I just got 200pcs), and 2018 Thai cons… 😄

@@prettyingreen thanks for the weigh in! my albo from your show last year is still my fav out of my whole shelf :)

Totally!! It gets root rot quickly!

@@prettyingreen ​ also you’re on point about the crispiness and browning on the cream parts. Both of mine have crisped and brown at some point… unlike my albos who can withstand some direct sunlight and a few overwaterings like champs, never gotten crispy edges or browning on the white parts, not even the half moon leaves. Btw, do you know if ThaiCons being TC causes them to grow slower than cacti? Lol Cause it’s like they’re standing still in time lol. Or is it just mine?

Ooooo lucky!!

i keep them there to floff the soil up take care of the roots @@prettyingreen

How is that unhelpful if it's information you can use to make a decision. He can't change the fact that it's a tropical plant that thrives in a tropical environment. That's the reality of the situation. You can decide whether that makes the plant incompatible with your lifestyle and then probably find a plastic monstera, flick some white paint on it and go with that. No need to worry about husbandry! Also the vast majority of normal homes sit in and around the tropics, so that makes those conditions perfectly normal, you're more of an outlier if that's not you.