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Had a guy at the plant swap tell me I was watering my monstera wrong
I was at the community center in St. Paul last Saturday and this older dude walks up while I'm showing off my new albo cutting. He says "you're drowning that thing, let the soil dry out for a full week before you touch it again." Been doing that for three weeks now and the leaves are way perkier. So is he right or is there another way to tell when they actually need water?
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jesse_smith103d ago
Did you see that online post about how monsteras grow near riverbanks so they like those wet/dry cycles?
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brooke4483d ago
My grandma killed a ficus once by watering it every single day for two months straight because she "felt bad for it." The pot had no drainage holes either. We found out when the roots were basically soup. She switched to the chopstick test, stick a wooden chopstick in the soil, if it comes out dry then water it. That thing bounced back in like four weeks.
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waderamirez3d ago
Dude at the plant swap probably saved your monstera, not gonna lie. I killed my first one by treating it like a thirsty dog and watering it every other day because the top soil felt kinda dry. @brooke448's chopstick trick is legit, I use a bamboo skewer instead cause I never have chopsticks around. Stick it all the way down to the bottom, if it comes out damp anywhere then wait. The old guy was right about the drying out thing, monsteras like to get a little thirsty before you drown em again. I learned the hard way that root rot is way easier to get than to fix, trust me.
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