hi everyone it's marianne
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in this video let's talk about the care and propagation of monstera siltepecana
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and if this is your first time watching me i'm currently doing a monstera series this month
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on the popular varieties of the monstera plant
and what's in my collection
and i'm also doing specific care and propagation guides
for the monstera plants that i do have in my collection
and already did one for the monstera adansonii and today we is with the monstera siltepecana
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this is my monstera siltepecana
it wasn't always like this when i first got it
it was actually a huge eight-inch pot that i got from lowe's
and it was a pure coincidence that i got it at lowe's early 2020
i wasn't even sure what i got honestly i had to ask instagram for help to help me ID the plant
and what i got was a monstera siltepecana
and back then i wasn't really interested in having a huge basket of a monstera siltepecana
and also almost immediately i was experiencing yellowing with my monstera siltepecana
like i did with my monstera adansonii and i couldn't really figure out what was wrong with it
since it's such a big pot and it was a little bit
root bound i decided to break it apart into smaller plants
but the yellowing still continued even if i already break it up into smaller plants
and what i did then is i converted one of my monstera siltepecana into LECA
and if you've seen monster adansonii care video
switching it to LECA is one of the things that really helped
stop the yellowing of my monstera adansonii
so i thought it would work the same if i tried it out for my monstera siltepecana
but this is my monstera siltepecana that i also converted in LECA
i took it out of the soil clean it
let it propagate in water for i think a day or two maybe even up to a week
before i transferred it in to LECA and this is what it looks right now it looks really healthy
but this one actually suffered root rot while it was in LECA
and since i was still seeing some yellowing
not a lot but some yellowing i just decided to check on the roots
and i saw a lot of root rot and i'm going to insert a photo right here
of the roots when it was suffering from root rot
and that was like the most root rot i experienced in a plant
so what i did then is i just cut off the roots that are rotting repotted it in LECA
and so far so good it's been doing really well and hopefully it continues to stay that way
this plant did not stay that way this eventually died it just keeps
on yellowing and keeps getting root rot in LECA
and eventually i had to save what i can
and propagate what i could but this plant did not survive being in LECA
and i lost all the trails
so i was kind of disappointed that LECA didn't work out for my monstera siltepecana
so after i repotted it into smaller pots i actually
sold the rest of the monstera siltepecana that i already had
so i was left with probably two or three of them the one in leca as mentioned died out
so basically i only had two four inch pots left
and the other four inch pot i did sell it or trade it out earlier this year
for a variegated string of pearls so this is all the monstera siltepecana i have left
and if you've seen my struggling plants video i've
also mentioned that i was struggling with this plant
because it also started yellowing again and with my monstera siltepecana yellowing was also
a big issue aside from root rot
and since being in soil doesn't work for it being in leca doesn't work for it
i tried converting it into sphagnum moss
and that's what worked for my monstera siltepecana
propagated and rehabbed really well in sphagnum moss
and i just continue to keep it in sphagnum moss
as it continues to grow and i don't think i plant on switching it out
to any other medium anytime soon
and so when it comes to the light requirements for monstera siltepecana
i currently do have it inside my ikea greenhouse cabinet because they do love humidity
but when i was propagating it downstairs
it was right next to the south facing window next to a humidifier
so i would really encourage you to give your monstera siltepecana a lot of humidity
if you're experiencing a lot of issues with it
and another issue that i experienced with the monstera siltepecana is pests
this one for me is a pest magnet at least when it comes to fungus gnats
i haven't had any other pest infestations with my monstera siltepecana but this was patient zero
for my biggest fungus gnat infestation yet
so my solution to that was really just to use sticky traps and also dousing the sphagnum moss
or the medium is currently in with hydrogen peroxide
hydrogen peroxide is currently my best friend right now i use it for everything from propagation
to trying to clear out pests in soil just everything
so i did douse it with hydrogen peroxide
and that seemed to solve the problem right now it no longer has fungus gnats
and when it comes to yellowing it still does yellow quite a bit
like over here you can see another yellowing leaf
and i just recently watered it so when it comes to yellowing leaves and monstera siltepecana
i completely stopped stressing over it because
the good thing about the monstera siltepecana is yes it has issues
but it also bounces back from those issues pretty quickly
so whenever this one has any yellowing or root rot i don't panic too much unlike with my other plants
because as long as i act immediately or take the proper recourse
like if it's having root rot cut off all the rotting roots if it
has fungus gnats treat the fungus gnat situation yellowing leaves
if this is this did have enough humidity etc
it will bounce back and it would grow into something like this
because this one when it was struggling it was probably only three or four leaves left
but now look at it it has a lot of new growth coming in and it's becoming a full plant again
so when it comes to watering i do have this in sphagnum moss
it does prefer to be completely dried out
like the sphagnum moss must be bone dry before i actually water it again
and when i do water it because this is in sphagnum moss
i try not to over soak it or put too much water
when i do water it if possible i bottom water it
so that it could only absorb the right amount of water
and after i water it i make sure it drains out completely
and i even squeeze the pot for any excess water
just to make sure that it doesn't have excess moisture in it
because this one is also in a plastic pot so it won't lead to root rot
because monstera siltepecana is very prone to root rot at least in my experience
and when it comes to propagation of the monstera siltepecana
as mentioned what works best is propagating it in sphagnum moss
you can try water propagation since that is the easiest method for anyone to do
but for me i had the best success in propagating it in sphagnum moss
and just like propagating any plant in sphagnum moss just
make sure that the sphagnum moss is not overly saturated
and it's not overly compact because you want oxygen flow
and also space for the roots to grow in the sphagnum moss
and i do prefer my monstera siltepecana to become a trailing plant
others like to give it something to climb on like a
moss pole and you can do that too and eventually you might encourage
it to actually fenestrate or produce holes
or split leaves but in my experience or at least what i've seen in many plant parent experience
it's quite hard to get this to mature when you get them as a juvenile plant
unless you really have great conditions for the
plant you have a greenhouse or a grow tent or something for it
to actually mature and grow those split leaves but for ordinary plant parents like me like us
you probably will not get it to fenestrate or have split leaves
in just an indoor setting and having it as a trailing plant
and those are my care tips and propagation hacks for the monstera siltepecana
if you have any questions let me know down in the comments
and if you have additional tips and tricks for the monstera siltepecana
also please share them in the comments
i would love to read them and learn from you
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