VARIEGATED MONSTERA - Moss Pole Extension & Plant Spotlight

Hi all,
In todays plant spotlight we are focusing on Monstera albo variegata.
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[@devenandplants7253]

You are so hard-working! Constantly putting out new videos, all of which are informative and entertaining. Remember to take great care of your physical and mental health too, ok? Love 😊

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thank you :) i am :)

[@ceffyr]

This was my first houseplant nine years ago for a whole £20. Still with me despite the kitten using her as a litter box and magic mushrooms deciding to grow in her pot at one point! 🤦‍♀️

[@sydneyplantguy]

😂😂

[@Dyeguy117]

Great video as usual. I have my Monstera Deliciosa on a moss pole for a bit over a month and it’s shooting aerial roots all over the place already. It’s crazy how moss poles help assist plants in growing. I have encouraged some of the aerial roots to grow back into the moss pole instead of them just shooting out from the back.

[@jongoodchild8650]

I’m not really an indoor plant guy. However, now that I’ve watch your videos …. I’m going to change my mind. I’m in Florida so a lot of these grow well on my trees outside but now I’m going to bring some in doors * my new favorite plant guy.

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thank you :)

[@justinamontgomery2618]

Great tips about smaller pot and getting those roots happy...love how you got pissed off with it! Great success story!

[@Wendy-zl8kv]

Thank you Jan!

[@shnuggumz]

Thanks for sharing your personal plant keeping perspective once again, on a popular variety. I’d love to see a video about how you approach wet stick propagation if you have the interest. Curious how you did this one! Thx.💚

[@Sophia1991sd]

last year a friend gave me a wet stick of her albo for free. it was unrooted and had a very narrow stem. I didn't have much hope but she decided to survive. right now she's on a moss pole and unfurled her second fenestrated leaf last week. she's so easy going and lovely. never had pest issues, not a single spot or browning or yellowing on her leaves, never reverted to green and gets along well with everything(for example very very low humidity in my house, being right behind a south facing window and not receiving any fertilizer until recently). the only thing that bothers me is that she has just a little of marble varigation on her leaves. very similar to yours but a bit less varigated. half of her stem is white so every time she produces a leaf, I hope it will be more varigated but each time it's less white and more green. I love her because she's an absolute angel but I'm still dreaming of having a gorgeous highly varigated monstera 😢

[@sydneyplantguy]

You might be able to being out more variegation by cutting it, hoping for the new growth to be more variegated :)

[@katearnold7127]

If you have a look at you stems, try to find a growth point on one of the nodes that is on the white part of the stem. Because the growth point is on the white part of the stem the growth will be more white.

[@evolvedferal]

This was very informative! I didn't realize the importance of having something there for it to climb. Tysm

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks :)

[@justynarajda6642]

Really appreciate the knowledge! Thanks to you I absolutely fell in love with philodendrons (own quite a few but feels like I found "my type of plants" even more than before). I'm totally a potos gal but climbing philos are my new kinda thing! And also I'm definitely gonna try a moss pole next spring (Europe). Thank you!

[@sydneyplantguy]

Sounds great :)

[@ellas3878]

My stepmom gave me two small cuttings for free and they've grown four leaves and I just put mine on a mosspole a few days ago 😊 so excited to see it grow up!

[@sydneyplantguy]

Happy growing :)

[@kirstystaben6211]

Great video Jan I love my Thai I’ve had it for two years and it’s one of my biggest and easiest plants in my collection I would love to own an albo one day funny thing is I can’t keep a plain green one alive but have no problem with the variegated ones😂

[@christopherjohnson8770]

This is the one I’ve been waiting on since I started your channel!!! You have greatly influenced my plant collection!!!

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks :)

[@justinamontgomery2618]

Hi Jan! I still do not have this plant....I have had not great success with the green version....they are what brought thrip in my home :( so my love has waned.....in the future, if prices continue to go down, I would try...it is such a beautiful beautiful plant...great job growing from wet stick....I am determined to get my green happy...monstera and me are still learning about eachother :) I love how they look but have not loved growing them yet!........to be continued......

[@marciajohnson1825]

Excellent docu-diary of you and this beautiful plant's journey from wetstick to present - thoroughly enjoyed it. Great advice, which is very helpful. Thank you Jan! I keep your videos (along with a few other plant parents) in a folder to refer back to whenever I need to. I have cuttings of an Adansonii and a Swiss Cheese (is that a Deliciosa?) and enjoying their journey with me so far. The Thai Constellation is very firmly on my wishlist

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thank you :) yes i believe swiss cheese is a common name for deliciosa

[@marciajohnson1825]

@@sydneyplantguy thanks for confirming

[@zap4980]

Thanks for sharing ❤

[@maximkoerner]

Beautiful❤

[@97purplehaz]

Wow, this was filled with info. I’m still waiting to get an Albo as they are so expensive here in the US. I was going to buy a wet stick or cutting, but now I’m rethinking that. I think I’ll just wait and invest in some other verigated types. Great video. Thanks.

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thank you :)

[@darkomijic]

I have a completely different experience with propagating variegated monsteras. I've chopped my plant when it overgrew in 15 single node cuttings, and all propagated in water. All plants are now in aroid mix and thriving.

[@darkomijic]

It took 1 week for roots to form in water.

[@sydneyplantguy]

Nice:)

[@debragiannetti9755]

I always loved the look of Iron wood supports 🥰, but since it can’t give me the results that a moss pole can I didn’t have to think to long about converting Lol. Thanks for another informative video.

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks:)

[@elmerbaez6784]

The idea of putting the aerial roots in the moss pole sounds like a great idea. You may get more huge, leaves. Try it out!! The aerial roots want soil to create more leaves. Your amazing!! Thank you for sharing. Your plants are just gorgeous!! Just like you!!!

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks :)

[@aidanham]

Thank you for sharing all this information, love your videos 😊 I've been wanting one since forever. The first cutting I bought was send to me with a severe root rot that already affected the stem, it didn't make it. Picked up my second one a month ago which has a very healthy root system and comes from a very involved plant dad. Stumbled upon your videos because I noticed it grew a lot slower than my regular monstera and was wondering if I did something wrong but I guess she's just a little tricky and slower than her unvarigated brother.

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks :)

[@gardeningwithusha]

Amazing..😍..Indore plant 👌👌I like your all video's....so informative 🙌🙌

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks :)

[@aylaloup-lestatJun]

Thank you for this vidéo 💚🇫🇷🙏

[@zweety1010]

What makes the leafs grow large

[@qrxzl]

I find it odd when some "big" plant youtubers talk about variegation, and how it can be affected by more or less light apparently. I always called it bullshit and I am happy that I finally found somebody agreeing with me.

[@sydneyplantguy]

Not all variegation is the same. Some variegation can be triggered by environmental conditions but tk my knoweldge that is not the case eith variegated monsteras

[@hanabimankai6381]

I really like your videos. Thanks to you I can do moss pole to my monstera Adansonia. Which is so far my favorite monstera. I hope that one day my monstera Adansonia will be as beautiful as yours (I saw your video about that plant). And your momstera adansonia is laniata or not because of those very big leaves

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks :) it is adanosonii subspecies laniata :)

[@hoaianh7205]

👍

[@keithpugh7538]

They are so expensive, still waiting on a price drop.

[@sydneyplantguy]

Stay parient :) they will definitely drop eventually

[@BumblebeeFern]

“For the sake of…all the time” 😂 same my dude, same. Monsteras are so confusing.

[@youwhenhow]

Thank you so much for your explanation. How do you water your moss pole or keep it constantly moist?

[@sydneyplantguy]

Watering Moss Poles #tutorial kzbin.info/www/bejne/mn-ldHyKZZ1joaM

[@youwhenhow]

@@sydneyplantguy thank you so much! ❤

[@Gorgeouscorliss]

My Albo has grown 2 half and half leaves but the plant is still small and has 4 leaves 2 have fenestrations, the white sections haven’t turned browns yet I don’t know what that means but I’ve only had it since November 2022 I don’t know if I should start it on a moss pole or give it some more time I just want it to grown big and beautiful like my Monstera Deliciosa.

[@damarisvega865]

Hi! This is monstera borsigiana small form

[@cajbrg]

What do you do with the moss within the pole whenever you "take it apart". Do You cut the pole in small pieces? Get rid or reuse the moss etc.

[@sydneyplantguy]

Yes I cut it apart and re-use the moss :)

[@organixgirl]

So I used deer netting for my pole but it was very flimsy is that the stuff you use?

[@sydneyplantguy]

Metal wire mesh

[@leopardgeckos8058]

do you feel like you could have been more successful with the air layering had you used an aroid mix rather than sphagnum moss/water? Just thinking that I know how fussy they are so the change in medium/moisture level with a different substrate could maybe have led to them failing? I’ve not tried that yet (i’m too scared to propagate mine!😂) so i’m not sure 😅

[@sydneyplantguy]

Mm maybe but I have had success air layering in moss before. I think I should have just air layered for longer:)

[@kerrytraeger6769]

My albo is only a baby so I haven't popped it onto a pole yet but, I did pop my Thai on one and the roots have gone right into it. They must be strong roots because they've bent the metal wire 🤔

[@sydneyplantguy]

Yes monsteras can grow some really strong chunky roots :)

[@jakzson]

Where do you get your clear pots from?

[@sydneyplantguy]

Bunnings

[@rainbow.dreaming._]

Hi, I'd like to know how much lux/footcandles a Variegated Monstera needs in terms of light to keep the variegation??

[@sydneyplantguy]

Light intensity and the variegation of monsteras are unrelated.

[@katearnold7127]

It looks like large form to me!

[@christina3478]

Do these moss poles attract fungus gnats or any flys? I want to do one but I just would rather skip the bug suffering it will cause me haha

[@sydneyplantguy]

I don’t have any fungus gnats :)

[@neonice]

Soil is the only thing fungus gnats are really attracted to because they love the mycelium and mold that easily grows on it.

[@MpMochaPeanut]

I wonder how often u have to clean and wipe the leaves? your plants are so huge and gorgeous but could also collect lots of dust and worse lead to pest like spidermites which is my biggest nemesis!

[@sydneyplantguy]

I usually spray them with water once a month to clean the leaves :)

[@MpMochaPeanut]

@@sydneyplantguy wont that be causing mess? I mean your plants are all indoor right? I was also being warned that spraying on the leaves could potentially cause fungus...

[@vinyldaiquiri]

@@MpMochaPeanut It absolutely can cause fungus, BUT if you have good airflow it should be fine!

[@SamGideonSmi]

what do you use to support the moss pole?

[@sydneyplantguy]

A garden stake

[@SamGideonSmi]

@@sydneyplantguy Thank you for the reply

[@juanitagordon5064]

How do you clean your plants 🪴?

[@sydneyplantguy]

Water :)

[@Brian-qn2mx]

Do you think monstera albos can grow by a window. During winter it’s very cloudy

[@sydneyplantguy]

they can tolerate quite a bit of light

[@Brian-qn2mx]

@@sydneyplantguy it doesn’t get much light in the winter do you think I can grow there?

[@Hadinata1994]

Can we go outside and have a tour again? :)

[@nano1124]

Hi there I recommend u watch a guy on KZbin called Trevor mortenson he has a technique called step layering (i think) he applied it on his albo & the result is something else

[@AlabastroKing]

What you got right there is a deliciosa small form. great specimen

[@evitetriyani6005]

I hv monstera albo

[@ariannab2636]

Poor plant got no attention bc you were mad at it 😭😭I could never with this one

[@sydneyplantguy]

😂😂 well it survived

[@Mc4King]

Hi! This is the small form.

[@thomasmiguel1]

This is def… a small form monstera, large form got so thick stamp and much more large and thicker leaf’s

[@neonice]

Monstera deliciosa has highly variable individuals so they can't really be seperated into two categories

[@qrxzl]

@@neonice the big form grows hole-shaped perforation in the middle of the leaf pretty quickly, while the small form only has this striped perforation on the edge.

[@brenfays3255]

check the rotted ones about mid video, they have the perforations, also the larger leaves at the top of the main one have them as well, this seems to be a large form, but I can't tell if it's a climber or crawler.

[@sherriemedellin5575]

Thank you for always giving us the BEST INFORMATION 🪴I’m also not great at growing from water !! I try🪴

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thank you :)

[@sherriemedellin5575]

@@sydneyplantguy very welcome