Helpful hints

 

Any plant that has been shipped will benefit from placing them in an area with high humidity for a few weeks.  This will help them recoup much faster and can minimize the effects of the stress of shipping.  If you don’t have a prop box or cabinet, you can put a clear baggie over the plant, or use things like clear plastic deli containers in which you place the plant inside and set the lid on top (don’t need to snap it close) and just let it get some air every day. 

What do I do with the moss when I pot my plant up when it’s fully rooted?  You don’t need to remove the moss- you can pot it into your substrate with the moss attached. It will lessen the shock of changing substrate, and also when you peel all that moss off you can damage the roots too, so removing it can do more harm then good.   Of course, if you are doing leca or stratum, you do need to remove all the moss, but switching to semi hydro often times you lose all the roots that were grown in moss anyway because you are changing the type of root that is grown

Monstera tip- plant with node ABOVE substrate.  These can be more prone to rot, and having that node buried doesn’t help.  You may need to use a bamboo stick to prop the plant up, but keep that node above the substrate!

Starter plants: Many of the starter plants will need extra attention until they are a bit larger.  They are small and as such they often have smaller roots as well.  If you are able to continue the rooting process in moss, perlite or a moss perlite mix that is best.  If you move it to water, the moss roots will likely die off as it is a different kind of root, and you will be starting from scratch.  If you use any mixture with moss, you don’t want the moss soggy. Leave it the consistency of how it is when you squeeze out excess moisture.  Sometimes mixing it with perlite helps when you are learning how to use moss, the perlite helps you not let the moss get too wet.  Again, high humidity really helps starter plants flourish!