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How to care for a Monstera Mint? 🪴

🪴 How to care for a Monstera Mint?

🌟 Introduction: A rare tropical plant that attracts all greetings

Have you fallen in love with Monstera Mint ? It's normal 🌱
Still little known to the general public, this rare tropical plant attracts collectors worldwide with its unique leaves variegated with mint green and white. Produced through careful selection, particularly in Thailand, it has won over exotic indoor plant enthusiasts in Europe .

In this guide, discover how to care for a Monstera Mint , boost its variegation, avoid growing mistakes and make your collection of rare tropical plants shine 🌿

1️⃣ Origins and specificities of the Monstera Mint 🌍

Monstera Mint is a highly prized mutation of Monstera deliciosa , with light green, cream, and mint-white marbled foliage. It is rarely seen and is considered a rare, high-end tropical plant in Europe.

🌿 Remember:

  • Stable but delicate mutation

  • Needs more intense light than classic Monsteras

  • Slower growth

  • Perfect for creating an original collection of indoor tropical plants

2️⃣ Light: a key factor for variegation ☀️

The light areas of its leaves have little chlorophyll, so they absorb less light. Therefore, good lighting is essential 🌞

📌 Tips:

  • Bright indirect light (East/South-East window + curtain)

  • LED horticultural lamp in winter for 10 to 12 hours of light

  • Stir the pot regularly

⚠️ Too much sun = burns, too little = fading variegation

💡 Properly controlled light is essential to preserve the aesthetics of this rare variegated tropical plant.

3️⃣ Substrate: the key to a healthy root system 🪴

Monstera Mint hates heavy, soggy substrates. It needs a tropical, draining, airy substrate rich in organic matter.

🔧 Ideal recipe:

  • 40% coconut fiber or leaf mold

  • 20% perlite

  • 20% pine bark

  • 10% activated carbon

  • 10% vermicompost

🛒 Save time with ready-to-use tropical substrates from Green and White Plants, designed for the care of rare tropical plants imported from Asia .

4️⃣ Watering: find the right rhythm 💧

Incorrectly dosed watering can ruin your plant. Keep the substrate slightly moist , but not excessively so.

✅ To do:

  • Water when the top 3-4 cm are dry

  • Filtered or rain water, room temperature

  • Empty the saucer only

  • Reduce watering in winter

🌡️ Use a transparent pot or a humidity meter to monitor humidity: this is the preferred method of professionals of rare tropical plants in Europe .

5️⃣ Humidity: Create a rainforest atmosphere 🌫️

Ambient humidity is crucial to prevent brown edges on variegated leaves.

🌿 Target: 60 to 80%

📌 Solutions:

  • Air humidifier

  • Group your plants together to create a microclimate

  • Tray of wet clay balls

  • Sprays around (avoids variegated leaves)

🚫 Avoid: radiators, air conditioning and drafts

6️⃣ Temperature and location: stability above all 🌡️

Monstera Mint likes consistency.

📍 Ideal:

  • Temperature: 20 to 26°C

  • No thermal shocks

  • Avoid direct sources of heat or cold

💡 Recommended locations: bright living room, veranda, tropical window display

A stable and bright environment favors the development of rare variegated tropical plants .

7️⃣ Repotting and staking: boost vertical growth 🪵

Like all Monstera, Mint is a climbing plant that likes to lean on it to grow.

🪴 Repot:

  • Every 12 to 18 months, in spring

  • Pot +2 to 3 cm

  • Quality tropical substrate

🪵 Tutor:

  • Moss, coconut or sphagnum

  • Moistened to encourage aerial roots

Result: larger, windowed, and spectacular leaves ✨

8️⃣ Maintenance and pruning: maintaining a healthy plant ✂️

Good regular maintenance is essential.

📋 To do:

  • Clean the leaves with a soft cloth

  • Removes damaged or completely white leaves

  • Prune stems that are too long to balance the plant

  • Turn the pot every two weeks

⚠️ Caution: Each cut can affect the variegation pattern, think before you cut!

9️⃣ Propagation: how to take cuttings from a Monstera Mint 🌱

Want to share your Monstera Mint or save a specific variegation? Propagating cuttings is simple and effective.

📌 Steps:

  • Cut a stem with at least one node + one leaf

  • Place in water or sphagnum moss

  • Maintains heat and humidity

  • Replant in a substrate suitable for rare tropical plants as soon as the roots reach 5-7 cm

Perfect for enriching your jungle or sharing this tropical gem 💚

🔟 Disease and parasite prevention 🐛

Even rare tropical plants can become diseased if conditions are poor.

👀 To watch out for:

  • Sticky leaves ➤ scale insects

  • Stains ➤ fungi

  • Dry edges ➤ air too dry

🛡️ To do:

  • Black soap or natural insecticide

  • Cleaning the leaves

  • Isolate any diseased plants

  • Check the underside of the leaves every week

Weekly monitoring = a thriving Monstera Mint 🌿

🌟 Conclusion: Monstera Mint, a plant jewel to cherish

Unique, variegated, delicate, and mesmerizing, the Monstera Mint is more than just a plant: it's a rare tropical work of art . With these tips, you can give it the perfect setting, even in France or Europe .

With light, humidity, a good substrate and a little love, your Mint will offer you a plant spectacle worthy of the most beautiful exotic jungles 💚

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