Monstera,Etc

09/11/2026

Been a while since I did a leaf dump…enjoy!

09/09/2026

Growing notoriously difficult plants indoors doesn’t necessarily require a sophisticated greenhouse. I use a combination of grow tents, automated lighting, vertical storage and some decidedly unconventional solutions to create controlled environments for plants with very specific growing requirements.

This is a quick look inside my main grow tent. Almost everything you see here was adapted from readily available equipment—and some of the most useful solutions have also been the least expensive.

Have questions on how to grow difficult species or automate your plant care? Leave a comment below!

09/06/2026

09/04/2026

Venture Capital/Private Equity is out of control

09/03/2026

09/02/2026

Plans are being laid. Gonna be a good day!

08/29/2026

Kartel Daun HU Dorayaki × Basilisk

I’ve been growing this plant from seed since November 2023, when I received it from .

It was one of 20 seeds. After nearly three years, only a handful have survived—and this was the one I had been watching most closely because of those beautiful veins.

Last night, while I was watering the tent, I noticed the back of a new red emergent leaf. Like I always do with new leaves, I turned the plant around so I could watch it emerge facing forward.

And THAT was when I saw it.

Variegation. 🤯🌱

After growing this plant from a seed for almost three years, I certainly wasn’t expecting it to suddenly throw a variegated leaf. This may be one of the best surprises I’ve had in my collection in a very long time.

Now comes the hard part: waiting to see what the next leaf does. 👀

08/16/2026

The Frog Garden 🐸🌿

This is what I call my Frog Garden.

Last year, when I was clearing plants out of the greenhouse, I took dozens of leafless nodes, runners, and little pieces of plants that weren’t worth potting individually and tossed them into a tote.

And then I mostly forgot about them.

They sat there through the winter looking like a box of sticks and nubs, with just enough moisture to keep whatever was still alive…alive.

Sometime around January or February, I added a shallow layer of water so the remaining roots could reach it. Eventually the water started looking questionable, so I did the obvious thing:

I put the whole thing outside and let nature deal with it.

Nature did.

Rain replaced the old water. Dormant nodes began sprouting. Mosquito larvae appeared. Then tadpoles appeared. Then frogs. Lizards moved into the neighborhood. And somewhere along the way, my tote full of discarded plant parts turned into this beautiful little living garden.

Now it sits beside my back door, absolutely full of foliage and surrounded by a tiny army of predators that patrol the plants for insects, slugs, snails, grasshoppers, and anything else they can catch.

I didn’t build a frog habitat.

I threw some sticks in a plastic tote and neglected it.

The ecosystem handled the rest. 🐸

Sometimes the most useful little corners of a garden are the ones we stop trying so hard to control.