You know that shit is top notch too, I've never been at a place that shuts their counter down after selling out that didn't have absolutely bananas food.

I'm down in Texas and we have several BBQ joints like that. My brother used to know this old man named N.O. that did it this way. He'd be out at the ass crack of dawn with the smoker he ran through the night, and you best get there and get in that line if you wanted anything. He retired some years ago, and nobody has filled his place because it's damn near impossible. Bet this little lady with her curries will be the same way.

Too much moisture can cause root rot. Let it dry out entirely before watering again. That's likely why the leaves are curling. I usually use 1 part potting soil to 2 parts perlite/bark (so one part each). Bark holds moisture as well, and you want that soil to be chunky. In the words of a plant YouTuber "drown that ho" when it's time to water but let all the extra water out (if indoors you can water in the sink/bathtub/sterilite tote) because that extra water will allow for all the nasties to populate and eat those roots away with rot. And you'll be none the wiser until it just drops over dead one day.

The trick with growing them in water is you have to change the water out pretty regularly or the same thing will happen and you have to provide the nutrients that they are not getting from the soil when it's in water. Fish tanks are amazing to grow pothos and monstera in because they get all that lovely fish waste directly into their roots, and the water is being filtered by a hob or sponge filter etc.

When moving from water to soil, it's going to be a shock, and growing in moss does help that. You can also grow in moss+perlite+bark+soil, if you live in a hotter area (or your house is hotter) and heat sucks out the water from the soil faster. The moss will help keep the soil moist without being sopping wet.

Does any of that help and if not, hit me with your questions and I'll geek out all over again :)

Edit: also when moving from water to soil, let the roots "harden" by drying a bit! That way they have a "crust" on the outside kind of, for lack of a better way to explain it!

What soil are you using? That matters A LOT with monstera especially being inside. I'm in Texas, so my houseplants are outside during most of the year, however when I bring them in for winter, they manage well because the soil type I use for them allows for excellent drainage. They also do much better in clay pots in my experience. I have like 20ish house plants that I regularly ignore (monsteras like that, they do not like fussy owners) but their soil mix keeps them most happy.

I fuckin love me some houseplants, especially pothos and philodendrons (monstera is philo). You ever want some help, I'll be glad to!!

At least in my family, yes. I'm AuDHD, mom is ADHD and so was grandma. Grandma on mom's side was hit with parkinson's earlier in my life. Dad's mom also died from Parkinson's. Dad was undiagnosed but there is plenty to suspect he was autistic.

I have a nasty feeling I'm in for a hell of a time when I get older. Just hoping I'm aware enough to self delete at a certain point. I don't want to waste away in a bed, locked in my own body with no way to communicate like my grandma.

I live in Texas, and one of our state mottos is "fuck you people" so of course they run rampant down here.

I live in a state that these are littered all over the place. Used to, you'd go there and get a whole basket of donated items for a reasonable price. The other day, I spent $8 each on two long sleeve over shirts, and there was a cast iron brandless pan that needed work priced at $15.

They're taking all of the good things donated and Hocking them on their online bidding store. So not only are they getting these items for free, they're screwing over the public even worse by refusing to put them into stores. You used to be able to buy large buckets of broken jewelry for crafts for $10. Now, they run about $30 for 2 pounds of jewelry and you have to pay shipping.

They're a garbage company for a lot of reasons, but being structured as a nonprofit and making a killing on things donated by other people not privy to their shittery is pretty high on the list.

You must be one of those people who dump animals at shelters as soon as they become any kind of inconvenient.

Throw some micro clover seed down. Fixes nitrogen to the soil, grows quickly, doesn't need to be mowed, can be walked on easily, comes back every year.

We have clover and straggler daisy in our front and back yards. We have to mow maybe twice a summer because it never gets over 6-8 inches.

I figured they weren't giving treats to the dog's satisfaction and he was preparing for their demise.