how to propagate monstera deliciosa
Good luck! If you have plant munchers, keep monsteras out of reach. Get it growing lush and thick thou. Thanks, Carol. I thought it had something to do with too much / too little sunlight, but I can’t find anything about it. After taking this cutting this from the main plant, I washed it under filtered water. Sometimes it’s common to see a few turn yellow. We have coldish (0 F), dry winters and dryish summers, and it can get really hot in the sun. Typically you want a cutting to sit in water for a few months, so if it’s been that long and the roots look healthy, go for it! Do you know how long it would take for a new leaf to grow once the cutting is potted? Will the cutting root if I snip off a bit of the aerial root to fit it in a glass jar? Now they have both developed new leaves but still no roots as far as I can see. Did I ruin it!? I have two questions: 1. He’s indoors in a huge northwest window. Hello, Thanks for the helpful post! Your monstera sounds very much like Monty and will never “grow” in a certain way even in you trim off leaves. And i noticed there a few tiny worm crawling in the soil. I used one of my good ol’ standby pots that’s plastic and sturdy, perfect for starting-out saplings. Hi Jen! Feel free to use photo but please credit it back to leafandpaw.com, stated somewhere visible. Learn how your comment data is processed. I recommend general potting mix mixed equally with perlite and orchid bark. I’m going to propagate my monstera. I’m so terrified of propagating my plant but your post made me want to try. I once took a cutting from my mature plant which rooted in a matter of days and another from a younger plant that took months. Will a new stem regrow from site where I took the cutting? Spanish moss is part of the air plant family and will not hold moisture or function like sphagnum moss (which is an actual moss) will. You can follow my wetstick overview in this post – that should help! Should I water it a lot? Thank you. Hi Joy, monsteras do not like harsh, direct sunlight so that can definitely be the problem. My Monstera is very happy – 5 feet tall, huge leaves with 20 cuts, a new leaf every month lately – but only a single stem. The original cutting area stays healthy and sprouts a new branch which helps keeps the plant looking full. Each has several air roots. I use just plain garden stakes like these: https://amzn.to/2M30TFt. Hi Angel! I’ve looked for this for awhile thank you Janette. When you're water propagating your Monstera, it's easy to create root rot because the roots can't breathe under water. can I propagate from a stem and node or do I need a leaf? This is very sad, my 1st time. Sounds just like my crazy cheese plant who is also taking over my living room, I want to snip off a leaf (a friend bit the end off, don’t ask) so it’s half a brown leaf now, if I’m not planning to propagate does it matter where I just the stem? I don’t want to accidentally kill it, and was planning on just trying to get as take as much of the roots as possible. How to Propagate Monstera deliciosa. Sure you can send me a photo on IG or facebook, but the aerial roots or nodes will look like little nubs. Mine have ignored mine so far, thank goodness! There were just two stems/leaves and the one root originally. Those stems will look great in a vase though! They just tend to grow better by themselves, plus Monsteras do grow quick! But ever since she chewed on that one leaf, I never have to worry about her when she naps behind my plants or hits one with her paw to watch it move, because although my cat likes to bite absolutely everything, she has never tried to bite one of my plants again. Each heart shaped leaf that appears starts of as a full leaf and then begins to form it's slits. I’m so worried I will kill it and waste the cutting. When is a good time for this leaf with roots to be planted into soil? Either way you should be able to save the pieces you have. Please help! I am trying to REVIVE MY BABY. Moved plant thinking maybe it got a hot shot of sun, now omg. Thank you for your great article! Another option, especially for an older, taller specimen that’s lost its lower leaves, is to air layer the top portion of your overgrown monstera plant before pruning back excess growth. Good luck! Some leaves turning yellow now. Please advise! Thanks for this article! With three new roots, I’m thinking a 6″ pot should be good and yes, after 2 months it should be ok to pot up! I have succeed in propagating my monstera last year. Any way to get the leaves bigger? How to propagate a Monstera from seed. Monstera deliciosa is a climber in its natural habitat, using its aerial roots to cling to large trees, so you should provide it with moss-covered support sticks or a trellis. You can always try a rig with twist ties, get a taller jar (like I did) or lean the plant on the jar lip to keep it centered. Looking at Monty it looks like there’s a lot of different ‘stems’ in the same pot. Hi Carl, I find rooting in water then transferring into soil yields a healthy plant. Thanks for the great post! Hi Natalia, it could be a few things, but it sounds like improper watering. I’d happily trade for a cutting or a propagated baby if/when we get to that point! In about a month or so, I started to see good things happen. I would repot first, then once he is acclimated to his new house, you should be able to propagate. Our Stella Monster has come through a ‘grooming'(via cat) and now is onto her second grooming(via your method). The tip is a bit brown where the leaf was. That’s amazing! Cuttings with leaves are much more stable. A couple Qs, though: 1) can the Monstera be put outdoors? Thanks so much for this post! Thanks! Hi there! is there any hope? Very cool in a garden that includes the real thing! As far as the root rot, it’s tricky. So we cut it up into 4 plants and rooted them and they took off. It does, an offshoot will spurt out of the same branch, just not directly out of the cut area. They produce new leaves even though it is February and nature is dead inside. This article is golden! Hi Alise! Thanksss! Hi Bridget, Keep waiting. Hi, thanks for a great article! My first question: I recently repotted some rooted Monstera plants, but decided to put them in separate pots. Should I cut it off or will a new leaf ever grow back? The new roots are about a half an inch. Hi Kristin, any cutting that you are propagating should include a root and there shouldn’t be any reason to cut the stem off a new cutting. . I am having a really hard time with my monstera cutting! Do you think this is fine and do you have any suggestions for me? Hi, I have a very large monstera mostly without leaves, I have chopped it into pieces about 6 inches long with a few round white rings, will they grow if fully submerged in water please? Hi there! Monstera deliciosa belongs to the family Araceae and is a popular house plant. The stem is growing and growing. Don’t cut to many damaged leaves off, but if some are yellow/dying/destroyed those can be cut. Thanks for the Great Information. Hi!! It is VERY slowly growing new leaves and is recovering. Hi Tyler, I do specify that air layering needs to be done on the plant itself until roots form, but I appreciate your feedback! I would place the cutting in a glass jar with water until that root acclimates, then you should be able to plant and bring indoors. Did that stem grow back? I have two Monstera plants that I got when we closed an office and someone left the plant behind. I don’t have any from my process but this is a super great guide: https://www.instructables.com/id/Propagating-Plants-by-Air-Layering/. Your monstera sounds a bit too young to propagate, usually you need a few stems on a plant or else you may end up doing some damage and it may not recover. That’s as long as the mother plant is established enough first and healthy. Photos might help the best for this, so feel free to send me pics on facebook! The first new leaves had many holes in them, but now all the new leafs are just plain leaves without holes. I change the water every 5 or so days and it is spring time in Australia so I thought it might have grown a root by now! Will it eventually bring new leaves where you cut it? HI Sammi, I would just repot it! Honestly I’m not sure what the plant is but by looking at pictures on the internet I’m pretty sure it’s a monstera. Mine is brown too, I’m a bit worry. Hi Zoe, for the most part, yes it’s fine, but you may want to remove any very brown or dried leaves. Thank you.. Hi Debbie – you can! Does the soil have drainage? They have an odd way of growing away from light, instead reaching towards dark areas in search of something to climb on. but I have finally aquired one again but it has been stuck in a way to small pot and is really tall. And it looks beautiful where it is in the vase. Hi Shannen, you can but it may take quite a while for new leaves to form. I purchased a cutting with small nod about an inch or so it’s my first one to propagate! Thanks for any advice! Looks like large scorch marks on leaves. And I’m glad Charlie found a loving home. Should i be worried? I had to do something. The trunks are 6″ across and each one weighs about 20lbs. Hello, my newest leaf on my monstera broke off and now not sure what to do. I carefully positioned the cutting so it remained upright. Good luck! Thanks so much. My monstera water propagation roots habe suddenly turned brown!! Hi Abby! I’m so scared they’re gonna die! Hi Alex, usually a lighter color means there is a watering issue. Hope that helps! I would repot them at the end of August, and since September tends to be warm (in the States anyway), that will give the some time to acclimate. Hi Mary Ann! Mine is just starting to look a little stemmy, but still really nice, so I only want to cut if it will help maintain its full shape. I did cut it at a node but there was only a small stubby aerial root attached, not sure if this is a problem. As they mature I found they grow much quicker. I pulled it out and continued woth my plan to put it in a jar with water. 1) Caring for the seeds: Getting Monstera Deliciosa seeds to germinate is actually the easy part, the hard part is getting the seeds fresh and healthy. You can definitely pot now, but it never hurts to keep him in water until a longer root forms, I think Monty Jr.’s were about 4″ long when I planted. Good luck! Hi Emma! The only way (I believe) they’ll get bushier is with more stems, and more stems are produced by ideal conditions such as bright light and high humidity, and rotating them weekly – that encourages even growth all round. Is it overwatered? Did Monty find his way to grow new leaves where you cut him? Hi Laurie! but the stem which it is propagated from is very big. Do monsteras only grow one leaf at a time or is there a way to encourage more growth? I would really appreciate your help. I recently tried to propagate a cutting from a monstera and it was super happy when in a jar of water. Is that normal or is root rot setting in again or is it the cinnamon discolouring it.? Simply wrap some damp sphagnum moss around the stem where an aerial root and leaf axil are located. I added 4 in a large pot and 1 in a 6 in pot. It has 3 roots growing off if it. If there is any stem on the original plant, I would leave it in the soil too, it may grow some leaves. Okay, so I live in Kauai and there are beautiful monsteras all over the island. I felt it was sitting to high. Hi Lani, You can propagate it again in the same spot or on the old stem, just be sure the existing root or node is healthy and plump and there are at least three leaves that will be on the new cutting. My monstera is in a 9″ square pot and has 4 growing stems, all wanting to branch out horizontally. I’ve been reading that I should stake it but I would prefer to just keep it bushy rather than grow taller. I’m happy to send you some suggestions! Monsteras do like a decent amount of sun, but not drafts. Hi Kaylee! , So glad I can help out and thanks so much for reading, Delaney! I was reading that is the way they grow in the wild in order to climb up trees to reach the sunlight. Hi Narelle, It should. They are starting to grow roots, but simultaneously the leaves are starting to yellow. Do look for any blackening on the stem and definitely check for bugs if the mother plant had any infestation. Monty is beautiful! Is there any chance I could send you some pictures of these babies and you could give me advice? If they feel plump and firm you should be good. Monty is very much growing horizontally and staking actually does encourage vertical growth, but pruning the awkward stems did help shape him a bit better last year. Hi Michelle! Hi! Is there any chance you can dig up the root? I gathered some tools and started by chopping off one giant stem and chose the rooting method. Hi there! Hello! Can I cut it below the stem and with the long aerial root? I would place it in water for a few weeks and see if anything happens. Hi Eve! Anastasia – Hi Shayma, Monsteras develop holes as they mature, so if you have a younger or smaller Monstera, you may not see any cuts until it grows a bit more. If you can’t attach a photo in the comments here – feel free to post on Leaf and Paw’s facebook page and that would give me a better idea. Buy a Monstera Deliciosa plant delivered directly from Miami from our webshop. If your monstera has lots of other leaves, you will be fine cutting it off, but I would leave it and let it grow if it’s a younger plant. Congrats on your find. Thank you. I hope so too! I’m right, right? is it going to make it? Now the stem is shrinking, but the roots are still healthy looking and the aerial root that is attached to the stem is still solid, not mushy at all. Thank you. Hi Bunny! But I don’t want to pot them before they’re ready and risk killing them! Fingers crossed! So my monsterra is very happily growing – a little too happily! Or did it just dry up? Should the cuttings get the same amount of light as the parent Monstera, or more / less? I have had it for a couple of years but it only has five leaves, as each time it grows a leaf the oldest leaf yellows and dies. The water turns brown after 1 or 2 days, I can’t keep up with changing it. It is a week today. I’ve managed to propagate a menstera and it’s doing well but there is only one leaf and it just grows bigger and badder but with no new leaves. Be sure the cutting is in a warm place in bright indirect light. Also, since Monty was a very healthy plant, pruning actually encourages growth! Can I propagate from down low like that? It looks kind of like kind of like a plant pimple, and is located at a petiole intersection. If the roots get moldy or start to disintegrate, I’d say get rid of them after that. The aerial root by the node where I want to make a cut is rather long. Be warned, because you are entering fall you may not see a huge amount of leaf development once you plant, but don’t panic, baby monsteras produce leaves very slowly. Also be sure the cutting is in a warm location – that’s key. You can cut off the brown leaf if you haven’t already. It can! Hey thanks for the post – what happens to the mother plant and the stump that is left, does it regrow? You can also definitely continue to grow the Monstera in water, but eventually the roots will become too large and it will need to be transferred to soil. What should I do/what’s going wrong? My biggest (30+ year) plant that I received as a gift only has lava rock in it, but I’m somehow unsure if that would be too much for the newly rooted plants…. Propagating a Swiss Cheese Plant is a great way to multiply your plant collection and also create a nice starter plant for friends and family. It did not have a node. I recommend getting a moisture meter so you don’t overwater, which can kill a young plant. Taking a plant with very moist soil on the roots wrapped in plastic will survive or a cutting with damp paper towels over the node will work too. I would get a moisture meter to test for soil dryness and definitely move him to a cooler place if possible. They're not the type of roots that damage walls or surfaces. Placing any new plant or cutting in a too-large pot means there is too much soil and (usually) too much water which can rot the plant. Hi Jordana – what you can do is do the type of air layering I mention and put a bundle of moss around a node to encourage root development. You should still be fine. Can you use a non glass, opaque container to regrow a cutting? If I want a more bushy version vs one that will need to be staked in order to keep it from laying across my desk, will cutting the stem back cause the mother plant to produce more than one new branch? A gentle pinch of the roots will tell you though – roots will squish immediately. You’ll only be able to propagate with a pre-existing node/roots. This little nub is key and will be the ONLY way you can propagate as it turns into a root. And I know wandering jews can be considered toxic, but I reached out to Cornell University and they confirmed it is safe for pets, it just can’t be consumed in excess. Just a leaf with a stem will not produce roots, it has to have a node. Below is a new node developing on Monty Jr – it doesn’t take long! I can’t tell without pictures, but I’m thinking you have some kind of rot going on. How do I know where to cut off the leaf if I cannot see many arial roots? If cut correctly, you should see growth almost immediately (as in a week or so) on the mother plant, and if the cut was a few months ago and there is nothing, something may be been cut wrong. Once I got it home I mixed up some root starter and placed it in that for a few days then switched it to fresh water. I had to move it to soil and it popped out leaves immediately. He still leans a bit to one side and is still the best cat-hiding spot in the house. Hi Carol, new leaves are a good sign, and sometimes cuttings take a very long time. You can definitely try it, but it is definitely not a direct replacement and may not work. I have Monstera growing in abundance outside can I try propagate this or are there different types of Monty’s (indoor/outdoor)? Hi! I can add that yes! Cut the stem clean off where the incision once was and pot away. Feel free to reach out again if you need more help! Move the plant to a nice bright location and add a little fertilizer to give him a boost. © 2021 Leaf and Paw. Not sure if you would have as much luck just pitting them in soil. Depends on the size of the cutting and the roots, but you want a pot that won’t squish the roots when it’s planted. Sorry this is so long. I have propagated pothos, snake plant and succulents before but I have never heard of air layering could you explain a little more of what the steps are and why it’s done? Your monsteras sound amazing. The aerial root itself looks questionable but I did cut the tip and noticed that it is still white. Sometimes the dirt/soil isn’t enough to get them to root and if they are drooping it means water isn’t getting to the nodes and being absorbed. Tia! Feel free to post them on leafandpaw’s facebook page and I’d be happy to offer more help! Then I went out of town for 18 days. Happy growing! I’ve found 3 neglected monsteras in my garden. I have 3 truly monstrous sized outdoor cuttings from a 25 year old “Monty”. I thought he would die right off. I hope that helps and feel free to send a photo to L&P’s facebook – that might help me get a better idea too. Hey, I have a monstera that has a stem but no leaf. Keeping monsteras in a warm, sunny location promotes growth the most and be sure not to overwinter in winter. I wish I could attach a picture. I have a monstera with several stems and is growing all kinds of new leaves. Hi Julie! Or would I achieve this by pruning it to force new growth? Hi Melissa! Because the roots grow so unwieldy, enough space would be the only issue, but if it’s a large pot you should be fine. I made a cutting of my main monstera plant on July 2. The most convenient way to propagate a Monstera cutting is to just position it in water. Is a piece of wood good enough, or should it be a moss totem? Two branches have what look like nearly a DOZEN aerial roots, and another has one giant aerial root, but it’s partly embedded in the tree, and I’m worried I’ll kill it if I slice into it. 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