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What can I use to support this Monstera?

35 replies

Dressses · 19/03/2026 21:58

It's got very tall and the moss pole is not only too short but isn't sturdy enough and is just falling over, it's propped against the window. For scale, the ceiling height is around 2.6m.

Where can I get some kind of attractive and tall support which will also stay put somehow in the soil? I could potentially put some kind of hook in the ceiling but it would be good to be able to move the plant.

What can I use to support this Monstera?
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Fast800goingforit · 22/03/2026 09:15

Put the pot on a wheeled dolly then it will be easier to move. You can put the whole thing on a carpet tile or sample to protect the floor.

Mumteedum · 22/03/2026 14:19

Do you mind if I ask some advice? Mine is growing to one side of the pot. I got a moss pole which I haven't inserted yet but not sure how to help it go up and not horizontal.

What can I use to support this Monstera?
Jimmyneutronsforehead · 22/03/2026 19:30

Mumteedum · 22/03/2026 14:19

Do you mind if I ask some advice? Mine is growing to one side of the pot. I got a moss pole which I haven't inserted yet but not sure how to help it go up and not horizontal.

It is reaching for the light and also getting very top heavy.

Give it a pole, tie it round with twine, encourage aerial roots to wrap round it, see if you can move it a bit closer to sunlight. It should have bright but indirect sunlight as though it is dappled light through a tree canopy, and rotate if you want to encourage the leaves to face multiple directions.

TrafficBlocking · 22/03/2026 19:31

I got a set of 2x bamboo arches from outdoor bit in garden centre, theyre much taller than the tall coir pole its on.

What can I use to support this Monstera?
Mumteedum · 22/03/2026 19:35

Thank you @Jimmyneutronsforehead it's a tricky space. Bit all or nothing light wise but rotation sounds sensible. I'll do my best with some twine.

It's not actually got many leaves. Probably not too easy to see with the yucca behind it.

Jimmyneutronsforehead · 22/03/2026 19:37

Mumteedum · 22/03/2026 19:35

Thank you @Jimmyneutronsforehead it's a tricky space. Bit all or nothing light wise but rotation sounds sensible. I'll do my best with some twine.

It's not actually got many leaves. Probably not too easy to see with the yucca behind it.

Have you had a look at grow lights? You can get some pot clipping ones, and wall mounting ones that just look like sconces, and they're specific lumens just for growing tropical plants indoors and with poor lighting. That could be a better solution if you don't have much access to natural light.

Mumteedum · 22/03/2026 19:38

Ohhh you know your stuff @Jimmyneutronsforehead . Never heard of those. Will have a look.

Jimmyneutronsforehead · 22/03/2026 19:40

I promise I'm no expert! But I did jump on the Thai constellation fad a while ago, so now I've got half a dozen cuttings and not enough windows in humid enough rooms, so I have spent a small fortune trying to put it to rights.

Uglydumpling · 22/03/2026 19:42

Dressses · 19/03/2026 22:43

Ha I don't even know what this means. My plant knowledge is basic.

It’s outgrown the pot so report and that will stabilise with some added support

Plinketyplonks · 22/03/2026 19:51

When mine gets that big I give it a savage hair cut. It doesn’t seem to care one bit, a very forgiving plant! I have a very tall fiddle leaf fig which is much more sensitive and I have tied the top by some cotton to a hook on gje picture rail, to stop it falling over.

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