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Monstera advice pics inc

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whymewhyme · 22/05/2026 21:01

My monstera base is too thin and top heavy, i will need to chop and prop it but i don't know where to chop it. I think i might get 2 plants put of it although its only a young plant so it is small.
Can someone help me!

Monstera advice pics inc
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ToSayYouHaveNoChoiceIsAFailureOfImagination · 22/05/2026 22:15

What a funny plant! I've uploaded a photo, which will take ages to appear, but basically I'd chop the bottom of it off, let it harden off for 24 hours and then replant the whole top of the plant. You've got some aerial roots which are directed into the soil now so those'll keep it going untill it establishes a new root system (either in water or soil).

But your soil looks too dense. It looks like basic compost. Monstera like chunky soils for better air around the roots and drainage. When you repot it you could add half soil to half a mix of orchid bark, perlight and coir.

If you wanted to chop it up into small pieces then chop between where the leaf stems come out, so that each piece has at least one leaf stem and an air root/node

ToSayYouHaveNoChoiceIsAFailureOfImagination · 22/05/2026 22:19

Also you're currently staking a leaf stem. You need to support the back of the trunk (where the air roots are coming out)
When you repot it make sure the backside of the truck is butted up against something solid. That little garden cane won't support it for long. A coir pole or a plank of wood or a trellis

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