Almost two years ago, during moving, I left my Monstera outside for a day in the direct sun and basically killed all of its leaves.
This is her state now, after cutting back to the roots and giving her a bit of love . Originally it was two plants in the pot (that's how I got it) and now on the original two stems, there are 5 new growing (and 2 very small ones). Last year I've also repotted, just to give you the full picture.
As I'm reading the posts, I got curious if I should separate them into multiple pots.
What do you think, would it worth it? Does it worth the risk, cutting into the healthy plant? Or just trim the lower leaves?
My goal is to courage growth as much as possible, if it's even possible.
Would love to hear your thoughts and ideas.
by jolvanez
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One more picture, from a sunny day 🙂
Happy it grew back und in such a beautiful state!
If you seperate or not depends really on your taste.
Just know that two plants in one pot will rootwise outgrow it so much faster!
Also, when it becomes more mature and topheavy or you want to have it climb, its quiet tricky to let both (or more) stems grow upwards the same pole/stake. 🙂
It’s really beautiful, you’re a good monstera parent. If it were mine, I would separate back to two vines per pot just knowing how huge they can get.
I’d say let it grow some more.
For what it’s worth, I wish I had separated mine when it was nice and small. It is now gigantic and overwhelming with so many different chutes that I can’t get a single moss pole in there to support all the different plants and it’s so big that I don’t think I can easily/safely separate the plants now lol. Instead the bigger chutes just get to crawl around my floor in all different directions and slowly take over my sunroom.
Keave it & watch it grow & multiply 💚