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I grafted a pothos onto a monstera


March 21 this year it was time to chop and prop my monstera so I decided to try out a graft on where I cut the stem. I’ve looked online everywhere for something similar but nothing really comes up except for a YouTube video of a guy (Plant Tech?) somewhat successfully graft a monstera onto a pothos. I thought he should have done it the other way around since monstera have more robust roots. So I decided to give it a go.

For the first few months nothing notable happened. The pothos never died, never looked too bad or too great, never showed any signs of growth. I started out by pinching off any new growth on the monstera hoping to divert energy to the pothos, but after a while I got lazy and stopped. Now, with the monstera growing little leaves near the top of the stem, the pothos seems to be progressing as well!

The first three pictures are 1 week after I made the graft. Last 3 are from today. The graft is super solid and completely scarred over. Aside from the leaf my cat chewed, the pothos look fine and it seems to be pushing out a new node.

by EnvironmentalMeat268

32 Comments

  2. nytropy

    Excuse me and I ask this with all measures of respect but … are you a witch?

  6. idream411

    Not sure what the outcome will be, but wow wow wow. I never thought about grafts on indoor plants. Mind is now spinning with possibilities.

  7. CoolJumper

    Whoa, how neat and wild, never even considered this as something someone could do. I have a monstera that died and is barely coming back to life with a portion that was chopped that I could and might end try this with

  9. Ready-Interview-9809

    I wanna see a monstera on a pothos!

  10. Gutter_Astronomer

    Is alive! It’s alive!👨🏻‍🔬⚡️🌱

  11. wooof359

    Be careful it might turn into some type of fromsoft boss

  12. Shh_Secretly_Looking

    You can buy citrus trees with 4 different types of citrus fruit on a single tree

  13. Highfalutinflimflam

    You were so preoccupied with whether or not you could that you didnt stop to think if you should!

  15. corrinneland

    WAS THE POTHOS VARIEGATED BEFORE OR DID THE GRAFT CAUSE IT???

    If the latter, you’re a witch, respectfully.

  18. CheesecakeDue2411

    This is so cool!!!!!!!! Also the cat chewing on the pothos is so relatable

  19. soupywarrior

    I’ve got a pear tree in my allotment that was grafted with 2 different varieties of pear, so I had 3 varieties on one tree. Then one day my husband couldn’t be bothered to walk around so threw a plant of wood over the fence into my allotment and it took off one of the grafted branches. Now it only grows two varieties and even though it’s been 8 years I’m still sad about it.

  20. BlackRabbitdreaming

    I don’t know how I feel about this.

  23. PinkyParker1980

    I’m calling it now. Next up in the Etsy niche plant trade….. multi-variegated pothos hanging from every branch of a monstera. They will call it “the weeping monster”.

  25. paukapaukaa

    You have opened a door, I fear, I’ll never close

  30. JojoBebeDoo

    Wow!!! It’s very inspiring. I have all sorts of ideas now. Please keep us posted! I am very curious to see future development.

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