What do I do with this one? Need to repot it and figure out how to deal with the very long legs now trailing onto the floor. Do I hang it from the ceiling (would rather not) or get a moss pole or? I water it once a week or every two weeks. Pot has drainage and direct sun in south facing window
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I’d just cut all the offshoots then repot. They’re fairly long with limited leaves on them – it’s like it’s searching for light but I can clearly see the window. Is this where it sits permanently?
You don’t necessary need a moss pole for it, but if the length of the plant bothers you and you dont want to hang it from the ceiling heres a few options.
1. You could add a trellis and just secure those stems up on it so it stays in the pot. Essentially the same as a moss pole without the maintenance
2. Prune it (Especially recommended if you have long bare stems where leaves aren’t growing. You could even propagate the wet sticks.)
3. I don’t know if you don’t want to hang it from the ceiling or just don’t want to hang it in general, but if you’re open to hanging it you could get a plant hanger rod and hang it from your wall, or get a wall planter.
Hope this helps!
This is several individual plants potted together. In nature it acts like monstera deliciosa (a single stem that climbs). If you want to keep this shrubby shape, then just trim it. If you want it to climb then you could gently divide the plant and plant one of the stems with a moss pole, and leave the rest as is.
Those vines seem to be searching for light. If it were mine I would cut them off, and put the plant in a position with more light.
With the angles of the walls and plants current positioning it’s not getting very much light, so i would trim the leggy shoots and get closer to the window
Fellow Swiss cheese struggler here! I had similar issues with ours last winter when we had her inside. Now that she’s in more sun + support of a trellis (like others have said wider support and less maintenance of a moss pole) she’s thriiiiivviiinnnggg. Trim those leggy and mostly bare vines and the rest of the plant will thrive!
I like its bushy shape! It’s very cute. Just prune it. Stick the cuttings in water, and you can make a bunch of new plants. Even bare vines will eventually make new roots and leaves if you cut them off and stick them in water.
Plant looks healthy. Trim the vines to your liking. It can stay a bush if you want a bush. Best case scenario for the plant is it has something to climb. I like the aesthetic of long plants and don’t enjoy moss poll maintenance, so I’d personally give it a nice short trellis and maintain
Have you fertilized it?
The long legs are kinda normal.
Monstera adansonii cannot trail down very long with leaves like pothos, with or without enough lights. They like to climb up. If you let them trail down they form leafless long veins like that.
The legs I will probably cut them. For new sprouts, trellis, moss pole or any wood plank / stick will help a lot. You can use wall clips too.
Honestly the way it is now is also perfectly fine IMO