My monstera was growing beautifully but the stems on the new growth were so much thicker than the bottom of the plant and she had outgrown the short coco pole I had. I needed to overhaul the support system, then on an impulse I thought I’d chop her off and start 2 new plants instead. (There were technically two plants in my “mother.”) This is my first time chopping and propping.
Is this too much to try to prop? Both cuttings have 6 leaves and nodes. Should I split them in half for better luck (so I have four 3-leaf/node cuttings?) or trim back the aerial roots at all? (they’re kind of shoved into the jars)
Putting them in a sunny south/south-west window (but located in Maine so days are currently short) and plan to change water daily. Should I supplement with grow lights? I know this is not the ideal time of year for this but what’s done is done.
Pics of each of the two cuttings, the bottom, and the before (feeling like this might have been a tragedy – please reassure me).
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It’s going to take a while for the plant to start producing new leaves, and i also wouldn’t expect them to start out as mature as the past leaves but it will come back in time. I don’t think it’s “too much” to prop.
It’s fine lol entire plants can be switched from soil to hydroponic. Just make sure you’re checking on it and changing out the water regularly. It’s easy to see Monsteras as sensitive but don’t forget that they do grow in the wild, a water prop won’t hurt it you’ll be ok.
I’m in Illinois and did two props also. The first one was propped a few months ago and I’m now just getting new growth after potting it a couple months ago. It’s been focusing on roots. The second one I’m doing now. The aerial roots have taken a few weeks to grow roots and it’s ready to be potted. The leaves on the one in water are about 14 inches and there are three leaves. It just takes time. I’ve had to clean off rot a couple of times and now it’s good to go!
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Unless you specifically want to grow in hydro, you can put that top cutting plus the aerial roots straight into soil. There is no need to force the aerial roots to push out water roots
In my experience, monsteras are rather difficult to kill. It’ll be fine ❤️ just be careful when you put the props back in soil. My SIL had a prop that was doing well, put it straight from water into soil for me and a week later the main branch part was rotted.
I would recommend putting your prop in photo 5 in a taller jar so it has more room for its roots ❤️
1 it should of been in a real mosspole and 2 you should of air rooted it especially since it wasn’t on a real moss pole it will take ages now to get a new leaf and it will probably go back into juvenile state