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Plant Profile: Monstera Deliciosa

Plant Profile: Monstera Deliciosa

Plant Circle’s top tips on how to care for a Monstera, and getting the happiest, healthiest, and most fenestrated Monstera Deliciosa out there!

It’s the plant that launched the plant families of countless plant parents; the iconic and highly loveable Monstera Deliciosa! But while this plant is generally a low maintenance kid, getting it to become a divine specimen like the one pictures below, takes a lot of love, patience, and a couple of inside tricks and tips.
In this blog post, we are going to give you just that, so here are just some of Oliver’s top recommendations to help you grow the thickest, juiciest, most fenestrated fruit salad plant possible!

The Monstera Deliciosa is a tropical climbing vine, that naturally searches for the tree tops by climbing up the sides of large rainforest trees. However, unless you have your own large scale greenhouse, it’s obviously unachievable to have such a supportive surface for your Monstera to climb, especially in a normal apartment setting. Why is this fact so important, you may ask? Well, as the Monstera is a climbing vine, the plant is unable to support itself in upwards growth. Without stem support, the Monstera will not begin to produce the large fenestrated leaves that we all desire. That being said, there are a few ways to trick your Monstera into thinking it’s in the rainforest, when growing it at home. 


1. Use a Moss Pole
Adding a moss pole to your Monstera Deliciosas pot gives it the possibility of rooting onto the pole and gain some much needed support that way. You will have to train your Monstera by tying the stems firmly, but not to tightly, to the pole. Bonus tip: try watering your moss pole with a liquid fertilizer! The added moisture and nutrients will encourage the roots to affix themselves to the pole, and feed the growth of the new leaves. If you’re not a fan of thee moss pole from an aesthetic perspective there is still hope…


2. Grow it horizontally
When planting and repotting your Monstera, try to encourage the stem to creep along the soil surface. In this case the soil is achieving the same benefits as it would if the plant was climbing up a tree. Additionally, nutrition from the soil will encourage large leaf growth.


3. Encourage Aerial Roots to find something organic
As the Monstera Grows each node will produce aerial roots which are often seen running away from the pot and sprawling across the floor. Try to train these roots to find some soil and thus support the plant.
Bonus tip: when new aerial roots appear you can add some sphagnum moss to them, so they don’t dry out, and continue to grow until you can tuck them into the soil at the base of the plant.


4. Use the right substrate
Happy roots play a major factor in growing a big, healthy Monstera, and like all plants, a suitable substrate should always be used. Using a specific Aroid potting mix will give your Monstera the best conditions, and the risk of root rot is significantly eliminated when using an aroid mix over other ‘general purpose’ indoor plant substrates. 


5. Give the roots some space by dividing your plant
Regular repotting is essential for allowing the roots to breathe. A pot bound Monstera will produce smaller, often deformed leaves, so repotting your Monstera at least once during the growing season is a must! In most cases, when you buy a Monstera Deliciosa, there will be more than one plant in the nursery pot anyway, so we recommend dividing the plant right away. One plant per pot means less competition underground, and your roots will be much happier. 


6. Give her more light than you think she needs 
So now that you have happy roots, let’s get lit!
There is nothing more important when it comes to getting those beautiful fenestrations than light. Monstera Deliciosas love bright, indirect light, and morning sun. If your plant isn’t getting enough light you will most likely be getting leaves without any fenestrations. If that’s the case, try moving your plant to a different spot, ideally a North East facing window, which is the most suitable.

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7. Shower your Monstera!
When watering your Monstera Deliciosa, try taking it into the shower, and give the soil a thorough watering. Be sure that some water is running out the drainage holes of the pot, that way you’ll know it’s had enough. At the same time, wash any dust off the leaves, as dust tends to prevent optimal light absorption through the leaves. After the shower, don’t forget to let the plant stand there and drain for a little while after watering, so any excess water doesn’t end up in the saucer!


These are just some of the tips and tricks that we use to get our Monsteras to grow into lovely, large plants. We hope you can utilise some of this information, and give the world’s most popular houseplant the love it truly deserves!

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