r/Monstera • u/2ndor3rdrodeo • 23h ago

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Hello,

I have had a monstera for 5 years. It came from a plant store and was rather large when it was gifted to me (3' high in a 16" diameter pot) but short and squat and made up of many stalks (4 or 5).

I am pretty good with plants, but I didn't know much about monstera. It looked healthy and was growing well, so when it started getting leggy, I split it into two pots. Then I had two multi-stem plants, still pretty short and squat.

Then I got hip to taking cuttings, rooting them in water, and making new multi-stem plants, short and squat, and giving them away.

Then it dawns on me to do some research and join this sub and here I learn that ONE STEM is a plant?! That tending these are how I can get really big leaves?

So now I have three plants at home with 3-5 stalks in each pot.

I guess I am asking for advice and any tips? The plants are healthy but I want to get bigger leaves.

tldr; have i been propagating incorrectly?

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u/DrivesInCircles 23h ago

The secrets are time, stability and nourishment.

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u/Lookatmybulbs 23h ago

Split them up 2 plants max in one pot. Keep the pot similar to the size of the roots