How to restart your Monstera 

lol....the hedge clippers at least showed how really tough the monstera stem is. I do have to admit that the other shot of the top of the plant was kinda cool to see it drop like that. Thanks for the video. I found out about you from Sheffield made plants (another favorite of mine) and I love your videos. I think one reason I like both channels is that you don't take plant keeping too seriously. It's fun, informative, and definitely shows that being a successful plant person means just winging it sometimes. Lol

I cried when I saw those and the bruises on the stems afterwards 😭

@@Sher-Burt the time between "I should have used a knife" and "well, I can't stop now" was 0.3 seconds.

@@KillThisPlant 🤣 sounds like life in general

I just used your code to buy the double aspects. I'm hoping I get my money's worth. I REALLY want my monsteras to grow huge. I have almost NO natural light and have been using Amazon halo lights. They've done okay, but if you want the results, you need the light. Thanks!!

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It was pretty smooth i must say

Those Soltech lights are the TRUTH. I have the Aspect light and a 3 light track style one and it is absurd how much difference they make if you want nice plants indoors and you want it to look like a home still lol

Glad you like them!

Thank you. This is such a nice comment. 🌱

@@KillThisPlant, You are so welcome. You deserve it because your videos address Monstera deliciosa, a species that is very unique. It's difficult to find reliable knowledge and instruction about it. I researched, searching for "how to cultivate M. deliciosa" and fortunately found your channel.

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He does provide awesome content 🙌🏽

Thanks for watching!

It's so scary to cut big plants lol! Good luck :)

Glad I could help!

Tell Richard I said, hey 👋🏾

My two faves also!!

Thanks, good luck with yours too!

I appreciate that! Thanks.

Pete has some great tips on his channel.

@@KillThisPlant, Who is Pete, and what's his channel called? 🦋🌱🦋

@@OceanSwimmer Pete vs Plants

It's almost back to it's full size again 🤦🏾‍♂️

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Thank you so much!

Thanks for the nice comment! I hope your plants keep doing well

Let me know when/if you get one and how it goes 😎

Good luck! 🌱

That's great. I'm sure they'll come soon.

We do love decor

Thanks! Appreciate you.

Haha! Haven't seen you around. Hope you're doing well.

Good luck!

​​@@KillThisPlant I also bought a "supermarket" Monstera; My choice, because I was afraid it was too big for me to handle, was to go to a trusted, knowledgeable Nursery and bring my own unsealed cedar plank cut to the right height. I was very lucky: TWO of the Nursery employees are Monstera fanatics! They worked together and lovingly repotted my plant properly....and she is growing like never before! It was 1/3 the cost I anticipated, so a win-win. There are options for those like me who didn't have the space or knowledge to do this myself. NOW, with this video, I know what to do when my Monstera is too big to handle & needs separation/ propagation. 💕🌱💕 Edited to say: My Monstera was not cut or repropagated: she was placed in a slightly (maybe 2" wider, and 3" deeper) plastic pot, backfilled with a custom mix of potting soil, pearlite, orchid mix, bark, and maybe a handful of worm castings) I use a liquid fertilizer mixed with distilled water about twice a month, and distilled water when she is dry. I love my Monsters and use distilled water on cloth to dust the leaves. Yes, I talk to her, too. 🌱

🤣 hope it works!

Yeah, I've found that once aerial roots are dry, they don't fend well in water. Moss can sometimes revive them, but typically you're just waiting for more roots to grow in.

Thanks for watching!

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Thanks!

Not sure. It was from a mid cutting so maybe 2.5 years?

Tree pruners would have made nice clean cuts easily! 😊

I just use miracle gro slow release, but it's more about light exposure.

Alternatively, you could also just stretch out your watering schedule. I think I water my monstera once every 8-10 days. After my last repot, I waited almost 3 weeks since the water was sitting bc of the shock. I waited for it to really dry out a bit before adding more.

Soilless mediums are great. With the amount of light the plant gets I'm able to manage with a peat based soil.

@@vmethod I thought about that, but the rootball was wet while the top was moist still after two weeks. Sure I could wait more, I waited another week for two other pots. They are just as wet, even got algae on top. The stick I had in one pot started molding :) In my mind being waterlogged wouldn't be good for the roots. The monster pot I still have from the store dries out really well, I drench it once a week.

If you have enough light, a healthy plant, clean tools, and a reasonable roots to foliage ratio it'll be fine. You don't really need a water bubbler.

You need a certain amount of roots to support foliage on a cutting. The roots are trying to bring water and nutrients to all of the leaves and stem. The more foliage you have will make it challenging for the plant to root (if the root mass is already small)

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-I94-9-CBINo.htmlsi=p5Km-if8jevn3S_h Food (pun intended) for thought.