You’re (Probably) Killing Your Monstera 

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I repotted one with piece of bed plank and gave it to my oldest human seedling. It gives me a good excuse to visit her once a week. I bring 4 liters of rainwater for her fussy plants each time. It's beginning to look good in her little home. She told me that she spends more time there, now that it feels like her hyggelige childhood home. Plants can do amazing things to ones wellbeing

That mold is actually a type of beneficial fungus and a very good sign if you have this in your pots. It's called mykorrhiza and has lots of good effects on your plant.

I've had the green/yellow mold in my lipstick plant. I was ready to give up on it, until I found an old book called: my plant is sick. It told me to put some rusty nails in the soil. It actually worked. It's still not that bushy as yours, but it's doing much better!

My monsteras had thrips and I had to throw away all of them except two leafs to propagate. They have roots now and no thrips. I’m so happy it survived.

Your videos are always informative and your humour is brilliant, so enjoyable to watch. The only plant channel that is educational and makes me LOL at the same time. 😂

The image of you hugging the Monstera was hilarious. That's how I felt when I started buying them. My monstera in lechuza pon, I damaged part of the stem by accident so I am glad that it is growing and thriving.

Your humor! 💀💀 I'm so glad I found your page today! Haha

Another issue with having multiple plants in one pot and not managing them properly is that one or two will grow really well, and end up overshadowing the rest. I repotted a very cramped monstera a few years, and even tho all the stems reacted very well to it, some of them ended up beneath the biggest leaves and not growing as well. They pretty much end up competing for light and nutrients as they are not really sharing like one single plant would. So I think 2-3 plants at max and making sure they all get proper positioning and light is key to get good looking and happy plants

I absolutely ❤ U mentioning Lee @KillThisPlant!! U two are my favorite & are my go to's for ALL of the Monstera advice & troubleshooting. Ive had my Monstera for a little over 2 yrs now.(2yrs & 3 months to be exact) I got it on my bday, it was a gift from My fella. But Lee is awesome & So are U Mr. Sheffield! Thank U for the videos.

A monstera was given to me and the rest is history. That’s why my first plant, my monstera is my favorite. Love the video!

I noticed that the new leaves were babies. Fortunately, I don't hack the mama up too much, so it's okay. I had a monstera in a pot outside that had a giant aerial root (maybe 4 ft), and I cut that section to propagate. I've just planted the mama under a tree, and I'm excited to have it climb up like the pothos and syngonium do around here. I popped the cutting in a giant vase, and that giant root didn't fit lol. I also have some cuttings that I've left perpetually in water, and it's cool to see the roots and new leaves through the vase. There's a reason Monsteras are so popular 💚

Love your videos keep them coming ! Super helpful for me right now

Good advice as usual. Love your humour. Thank you.

Love watching you and helps me so much with my plants keep doing it please ❤❤

Great video! I have some type of philodendron of a similar size as your Monstera but I don't have the space to *only* show its 'pretty side'. I'm glad you addressed the drainage holes situation - 9:32 - as I didn't see a drip tray for your plant. Kudos on your 10-year plant dad journey. I'm currently at 12 years with my plant parenting!

I just love to watch your videos! Helpful and fun :)

My grandparents had a gorgeous monstera growing up the trunk of a coconut palm in their Miami, Florida USA backyard. It definitely grows as a vine when it can, and your video gives ample proof of that, It also gets nice and bushy if it has proper light. (Yous is beautiful.)

If you can't provide drainage, airate with a pencil so the roots are still getting oxygen! Second, if your pot is otherwise ok for the plant, you can take a drill and drill a hole without removing the plant, the counter pressure of the plant pressing on the pot should prevent the pot from breaking. Similarly some ppl will submerge an empty plot and drill it when it's full of water for the same counter pressure. If you're going to do that though, make sure you've got a suitable backup pot just in case! I've 3 in my pot and i know i should separate them but then i see the largest of them and think I'll need to get s second home for them if i do.

Informative, well edited, and your sense of humour makes the video all the more enjoyable - the psychologist session with the Monstera was 'deliciosa' ;)

LOVE your funny, yet brilliant videos!

Lots of good information and advice. The monstera is one of my favorite plants and I’m not sure what to do with it because it was getting so big. I hate to cut it but I think I must.

"Leave it!" 😂

When I cut my Monstera Albo the next leaf turned out to be a lot bigger than the previous leaves. I think that If you give your plant a lot of light it will usually size up.

I started using branches I pruned off my date palm to help with climbing, it's working great so far.

About your beautiful big Monstera in the orange plastic pot - you could possibly just drill the holes without moving the plant and find a big saucer/plate/tray to put underneath. I'd think the damage to the roots would be minimal, but totally worth it.

now I can't let that title sit on me I'll have to watch that video now to figure out what's wrong with my monstera

I got my first Monstera a couple of months ago, with your previous tips of not doing much with it, keeping clean and the right position it pushed out a new leaf from its largest growth. The leaf was huge and holey. I'm really happy with it.

WRONG! Poles are not for holding the plant it is to get the aerial roots on it for an easier humid access into the plant through the roots.

Monsteras refuse to die. I have one that has been through two divorces, been overwatered and not watered for months, had all its leaves burnt by full sun exposure, fertilized every week and not fertilized for years, pot bound and repotted, the list goes on.

Be in the middle and plants 2 monstera in a middle size pots make sure both plants look same way(leaf front and air root in the back), plant ur spag pole btw those two(behind air root), each new grow at one point need to be anchor on the pole, guide ur plants thats will help alots. Take care of ur plants ❤

Thanks for the great info

Great video, thanks!

Super helpful!

Lesson learned. I did this and my Monstera is putting out unfenestrated leaves. However, I don't even mind, it's still quite beautiful. But, I will not be doing THAT again. 💚💚💚

Have you ever tried removing leaves? Not dead ones. Don't cut it. Hurt the plant by ripping the leave out from the stem. This damage encourages the plant to produce side baby offsprings.

I remember our monstera before we moved. It was nearly 2qm in the old place. It had the PERFECT spot. We had to move house and the plant got cold and we couldn't find the right place and in the end it started dying. I cut it down and gave it to a doctor at the clinic I work. It has a nice corner in a bright büro and seems to recover after two years now.

You advertise those poles from treleaf, do you have any idea what material they use on the bottom of the wooden poles you stick into the soil?

It was emotionally soooo hard task to do, but I had to get rid of the two top leaves of my Monstera. :( They started yellowing, since it took me too long to give it a bigger pot. The roots literally started to escape the pot. Reason: warm autumn temperatures here in Finland and my summer flowers just bloomed and bloomed and the pot they were in, was ment to go to my monstera after removing summer flowers. Well, it is still interesting to find out how the Monstera will start to grow. It wont reach the roof too soon, I quess. Eventually I need to cut it again. Will be too expensive to move to a location with higher rooms. :D

Amazing video - as always! Have you got any on your melanochrysum? Would love to know your care tips!

Hilarious and informative. Thank you!

That was so entertaining and informative, thank you! My monstera has a lot of super duper long aerial roots. I don't currently have it staked (but I will do that today!) so do I just try to wrap those roots back up the new stake? Thank you! :)

Hi there! I'm an old plant lover, but had to limit my plant life desperatly for much of my adult life for various ressons. I've recently become a plant parent again & FINALLY got my own Monstera. I've wanted one since childhood!! Supposed to be deliciosa, but idk. The pot had 5 juvenile plantlets, so I believe they were mere seedlings. Anyway, she's been w/ me for just over a year & she's done well considering our lighting isn't great.(IDKY, but I've had little luck w/ plants in this house since I moved in!) Seems remember you saying yours is 6 ft from a window, something else a few feet out, etc. I had her about 3 ft from a south facing window, on top of a stack of stereo speakers. Recently, i got cheap lights from Temu. Don't know if they work yet. Then a couple of weeks ago I had to move her for a minute & dropped her! 😱 One broke & much of the soil at the top poured out. What should I have done right then? What I DID do was to put the broken one in water & had two 1 inch roots within a week! I replaced the soil the best I could & tied her to a small moss pole. A few days ago, one of the smaller plants which didn't get re-covered deeply enough to stand solid, broke just a hair below the soil, so she's in water, too. The main plant(s) seems to be "OK" but nothing like she was. A couple of leaves were damaged & I believe will die, but otherwise she's just weak & wobbly. Do you have any advice for me? How long must I wait from seedling to fenestrations? I'm impatient b/c I'd like to see some before I die! Same thing for my epiphyllums blooming! I'm 67 & in poor health, sooo.... Plants & books are "my thing"! OBTW, IDK whether you have experience w/ cactus, I don't recall seeing any, but I'd appreciate tips if you have any! I ordered large, thorn free prickly pear pads this Spring, for outside. They've been laying on top of dry potting soil but haven't put out roots. Do you have any idea what I might be doing wrong? This seems to be a problem for me w/ most succulents. I do as I read, but most cuttings shrivel up & die before roots show up! Am I just too good at ignoring them??😁 Thanks for your time & for putting out your videos free for folks like me! I love to watch them! Lee's as well! I sure appreciate you!

I have a tomato cage around mine. Hope to repot it soon & use a wood plank

Great video Sheff! 2 monstera questions; now I know you use the self watering stakes now, but when you were watering, did you let the monstera dry all the way out or keep it moist? I've heard conflicting info regarding this. Also, whats your hot take on monsteras liking to be root bound? Do you keep yours tight or let it groove? I recently had repotted my lil albo into a pot 1-2 inches bigger than the root ball...and in 5 weeks that sucker was so rootbound in its new pot i had to upsize already! Seems repotting that much would be detrimental? Thanks again for all the info mate, your wisdom and humor have made me a better plant parent.💕

What type of wood did you use for the stake?

This video is very informative and very funny!!! Thank you for sharing! Question: Does your cinnamon tea recipe work on the fungus gnats as well? Which method is more effective and do you prefer~ the worms or cinnamon?

Wow…great info about getting large fenestrated leaves!!

I'm thinking you bought a really expensive rubbish bin so now it has to make an appearance each week so it can deduct itself on taxes🧐

I just had to cut down my too tall monstera albo. Not only is the mother plant making 2 (!) new shoots, all 3 cuttings from the top part have nice roots and new growth. Feeling lucky 😊

Can we all just take a second to appreciate Mr.Sheffields jokes please😂😂😂😂My favourite was" Nubes, not Boobs"has to be my favourite coz he's not a millennial😂😂

Maybe you can bring in a tarp to repot that big Monstera in situ? Good luck 😁

Is there a link thing for this patrion(?)channel, it seems like I am missing a lot! I don't know if it will work on my computer though. Thanks for the information. I love the humor and your editing moves like Jagger! Peace.

Great video, and funny to Bro. Much respect😆😆😆😆

Mr Sheffield you crack me up 😅😂👌👍👍

the things i do for some hella thick roots

Seriously though I needed this vid! Ive kept my monstera alive for almost a year. Thats good for me😊

You're lucky at least you still have yours😢. I brought one home years ago it had one tiny leaf, it grew very quickly and touched the ceiling. 😮 I had to give him away to a place that had two story high for the ceiling.🥹 I still miss him but where I am now my ceillings are even lower.☹️

Thanks 🙏

Your poor abused monstera needs more than counseling, we are talking deep in patient treatment with a psychiatrist🤷🏼‍♀️

Mosquito dunks are amazing for fungus gnats!!

I dont have space. So i cut it back to keep it at a manageable size

Just preparing Monty for fall, he’s been very happy, but become a bit overwhelming. I almost cut him back like I do my others when moving them inside. It didn’t feel right so now he’s being restrained with numerous bamboo stakes. Will work for now. Perhaps when I become bored during our upcoming long Chicago winter I may indeed divide him …we’ll see.

One thing I found out is that monstera borsigiana does get perforations in its leaves, just not as much.

Thanks for the video & tips. At 3:31 there is something visible in the pot; is that a clay vessel? I would live to pot mine up with an olla like that, if it works well.

9:28 Yep that is definetely mold lol

Can I cut the long roots growing off the potted plant or just let them be? I just added bamboo stakes since I watched this but I have really long shoots coming off of it and I’m just not sure what to do with them. Thanks in advance!

There's something about the sound quality that reminds me of pre-2000..

Why do the leaves on my monstera cry? 😔

Small form Monstera deliciosa need to climb, but large form actually like to crawl and activelly try to avoid height.

Can you tell me what monstera that is to the right of the big momma lol at 4:26 I think I have her and everyone keeps saying it's an andessoni which I already have, but they look completely different.

I was really surprised when after not watering my indoor monstera for a few weeks, it put out a giant leaf with tons of fenestrations. It goes to show that they really don't need too much fussing over. Granted, I live in the tropics so it has plenty of warm, humid air to thrive on, so results may vary. The only thing I regret is buying one that already had a sideways growth on one of the main stems, so I have been trying to deal with that as it is trying to grow on the corner of the room walls 😂 Said beautiful new leaf is on the sideways stem.

Omg the stories I have with my monstera as well 😅…i stunted its growth so bad causing it to develop a mini mature leaf. Then it reverted to juvenile. Probably the worst thing I did was put it in a super sized pot bc it looked nice and filling it with 100% garden soil! 😂 ultra root rot and fungus gnats. To finish it off, I put it in a dark corner with a tiny ring light 😂. Today it looks amazing now with huge leaves.

Great video one question I got 1 stem growing roots 3 of them, longest about 2 inches want to ask when is the best time to pot in soil ?

I’m looking, specifically, for those terracotta self-watering tubes! I can’t seem to find them in the description!

I use a towel and news paper where repotting

Newbie here. This might be a silly question but can you repot the props back into the mother plant pot? I do not have space for any more and my fingers are not currently green enough to share the props!

Hi 👋 where did you buy the clay water feeder in your monestera? Great vlog, thanks. Peace 🧚

The white fuzzy stuff could just be harmless houseplant fungi (I forget the name) it does appear when soil stays overtly moist 😅

I have a monstera that I purchased a few months back. It came with 3 full leaves, but one of them was split on one side, and the spine snapped in the middle, a second was deformed and produced another deformed leaf. The plant is green and healthy, with no signs of dying. My question is, do I cut the broken and deformed leaves off (if yes, where) or leave them?

I’m still confused on what I’m supposed to do. If I’m not to prune it like that-are you just saying to leave it?

Hi I have the monstera( swiss cheese ) plant growing in a pot inside and growing up a support screen in my entrance lobby. Problem is it has become tall but sparse leaves on it. I want it to be tall but how do i get the stem to grow enough leaves with shoots spreading everywhere? I want a monstera cover. I get light from my double ceiling windows some 20 ft away

what about getting rid of dry/brown/yellow leaves? Where exactly should they be cut? Could you please do a video on that? @SheffieldMadePlants

🤦🏾‍♀️ my monstera is outta control..

You’re absolutely adorable

I recently bought a young monstera and I see that the pot has enough plants. If I understood correctly in the video it says that it is better for each pot to contain a plant in it for better growth? Thank you very much!

Hi! Your videos are very cool and useful. Thanks! However, I have not found an answer to my question about my monster growing as an epipremnum. It just keeps going up, and I'm not sure what to do about it. Could you please help me?

If you want a bushy monstera you might just cut it down once to take multiple propagations and then plant those together in a suitable pot.

My monsters had root rot, so I had to remove all the soil to bare roots. Now it's dropping. How do I rescue it?

@3:25 probably as big as mine is! I think some of its leaved reached at good 50cm and it is not even that old either!

How do I get the leaves to grow larger? Or is that a different species?

My monstera keeps growing new leaves but then they turn yellow and die. Also the tips get crinkly and gray. I really want to help it but don't know what to do. Not all leaves are affected so I've been just cutting the leaves that are (hopefully this is not a bad thing to do) and hoping for the best

Hope you're feeling better than when you recorded! 🍲🍵🫖🍯

Newbie: someone who is new and learning. Noob: someone who has been around, but still doesn't know shit.

I made the same mistake with my Monstera, not giving it something to climb up to. Now I need to prune the biggest, longest stem with beautiful leaves. Not looking forward to it but it has to be done I guess. Gonna put it on water and hope for the best. I just want my Monstera to be much more vertical instead of the mess it is I made of it now.

Got any Deliciosa or just Borinsagna... or however you spell it lol I have 8 "small form" or borinsagna monstera before I got a real deliciosa. The ones you buy at the garden center are small form borinsagna.

Noobiest of noobs 😂 NOT BOOBS! Great video as always! 🪴

Your voice sounds deeper here are you well? All good points here per usual. But the part that demands the most world-wide attention is, why can't somebody make inner pots with drainage holes, that fit perfectly inside outer decorative pots with no holes, that you want solid, where you don't have to drill holes and deal with unsightly shallow watering trays underneath?

😂😂😂 you cracked me up ❤

I really enjoy your videos. I have learned alot. I dont have the BIG Monstera, but I do have the LITTLE one. Can you make a video on these guys ???? ✌🏻♥️