How to care for Monstera – how much light they need, how much to water them, how often you should feed them, how to encourage them to grow big, fenestrated leaves, and how to get the to grow quicker
A Monstera is variegated if it has patches/splashes of white, yellow, or green on the leaves. A Monstera is still variegated if the stem is all green, but don’t be surprised if you get a couple of splashes of white and then it reverts to all green. Sport hunting is the closest us houseplant enthusiasts …
Working out whether your Monstera is growing a new leaf isn’t as easy as it is with, say, Pothos, because Monsteras prepare a new leaf as soon as the most recent leaf has emerged, but it’s anyone’s guess how long it’s going to take to emerge. It often looks like a new leaf is coming …
Monstera like to be snug in their pot, but if they’re too rootbound, it can cause issues. Don’t repot your Monstera unless you’re sure it needs it, because you can inhibit leaf growth. Now, this isn’t something you need to actually worry about – you’re unlikely to kill your Monstera by putting it in too …
There are a couple of reasons you might want to transfer your Monstera from water to soil. The first and most common is that you’ve rooted a cutting and now you want to put it into soil. The second is that you transferred your Monstera to hydroponics and now you want to move it back. …
I think Monsteras can grow really well in LECA, and they’re one of the easier plants to transfer so they’re great for beginners BUT they’re big climbers and you need a game plan for keeping them propped up from the outset. Otherwise, they’ll collapse and either look very sad and droopy or snap in half …