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
Monstera tends to be touted as one of the fastest-growing plants, so it can be worrying when yours is refusing to put out any new leaves. If you provide your Monstera with optimal conditions then it has the potential to grow a new leaf every month. This sounds all well and good but realistically, few …
Monstera are a very popular group of houseplants, but there are way more species than the standard deliciosa and adansonii that we tend to see in stores. Is Monstera a genus or a species? Monstera is a genus, and the Monstera species are species. I know that sounds obvious, but there are TYPES of Monstera …
One of my pet hates in this hobby is the gate-keepy nature of some of the people. Plants do tend to attract lovely, kind people, but there are some that just like to laugh at the rest of us if we don’t which is the spathe and which is the spadix. Rhaphidophora Tetrasperma and Monstera …
Repotting Monstera isn’t a difficult process, and they’re one of the more forgiving plants, but there can be a lot to think about. It’s important that Monstera are one of the hardier house plants, so don’t overthink any of this. I promise, as long as you don’t wash your Monstera in boiling water, snap off …
Yes, Monstera need drainage. But what does that mean? Drainage is one of those words that gets thrown about with wild abandon when we’re talking about house plants, but it’s rarely actually explained. I mean, what actually is good drainage? And why is it important? And, most importantly, how will I know when I have …