Propagating Monstera Obliqua In Water

Keep it out of hot direct sunlight and breezes to reduce moisture loss.

Propagating monstera obliqua in water. The easiest way to propagate a monstera cutting is to simply place it in water. A node looks like a little bump or blemish on the stem that occurs just below a leaf or stem. However larger cuttings that include leaves and aerial roots are probably best going straight into soil. Aerial roots are also super helpful and if your plant already has some long ones growing you can grab a cutting with one to speed up the process.

Propagating monstera in water finding the node. Even the first glass you find in the cupboard will do fine although it s a little more decorative to use a nice vase or propagation station. Water your monstera when soil is just dry to the touch. Yellowing leaves or brown edged leaves are a sign that you re overwatering.

This is the junction. The soil in your monstera s pot should be kept consistently moist but not waterlogged. Take a stem cutting from the plant that has several nodes or leaves and place the cut end of the stem. Cut back slightly on watering in the winter months.

It s easy to grow baby monstera adansonii from your current plant. Propagating monstera adansonii cuttings in soil. You might even notice some new leaves unfurling on the cutting while it s still in water. The water propagation method is great for monitoring how the root development is going and it helps speed things up a bit once you get it in soil.

Monstera propagation via stem cuttings for this method all you have to do is remove a lower leaf from your monstera right below a node so that the node is on the cutting. You ll have a brand new plant to give to a friend or trade at a plant swap. The nodes are brownish circular rings on the stem from where a leaf used to be. Stem cutting sprouting a new leaf underwater the advantage to propagating in water in a glass jar is that you can see any new growth immediately.

When propagating a monstera deliciosa plant in water you can t simply cut off a stem from the monstera plant and give it a go in water. When fertilizing avoid applying on the base. Monstera obliqua best responds to liquid fertilizers that are mixed with water. Set the vine in a glass of water until roots form and then plant the cutting in soil.

In a few weeks your new plant will be ready to plant out. This is a great sign. Snip off a section of vine that includes at least two nodes those knobby bits where the leaves form. Keep a few centimeters above it and repeat the feeding after a few weeks.