FINALLY after 30 min of searching the internet I found your very clear and concise video! It’s insane how hard it is just to find actually clear instructions about where the growth nodes actually are and where exactly you should cut in relation to them. Thank you so so much!!
Thank you for your video! It was direct and specific to pruning. Some of these other videos were WAY too long and don't even get to the fine details of how to prune. This was very helpful.
THANK YOU! I honestly just needs to prune off the old leaves/broken leaves after a friend knocked the plant over. everyone else's videos discuss propagating and I was like "I dont need to propagate, just PRUNE" I thought I was killing my plant by cutting at the base of the leaves -- this video made me feel so much better!
I think this is why my monstera has gotten so leggy, I’ve been cutting off future growth when pruning so it now has ALOT of gaps. It’s putting out new leaves weekly, usually 2-4 at a time & it’s color is good so hopefully if I just follow these tips going forward it will bush out! Thank you for sharing this! 🪴💚
This video was exactly what I was trying to find out! Thank you so much for explaining how these leaves grow out of one another and exactly where to cut to prevent damaging future leaves. 🪴🪴plus the difference in what heat and cold damage look and feel like. All in under 5 minutes!! Thanks again!!
Thank you so much for addressing the signs of heat and cold damage! I had some cold damage, on the edge of a new light green leaf, which I was trying to identify but there weren't many informative videos, which were relatively long in run time. You told me everything I need to know in less than 5 minutes! You're awesome! Thanks again, so very much!
Thanks so much for doing this video. I've been trying to find something just like this for over a week! I've been on FB plant groups and TH-cam and found nothing helpful until your video. I am a new plant mom and didn't know exactly where to cut my deliciosa (my favorite plant that I own) without hurting her long term! Now I feel comfortable to snip off the area that needs it! Thanks, again!
This was perfect thank you! I just grabbed one of these on the discount cart in Costco. She was really banged up but my daughter and I figured we can save her!
No I didn’t know this and this is great advice thank you so much. A great explanation. I have a few of these plants and I have been cutting any damaged leaves off way too low! Yay thank you than you !
Thank you so much for a video that leaves no questions. I just purchased my first monstera. It was half price at Walmart and looking pretty rough. I've been putting off pruning for a week now out of fear of ruining it and now I can do it today. 😁
I am singing your praises!! Just as natalieayala1584, below said, NO ONE showed, in detail, how to prune a monstera. They would say 'You cut at the stem.' Where's the stem?!? Or they would say I'm going to cut here and they would be at the back of the plant with the camera in front back a ways. Really?! Still doesn't show me where to cut the plant. Thank you so much for your detailed instructions along with the camera close up so we can see what you're doing!! You know how to teach people. Thank you, thank you!!!
THANK YOU!! I just rescued one with all burned leaves😮 wasn't sure where to cut! Difficult to find a video about this, they hurriedly snip without showing exactly where!
I moved back in July and during the half hour my plants were in my car my monstera got burnt on a lot of its leaves. I was hoping it'd get better without me cutting off its beautiful large leaves that I've grown so proud of but I realized that though my plant wasn't "acting" sick her growth rate was reduced with the damaged leaves. I'm glad I found this video, I did cut off the leaves exactly as you showed and I'm confident she'll be her beautiful bushy self again in no time. She was a self bought mother's day gift from my at the time 8 month old daughter. I got a 8 pack of random live plants off Amazon with no labels and she was one of the ones that flourished. Out of the 8 I only have 2 of them left for to my lack of knowledge about the plants. They were all only about 4 inches in height and I had no idea I even had a monstera till the holes started assisting in her leaves. At first I thought I somehow messed up but upon closer inspection I realized they were naturally forming and was finally able to identify her. The other one is what I call my Arrowhead plant and then I had an asparagus fern that was amazing but she sadly did not make the car ride from Arizona up to Minnesota. It was just too dry in the car for her to last the 4 days of the trip. My other 2 pacts in that car ride were my spider plants (originaly came ss one plant but turned into twins) and I had my aunt look after them but she accidently over watered and they got root rot so my monstera and my Arrowhead mean a lot to me. Their the only plants I've kept alive over 3 years so far. My Arrowhead also Walmart came close to dying but mostly because my cats decided she made a comfortable bed and broke her stems to nubs. I just kept watering her even though I thought it was a lost cause and new stems and leaves are coming out of the old trunk and even the soil and they're growing pretty fast. Sorry for the long comment, I just really found a passion in my plants and I feel pride in how I've been able to grow them with basically no knowledge on their care from little 4 inch sprouts that was barely even recognizable from the beautys they grew into. I've had many plants in the past before and on average they lasted about a month before withering and dying
I love this! My favorite thing to tell plant parents is, don’t think of it as killing or losing a plant, think if it as a lesson. We all learn from our plant parent mistakes. I’m glad your monstera is doing well!
Thank you very much for this video. I'm late to indoor plants, and I purchased a sad Monstera with twisted - sad leaves. Your video will help me to cut her back to hopefully give her a fresh start🤞🪴
Great video! I have a question I’ve been having trouble finding the answer to. When I propagated my monstera cutting a year ago, I was a newbie to the hobby. I unfortunately allowed the water to cover the petiole on 2 out of 3 stems on my cutting. This unfortunately permanently damaged it to the point it will not produce any new leaves. The one stem where the petiole was not submerged is growing beautifully. My question is, can I cut off the two leaves not producing below their damaged petiole, and will my plant grow a new stem that will produce leaves?
It’s personal preference. I leave my immature leaves to keep the plant looking full and to help with photosynthesis. The more green on a plant, the more natural food it creates. If you do choose to cut those off, make sure you’re not cutting off your next new leaf.
Is it okay to cut the littlest ones (probably the first leaves) all the way to the soil if the stems get broken from kids/husbands moving/running into it etc? 😬
Thanks to you. I new to plants. Stuck swiss cheese plant in to sun while going away for weekend. If it weren't for ignorance I'd have no intelligence. Anyway, came back to poor burnt plant. Your video helped tremendously!! Thank you.
Question: (I’m very new to gardening and I had 2 monsteras that were delivered to me, but left in the sun for a couple of hours and were burnt before I could bring them in the house). Everything I read said you needed to prune the damaged leaves. Little did I know you could cut the wrong leaf and stop the growth of future leaves (now I know thanks to your video!) My question is: since some of the leaves WERE cut (that would have gone on to produce more leaves in the future), how can I save my monsteras and get them to grow more leaves? Thank yo u for your help!
A plants will to survive is amazing! Be patient, you will eventually see new baby growth coming from the soil level. (Providing the roots are healthy). They will be baby leaves for a while, but eventually will size up leaf by leaf. It sets the plant back a little, but there is so much satisfaction in growing a plant from immature leaves to mature :) One positive is that when growing from baby to big, especially with Monsteras, you can train it from the start into the shape you want with additional pruning, adding a pole or strap training stems into the direction you prefer.
Thank you for the video!! 💚 i just got a monstera about a month ago and some of the leaves got dark spots due to underwatering ( i was away for a while). If I don't prune the leaves that are damaged , will it affect the rest of the plant? xx
It will not… as long as those spots don’t continue to spread. That can be a root rot issue. Root rot can be from regular overwatering and dry rot root rot happens when very dehydrated roots are heavily watered.. the roots split when they quickly go from very dry & cracked to fully hydrated and they split. That allows Bacteria in and causes rot too. Keep a close eye on the dark spots.
Thank you so much for your video! I just realized what I did before was totally wrong! And as you instructed, I cut the damage leaf right before the new little nub. But it has been a month and it's still not growing. Am I going to lose it?
If you mistakenly cut off the next leaf that was hiding in the stem, the plant will generally regrow from the base. The new base growth will be juvenile.
Great video. I have a question. On my plant the newest leaf was damaged and fell off, so there are no new nodes for a new leaf to come out of. Is there a chance new leaves can grow from somewhere else?
Unfortunately new growth will only come from a node. Was it only a 1 leaf cutting? Or are there older leaves below? There are nodes where the petiole (what holds the leaf up) meets the stem. So if it had older leaves, new growth would come from the stem where the next leaf down is. Plants have a will to survive so if you lost the top growth, it will activate another growth point further down the stem. I hope that makes sense.
@@karenpast thanks Karen. The plant was dehydrated so the new leaf basically died. Unfortunately like the plant in the video some of the other plants were sunburnt but otherwise the rest of the plant is ok
Hi from the Philippines! I have my very first Monstera Deliciosa damaged as that with its leaves yellowing around the corners. May I ask once you prune it, how long does it take for the new leaf to develop? Btw thank you very much for the video! This truly helps!
Hi! It depends on conditions and if a new leaf is showing in the stem. But generally, within a few weeks a leaf should be showing as a ‘point’ on the stem.
What did you do about the smaller leaves growing from the soil? My monstera has a few that are damaged but I’m not sure whether to cut them or remove them from the soil completely.
My general rule of thumb is.. if the leaf is less than 50% damaged, I leave the leaf until there is new growth. Any healthy tissue is still creating food for the plant via photosynthesis. If you really can’t stand looking at them, cut them off at the soil level. Those small ones are the oldest on the plant. They were the starter, juvenile leaves that the larger leaf after came from.
The cut end will brown. It’s called callusing. Very similar to when we cut ourselves and a scab forms. As long as the brown/black does not travel down the stem, it will be fine.
Thanks, I bought a deliciosa on clearance that had some ripped damaged leaves. Not burnt or dried out or anything just not the prettiest leaves. Do you suggest cutting these off or leave them there? If I do cut the stems will the stems continue to grow or do they just become stubs?
Hi! It’s up to you whether to cut damaged leaves off. The leaves won’t heal. The newest leaf is the only one that will create a new leaf from it. In this video I show the point of a new leaf living inside the last leaf. If the leaf you’re cutting is older, it will be just a stalk.
@@karenpast Okay, I think I'll take it slow and cut high on the stem to see if there's another leaf that might pop out. If not I guess can cut it back further to the main stem. Be a good learning experience to try and see what happens. Thank you for the advice and help.
It’s all dependent on nodes. If you leave a node on the mother plant, it will regrow from that node. Make sure your prop has an aerial root when you take your cut.
It’s entirely up to you whether to prune it or not, that’s more of an aesthetic thing. If you prune correctly, it will continue to grow. Just be mindful of where the new leaves come from (the petiole of the last mature leaf)
👋🏼 Hi! I'm new to plants so please excuse my ignorance. I cut my leaf but it turned a dark color at the top where I cut it. Is that normal?? I cut an arrowhead plant and it did the same thing. I can't find anything to tell me if I messed up or not 😢
Hiya! It is normal for the cut ends to turn black or brown. Think of it as a scar. If it continues up or down the stem, that’s an indication of rot. Make sure you use a clean cutting device before you cut and wipe with alcohol between cuts to reduce bacteria from going into the open cells. Hope that helps! & we welcome newbies around here 🪴😀
As aggressive as you wish. But remember that all healthy green on the plant is creating food via photosynthesis. The more green you remove, the longer it takes to bounce back.
Hi! The ‘cut’ will always brown (scab). The plant will naturally seal the cut area. As long as it doesn’t continue down the stem, it’s normal. If it continues then there is a problem.
@@karenpast my browning continued down the stems where I cut and so far no sign of regrowth on any of those areas in about a month. I accidentally burned leaves in direct sun. What can I do? The bottoms of my stems look like frayed bark?
@@rainsoundsasmr4187 it’s very hard to diagnose without photos. But first thing I would do is check the roots. Make sure they’re not rotting. If roots look healthy, you can usually cut all the way down to a few inches from the soil and as long as the roots are healthy, it ‘should’ regrow. It’s a very long process to get them to look good again. Be mindful of overwatering if you hard cut thou, with the lack of leaves, they won’t drink as much. Feel free to find us on Instagram or Facebook and IM some pictures.
First thing is Check for pests, although it’s very rare for common houseplant pests to make actual holes. Unless the plant was outdoors. If it was a new leaf and the holes are in a line, that is usually damage that happened when the leaf was tightly curled before unfurling. The other thing to watch for is pets… sometimes they will sink their teeth in just to test the texture. They don’t bite a portion of the leaf off.. just leave little imprints. :) If you still can’t figure it out, take some photos in your phone and stop into a reputable nursery and they might be able to help as well.
The proper thing would be to seperate that monstera first. That's too many plants in one pot. You can grow many beautiful plants if you seperate that crowded pot.
That is an option… but some like a full pot. Plus, with the stress from transport & temperature damage, reducing stress by pruning is MY first choice to reduce the stress on the plant. Being in the green industry for 48 years I have learned that any plant under stress will benefit immediately with a proper prune. 😁
@@karenpast yeah that's a great idea but after it gets some new growth the right thing would be to seperate them. Monsteras don't like to be crowded and they look so much better as one plant. These is a good way to propagate them into more healthy plants. 👍🏼 But pruning is the best approach for sure. Nice videos. 👍🏼👍🏼🙂
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FINALLY after 30 min of searching the internet I found your very clear and concise video! It’s insane how hard it is just to find actually clear instructions about where the growth nodes actually are and where exactly you should cut in relation to them. Thank you so so much!!
So glad it was helpful! 🪴
Thank you for your video! It was direct and specific to pruning. Some of these other videos were WAY too long and don't even get to the fine details of how to prune. This was very helpful.
Thank you for being so detailed and the close ups are greatly appreciated
That was so simple and the clearest explanation of pruning I’ve seen so far here. Thank you so much! ♥️
Glad it was helpful! 💕🪴
Omg thank you for getting straight to the point but still including important details ❤️
I've just gotten my first Monstera so I had no idea how to prune or cut off the damaged leaves. This was what I needed.
Thanks for taking the time to make this clip. I was not sure where to make the cut and you cleared this up nicely.
Pun intended?
Thank YOU so MUCH! I accidentally left my monstera on my super sunny deck for just one day and I have burns! 😭 This video is so helpful. ❤
THANK YOU! I honestly just needs to prune off the old leaves/broken leaves after a friend knocked the plant over. everyone else's videos discuss propagating and I was like "I dont need to propagate, just PRUNE"
I thought I was killing my plant by cutting at the base of the leaves -- this video made me feel so much better!
Oh yay! Glad it was helpful! 🪴
Thank you for sharing your knowledge!❤️
This is exactly what I need, and what I’ve been looking for!
Now off I go to saving my monteras! 😁
Glad it was helpful! 🪴
I think this is why my monstera has gotten so leggy, I’ve been cutting off future growth when pruning so it now has ALOT of gaps. It’s putting out new leaves weekly, usually 2-4 at a time & it’s color is good so hopefully if I just follow these tips going forward it will bush out! Thank you for sharing this! 🪴💚
This video was exactly what I was trying to find out! Thank you so much for explaining how these leaves grow out of one another and exactly where to cut to prevent damaging future leaves. 🪴🪴plus the difference in what heat and cold damage look and feel like. All in under 5 minutes!! Thanks again!!
You’re so welcome! 🪴💕
Short and sweet and extremely helpful. Thanks!
Thank you so much for the simplistic explanation! This has really helped💚
Thanks, really well explained ❤!
Extremely helpful! Thank u!
Hey thanks from Tampa-St Pete. I'm going out this morning to have a visit with my monstera!
Hey there! Love your area! We have a place on St Pete Beach! It’s our home away from home. ❤
Thank you so much for addressing the signs of heat and cold damage! I had some cold damage, on the edge of a new light green leaf, which I was trying to identify but there weren't many informative videos, which were relatively long in run time. You told me everything I need to know in less than 5 minutes! You're awesome! Thanks again, so very much!
Thank you for your kind words! Glad I could help!
Wow so easy, when you said It’s hard to mess it up I laughed because I did haha.. that’s all I needed to know short and to the point thanks a lot❤
We’ve all made mistakes. :) it’s how we learn. 💕🪴 glad this video was helpful!
Thanks so much for doing this video. I've been trying to find something just like this for over a week! I've been on FB plant groups and TH-cam and found nothing helpful until your video. I am a new plant mom and didn't know exactly where to cut my deliciosa (my favorite plant that I own) without hurting her long term! Now I feel comfortable to snip off the area that needs it! Thanks, again!
Oh! Yay!! Glad it was helpful!
This was really helpful! Thank you very much!
Great information. I have a few brown ish leaves that I need to cut but I hesitated. Now I can get them off properly. Thanks!
This was perfect thank you! I just grabbed one of these on the discount cart in Costco. She was really banged up but my daughter and I figured we can save her!
This was so informative!! Thank you!
Glad it was helpful! 🪴
Thank you so much! This is exactly what I needed.
So glad I could help! 🪴
Thanks, it's really helpful advice :)
Thanks! I didn't know this before!
Thanks a million! I need to prune mine and have no idea where to start.🙂
This is very helpful! Thanks for showing us!
You’re not so shabby with your channel too!!! 💕
This is amazing!! Thank you!!!
Thank you so much I really appreciate you uploaded this. X
Glad it was helpful! 🪴
Thanks. I didn’t know that, thanks for the video!
No I didn’t know this and this is great advice thank you so much. A great explanation. I have a few of these plants and I have been cutting any damaged leaves off way too low! Yay thank you than you !
So glad it was helpful! 💕🪴
Thx for this detailed vid.
Thank you! Great video!
You are very welcome! 🪴
This was great and helpful. Thank you 😊
Glad it was helpful! 🪴
Thank you so much for a video that leaves no questions. I just purchased my first monstera. It was half price at Walmart and looking pretty rough. I've been putting off pruning for a week now out of fear of ruining it and now I can do it today. 😁
So happy it was helpful! 💕🪴
Thanks, so much, for this! I think I can prune and propagate my monstera with more confidence now.
So glad it was helpful! 🪴
Thank you, this helped me so much
Glad I found this video thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you sooo much for this video!!
Glad it could help!
Thank you, great to the point video.
Thanks so much!
The best video ever i see thanks for your information
Thank you! 🪴
I am singing your praises!! Just as natalieayala1584, below said, NO ONE showed, in detail, how to prune a monstera. They would say 'You cut at the stem.' Where's the stem?!? Or they would say I'm going to cut here and they would be at the back of the plant with the camera in front back a ways. Really?! Still doesn't show me where to cut the plant. Thank you so much for your detailed instructions along with the camera close up so we can see what you're doing!! You know how to teach people. Thank you, thank you!!!
Thanks for this! ❤️
You're so welcome! 🪴
Thanks. Informative and to the point :)
💕🪴 glad it was helpful!
Thank you! This is exactly the video I needed to see! I can cut my damaged leaf stem with confidence now!
You’ve got this! :) glad I could help. 🪴
Thank you so much!!!
FABULOUS!!!
THANK YOU!! I just rescued one with all burned leaves😮 wasn't sure where to cut! Difficult to find a video about this, they hurriedly snip without showing exactly where!
Glad I could help! Good luck with your rehab! 🪴
@@karenpast Only 1 mo? From 2 stalks trimmed, each now have 4 and 5 perforated leaves! And each were only $2.50 each!
Great video and very informative,
Thanks a bunch!!
OMG thanks so much, I didn't know that - and I just bought my first baby monstera :) glad I found your video ❤
I’m glad you found it too!! :)
I moved back in July and during the half hour my plants were in my car my monstera got burnt on a lot of its leaves. I was hoping it'd get better without me cutting off its beautiful large leaves that I've grown so proud of but I realized that though my plant wasn't "acting" sick her growth rate was reduced with the damaged leaves. I'm glad I found this video, I did cut off the leaves exactly as you showed and I'm confident she'll be her beautiful bushy self again in no time. She was a self bought mother's day gift from my at the time 8 month old daughter. I got a 8 pack of random live plants off Amazon with no labels and she was one of the ones that flourished. Out of the 8 I only have 2 of them left for to my lack of knowledge about the plants. They were all only about 4 inches in height and I had no idea I even had a monstera till the holes started assisting in her leaves. At first I thought I somehow messed up but upon closer inspection I realized they were naturally forming and was finally able to identify her. The other one is what I call my Arrowhead plant and then I had an asparagus fern that was amazing but she sadly did not make the car ride from Arizona up to Minnesota. It was just too dry in the car for her to last the 4 days of the trip. My other 2 pacts in that car ride were my spider plants (originaly came ss one plant but turned into twins) and I had my aunt look after them but she accidently over watered and they got root rot so my monstera and my Arrowhead mean a lot to me. Their the only plants I've kept alive over 3 years so far. My Arrowhead also Walmart came close to dying but mostly because my cats decided she made a comfortable bed and broke her stems to nubs. I just kept watering her even though I thought it was a lost cause and new stems and leaves are coming out of the old trunk and even the soil and they're growing pretty fast. Sorry for the long comment, I just really found a passion in my plants and I feel pride in how I've been able to grow them with basically no knowledge on their care from little 4 inch sprouts that was barely even recognizable from the beautys they grew into. I've had many plants in the past before and on average they lasted about a month before withering and dying
I love this! My favorite thing to tell plant parents is, don’t think of it as killing or losing a plant, think if it as a lesson. We all learn from our plant parent mistakes. I’m glad your monstera is doing well!
Great tip. Thanks
Thank you Marlene!
Thank you! I hope you share more tips about Monsteras.
You’re very welcome!
Great information thanks
Thank you for this
You’re very welcome. 💕🪴
thank you!
Thank you very much for this video. I'm late to indoor plants, and I purchased a sad Monstera with twisted - sad leaves. Your video will help me to cut her back to hopefully give her a fresh start🤞🪴
You’re very welcome! Good luck on your plant rehab.
just picked up a huge one from home depot that needs some TLC, this is very helpful!
So glad it’s helpful! Enjoy your new baby!
Thank u! 💚
Great video! I have a question I’ve been having trouble finding the answer to. When I propagated my monstera cutting a year ago, I was a newbie to the hobby. I unfortunately allowed the water to cover the petiole on 2 out of 3 stems on my cutting. This unfortunately permanently damaged it to the point it will not produce any new leaves. The one stem where the petiole was not submerged is growing beautifully. My question is, can I cut off the two leaves not producing below their damaged petiole, and will my plant grow a new stem that will produce leaves?
New stems come from nodes. Nodes are generally located where the leaf comes out of a stem.
Thank you so so much. My monstera caught a rust fungus infection and I had to hack the poor girl. This was very clear and easy to follow.
Glad it could help!
Thankyou
I'm so happy I found you! Great info! Can you cut down the small leaves that didn't fenestrate when pruning? Thanks!
It’s personal preference. I leave my immature leaves to keep the plant looking full and to help with photosynthesis. The more green on a plant, the more natural food it creates. If you do choose to cut those off, make sure you’re not cutting off your next new leaf.
Great info. My Monsterda is very leggy. How do I make it bushy like the one shown in this video?? And how do I keep it short
Thanks
Is it okay to cut the littlest ones (probably the first leaves) all the way to the soil if the stems get broken from kids/husbands moving/running into it etc? 😬
Thanks to you. I new to plants. Stuck swiss cheese plant in to sun while going away for weekend. If it weren't for ignorance I'd have no intelligence.
Anyway, came back to poor burnt plant.
Your video helped tremendously!!
Thank you.
Don’t be hard on yourself’! We’ve all made mistakes along the way! I have faith you can rehab it back… and when you do… it’s so satisfying. 💕🪴
Following now due to just finding this video. Im here for it 🤚🤚🤚
Hi!! 👋 thanks for following! 💕🪴
Do you have to put anything where you made the cut?
Nope! It will callous on its own. That cut end will brown up and seal.
Question: (I’m very new to gardening and I had 2 monsteras that were delivered to me, but left in the sun for a couple of hours and were burnt before I could bring them in the house). Everything I read said you needed to prune the damaged leaves. Little did I know you could cut the wrong leaf and stop the growth of future leaves (now I know thanks to your video!) My question is: since some of the leaves WERE cut (that would have gone on to produce more leaves in the future), how can I save my monsteras and get them to grow more leaves? Thank yo u for your help!
A plants will to survive is amazing! Be patient, you will eventually see new baby growth coming from the soil level. (Providing the roots are healthy). They will be baby leaves for a while, but eventually will size up leaf by leaf. It sets the plant back a little, but there is so much satisfaction in growing a plant from immature leaves to mature :)
One positive is that when growing from baby to big, especially with Monsteras, you can train it from the start into the shape you want with additional pruning, adding a pole or strap training stems into the direction you prefer.
TY!
You’re very welcome! 💕🪴
Thank you for the video!! 💚 i just got a monstera about a month ago and some of the leaves got dark spots due to underwatering ( i was away for a while). If I don't prune the leaves that are damaged , will it affect the rest of the plant?
xx
It will not… as long as those spots don’t continue to spread. That can be a root rot issue. Root rot can be from regular overwatering and dry rot root rot happens when very dehydrated roots are heavily watered.. the roots split when they quickly go from very dry & cracked to fully hydrated and they split. That allows Bacteria in and causes rot too. Keep a close eye on the dark spots.
@@karenpast good to know, thank you sooo much!!!
Best video homegirl
Thank you so much for your video! I just realized what I did before was totally wrong! And as you instructed, I cut the damage leaf right before the new little nub. But it has been a month and it's still not growing. Am I going to lose it?
If you mistakenly cut off the next leaf that was hiding in the stem, the plant will generally regrow from the base. The new base growth will be juvenile.
Great video. I have a question. On my plant the newest leaf was damaged and fell off, so there are no new nodes for a new leaf to come out of. Is there a chance new leaves can grow from somewhere else?
Unfortunately new growth will only come from a node. Was it only a 1 leaf cutting? Or are there older leaves below? There are nodes where the petiole (what holds the leaf up) meets the stem. So if it had older leaves, new growth would come from the stem where the next leaf down is. Plants have a will to survive so if you lost the top growth, it will activate another growth point further down the stem. I hope that makes sense.
@@karenpast thanks Karen. The plant was dehydrated so the new leaf basically died. Unfortunately like the plant in the video some of the other plants were sunburnt but otherwise the rest of the plant is ok
Hi from the Philippines! I have my very first Monstera Deliciosa damaged as that with its leaves yellowing around the corners. May I ask once you prune it, how long does it take for the new leaf to develop?
Btw thank you very much for the video! This truly helps!
Hi! It depends on conditions and if a new leaf is showing in the stem. But generally, within a few weeks a leaf should be showing as a ‘point’ on the stem.
What did you do about the smaller leaves growing from the soil? My monstera has a few that are damaged but I’m not sure whether to cut them or remove them from the soil completely.
My general rule of thumb is.. if the leaf is less than 50% damaged, I leave the leaf until there is new growth. Any healthy tissue is still creating food for the plant via photosynthesis. If you really can’t stand looking at them, cut them off at the soil level. Those small ones are the oldest on the plant. They were the starter, juvenile leaves that the larger leaf after came from.
Hi.. Great video! Does the area where u cut off the damaged leave turn black? I cut mine and its turned black after a few hours. Should I be worried?
The cut end will brown. It’s called callusing. Very similar to when we cut ourselves and a scab forms. As long as the brown/black does not travel down the stem, it will be fine.
how do you propagate if I can't find any nodes on my monstera? Mine somehow looks like this, when one stem comes out from another but no nodes.
Thanks, I bought a deliciosa on clearance that had some ripped damaged leaves. Not burnt or dried out or anything just not the prettiest leaves. Do you suggest cutting these off or leave them there? If I do cut the stems will the stems continue to grow or do they just become stubs?
Hi! It’s up to you whether to cut damaged leaves off. The leaves won’t heal. The newest leaf is the only one that will create a new leaf from it. In this video I show the point of a new leaf living inside the last leaf. If the leaf you’re cutting is older, it will be just a stalk.
@@karenpast Okay, I think I'll take it slow and cut high on the stem to see if there's another leaf that might pop out. If not I guess can cut it back further to the main stem. Be a good learning experience to try and see what happens. Thank you for the advice and help.
What happens if it was accidentally cut way too low?
If there’s a node below, it should activate that node for new growth. It will be juvenile growth, but it should be fine. :)
I was really looking forward to my first propagation. If I cut as close to the base as possible, will that negatively effect new growth?
It’s all dependent on nodes. If you leave a node on the mother plant, it will regrow from that node. Make sure your prop has an aerial root when you take your cut.
@@karenpast thank you! I appreciate you’re response!
When pruning if there’s just a small sun spot can I cut out the spot or do I have to remove the entire leaf
You can just cut the damage off if you want. Either way will work.
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My monsters has been bitten by some slugs and it doesn’t look appealing should I prune it ? Will it grow back ?
It’s entirely up to you whether to prune it or not, that’s more of an aesthetic thing. If you prune correctly, it will continue to grow. Just be mindful of where the new leaves come from (the petiole of the last mature leaf)
👋🏼 Hi! I'm new to plants so please excuse my ignorance. I cut my leaf but it turned a dark color at the top where I cut it. Is that normal?? I cut an arrowhead plant and it did the same thing. I can't find anything to tell me if I messed up or not 😢
Hiya! It is normal for the cut ends to turn black or brown. Think of it as a scar. If it continues up or down the stem, that’s an indication of rot. Make sure you use a clean cutting device before you cut and wipe with alcohol between cuts to reduce bacteria from going into the open cells. Hope that helps! & we welcome newbies around here 🪴😀
So sorry about your plants 😞 I don't have one but great information, I have a plant that does grow like that but much smaller.
It’s ok.. mishaps with orders happens. I’m glad you enjoyed my tips. 🪴
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Can you be relatively aggressive with pruning like this?
As aggressive as you wish. But remember that all healthy green on the plant is creating food via photosynthesis. The more green you remove, the longer it takes to bounce back.
Hi there i wanted to ask i jus got the monstera and unfortunately i broke a leaf now wanna know can u grow that leaf in water need help thankyou.
Hi! A leaf alone will not root. You would need a node on the stem.
Do I prune the new leaves on the bottom that are small and don’t have and fenagrarions yet?
It’s personal preference. I leave them on to create a fuller looking plant. I adore the heart shaped non- fenestrated leaves myself. :)
I accidentally lost all the new leaves of my monstera and all I got now are the non-pregnant leaves. How am O gonna get new growth?
Sometimes they will pup up from under the soil.. but they will be super juvenile .
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Hi! I cut my burnt leafs off the way you did, and the location turned brownish black. Is this normal?
Hi! The ‘cut’ will always brown (scab). The plant will naturally seal the cut area. As long as it doesn’t continue down the stem, it’s normal. If it continues then there is a problem.
@@karenpast my browning continued down the stems where I cut and so far no sign of regrowth on any of those areas in about a month. I accidentally burned leaves in direct sun. What can I do? The bottoms of my stems look like frayed bark?
@@rainsoundsasmr4187 it’s very hard to diagnose without photos. But first thing I would do is check the roots. Make sure they’re not rotting. If roots look healthy, you can usually cut all the way down to a few inches from the soil and as long as the roots are healthy, it ‘should’ regrow. It’s a very long process to get them to look good again. Be mindful of overwatering if you hard cut thou, with the lack of leaves, they won’t drink as much.
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@@karenpast I sure will!
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Hi, my monstera have little holes in the leafs and I don't know what to do :(
First thing is Check for pests, although it’s very rare for common houseplant pests to make actual holes. Unless the plant was outdoors.
If it was a new leaf and the holes are in a line, that is usually damage that happened when the leaf was tightly curled before unfurling.
The other thing to watch for is pets… sometimes they will sink their teeth in just to test the texture. They don’t bite a portion of the leaf off.. just leave little imprints. :)
If you still can’t figure it out, take some photos in your phone and stop into a reputable nursery and they might be able to help as well.
The proper thing would be to seperate that monstera first. That's too many plants in one pot. You can grow many beautiful plants if you seperate that crowded pot.
That is an option… but some like a full pot. Plus, with the stress from transport & temperature damage, reducing stress by pruning is MY first choice to reduce the stress on the plant. Being in the green industry for 48 years I have learned that any plant under stress will benefit immediately with a proper prune. 😁
@@karenpast yeah that's a great idea but after it gets some new growth the right thing would be to seperate them. Monsteras don't like to be crowded and they look so much better as one plant. These is a good way to propagate them into more healthy plants. 👍🏼 But pruning is the best approach for sure. Nice videos. 👍🏼👍🏼🙂
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