How to propagate a Swiss Cheese Plant | Monstera Deliciosa
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ส.ค. 2021
- Let me show you how to propagate a swiss cheese plant. The Monstera Deliciosa is an very hardy indoor houseplant and by following this short guide you'll be able to propagate this plant perfectly every time.
I go over where to cut this plant, how to protect it from rotting in water, and how to pot it up into soil the right way. Have a successful propagation every time.
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As I'm learning more about propagations lets get into the specifics:
-root and stem rot are generally caused by a specific fungus or bacteria that has infected your plant.
-we need to focus on disinfecting our cutting tools in between cuttings, this will help prevent bacteria from spreading.
-good airflow and and a clean environment help prevent the spread of bacteria.
-pests that fly from plant to plant, like fungus gnats, help spread bacteria. Do what you can to reduce their numbers.
-fungicides that you sprinkle on the stem/aerial roots can help help some situations.
What does this mean for letting your plant callous? This may not have an actual effect if your plant is already infected with a bacteria/fungus that encourages soft rot. So focus less on the callousing and more on having clean tools.
-Lee
I really like how are you explain and teach. I’m 67 and my new houseplants are like my kids now.
Thank you.
You are welcome!
Your videos are the only videos my adhd can watch all the way through and I’m so grateful for that! Lol straight to the point 🙌🏻
Thank you for watching!
I don’t even have any plants, but your enthusiasm and matter of fact/pragmatic approach makes me feel like I could have a plant. One day.
A wax plant is one of the easiest to grow. Forgot to water for over a month? No problem. Left it in a soaked plastic bag for over a month? No problem! I have even seen some flowers on mine when it got extra light. They don't want direct sun and can grow in the shade, but high light out of the sun is best. Over time you can train the vine around a door frame or whatever you want to attach it to.
Following along with this now. Thanks so much for the video! will keep you posted 🌿
Great video! Easy to follow, clear directions! Thank you! ❤
Thank you for all of your fantastic Monstera posts! I have an old, horribly overgrown Big M that I would love to rehab. After watching several of your videos, I know what I need to do. Thank you!!
Excellent video! I love listening to you and your knowledge never fails. 😊
Wow. Your videos have been the most informative and helpful I've seen! Thank you so much! ❤
great video cant wait to sit down and watch more!!!
Omg.. I Love you! So glad I found ya channel.. Keep up the good work..
Very helpful that you explained where to cut. Thanks. These are valuable plants once established. 😊
Very well Explained and Thank you 👍😅
Thank you, I'm just getting ready to propagate my 18 year old monstera. This video is the perfect info.
i am so so glad i found this video. i never knew that those roots were called arial roots, i thought they were just roots that hadn't been potted correctly!
My monstera cutting is already getting secondary roots after only about 2 weeks. Thank you for the video!!
Excellent video! Thank you!
Just did mine! Thank you 😊 was super scared to hurt it but seems to have gone well 😅
Love this!!!
Cool! I’ll be trying this out thank you!
Very informative 👏
😊thank you for making this so simple to understand ❤
Glad it was helpful
Thanks! You are by far, the coolest plant mogul I've ever seen! Monsteras rule!
Wow, thanks Patrick. Appreciate it. 🌱
This is wonderful! Thank you so much! I bought a Monstera four years ago and never staked it properly, so it's growing wild and crazy now with a twisted vine. I've been thinking it's time to try and propagate it with cuttings to start over and make it more manageable, but I've been so scared to cut off any part of the plant. You gave me hope that I can make it work!
How did this turn out? (I’m at the exact same point, trying to find the courage to chop 😂)
Thank you for your amazing videos! I just ordered a Monstera cutting with roots and wasnt sure how to care for it when it arrives. Your video is perfect and answered all my questions! Many, many thanks : ]
Where'd you order from?
ok now i have a plan for fixing that giant monstera XD thanks dude your videos are making my day!
Hey Lee lets talk about that beautiful rhaphidophora tetrasperma in the back lol just found your channel learning so much on taking care of my new monstera plant thank you.😃
Very helpful 👍🏻thanks 🙏
Glad it was helpful!
Amazing videos ❤
Thank you for the great video. I was just gifted a monstera cutting and don't want to kill it.
Thank you for this video! I have followed every single detail of your tutorial (my boyfriend was looking at me like I was crazy when he saw me dipping the stem in cinnamon and then candle wax haha) and only one week later I can already see small baby roots coming out of the main air root :) Im extremely excited!!!
Hi. So I just cut a broken leaf off and put in glass jar and it’s thriving .. how do I get it to make roots ?
Do you put on the cinnamon/hormone before drying or after?
How to make monstera bushy. My plant has leaves on top but bare at bottom
Could you do a video on the right pot size for the plant
I'll keep that in mind. Great idea
Yess plz , I just bought one and it has one big areal root right out the pot
Hi Lee, I have propagated one cutting and found that it grew one, single file, branch (just leaf after leaf). Do you have any tips on how to encourage a propagation to branch out into multiple branches? Also, thanks so much for taking the time to make these videos. I find them so helpful!
Thanks for watching. Monstera is a vine. It will only grow leaf after leaf.
You can add multiple mosteras to the same pot to make it look fuller.
Do you have to put some solution at the end of the stem
no
Hi lee! How much soil should I cover the stems in the pot? How far buried should the stems be? Would I do it until the plant can stabilize itself and the roots are completely covered? I’ve heard that burying it too far deep is bad for the plant. Would I just cover the plants stem and roots in soil right below the node, and the stem will still continue to get taller as it grows?
Covering the stem puts the plant at an increased risk of stem rot. It's not guaranteed.
One thing you can do is put in a small stake to support the plant. I've planted Monstera with the stems hovering above the soil supported by a chopstick.
I was wondering this too! I’m
About to transfer mine to soil. Thanks so much for the advice!
Thank you! But "change your water as often as you can"? Technically I can constantly until I die.
Hi!
Should i put my cutting into water immidiately after i closed the cut with cinnamon or i have to wait for like 1 day before i put my fresh cutting into water?
a few hours might be ok. depends on the health of the cutting.
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Hi Lee! I just found your channel! I bought a monstera deliciosa at a big box store not knowing anything about them other than they are pretty forgiving. My history with certain plants is a horror story. Looking at mine the roots are all buried and there aren’t any visible aerial roots. It’s still in the original pot since I purchased it in February 2022 and I’m pretty sure it’s growing the wrong way. Should I repot it, try to find the roots to propagate it, or leave it. I also have a monstera Adansonii and I’m confused if it needs to be on a pole or can it hang? Thanks!
An adansonii can hang or climb, looks great both ways. As for your Deliciosa, I can't really help you without seeing it.
Is there a certain temperature it needs to be for the roots to start growing? I'm having a hard time getting mine to start rooting
normal home temperature should be fine, focus on more light.
Thanks for the video, to clarify, what happens to the original plant that was cut? Does it die?
It grows back!
Hi there, thank for your videos. I put a monstera cutting in water and the aerial root grew secondary roots. Is this normal? Should I plant these under the soil or above?
Under soil. Above soil the roots will dry out.
Hi there! Question.. when you take a cutting from leaves that already grew their leaves, and root them in water, will they grow new leaves once you plant them in soil? Hope that made sense.
As long as there is a stem piece with a node attached it will grow.
@@KillThisPlantthank you!
I had to chop my mums monstera today, that had suffered from longtime low light conditions... she very many very tiny leafs and grew long droopy stems. So I cut her to pieces and try to grow some roots. I hope she does better with more light and a new start 🙈
Best of luck!
What if I have long aerial roots that have been redirected into soil? Do I put those in water? Or can I just pot it in some soil? I’ve seen some people cut them off as well I’m just not sure what I should do
The choice is yours. They can go in water, or directly in soil. I recommend doing whatever makes you the most comfortable/familiar with.
Hi Kill This Plant-- I have a question. Is it possible to save a baby monstera with root rot and no aeriel roots?
Thank you for your content!
That depends on how much of the stem/node is rotting.
Thank you for these important tips. Do you have to have your monstera cuttings in the sun inside your house?
It is preferred to have them in bright but indirect light. If you have it in a spot that is bright enough to read a book in for 6 hours a day you should be fine.
Is it necessary to put cinnamon or can it go without it when drying?
No, just use clean tools.
Should we also seal the end that we cut off the main plant?
No.
oh, are we suppose to submerge the aerial roots in the water?
It is preferred
I bought a monstera albo cutting with two long aerial roots, placed it in water and within a few days the roots turned to mush so I had to cut them off at the base. They were about 6 inches long each. The cutting came from Indonesia so I didn’t do any cutting myself. Any knowledge of why this happened and what I should do now? It’s just sitting in water now and the stem still feels firm.
th-cam.com/video/9mKL6aZw-hQ/w-d-xo.html
This should shed some light.
I have never disinfected a tool....I wonder if that's the problem lol
Not necessarily. By not disinfecting you can spread disease. If your plants aren't infected there would be nothing to spread.
It is good practice though.
If you run the tool under hot water between clipping it workse well, I have never had a problem
Same lol
Same. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. I'm creating super plants 🤣
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What if the aerial root is still too long for my vase? Can I cut the aerial root a little shorter?
Yes.
i did the cuttings (with a used and not cleaned garden scissor), put them in tap water, changed the water two times in first two weeks... and now all the cutting are getting new leafs and roots... no loss again...
That's great! If you have healthy cuttings to begin with they rarely rot, no matter how you treat them.
Is it oké to repot it with the mother plant? I want my plant to look more bushy.
Yes that's a great idea
What do I do if my air roots are super long??
You can cut them back to make them able to fit in an appropriate sized container to propagate.
In general you should guide your aerial roots back into the soil as your plant is growing.
Sir my monstera is kind a became soft after I propagate it have air root
Need suggestion??
I need more details. Did you cut it and put it straight into soil? If it was water propagated how long were the roots and what size pot did it go in?
When we propagate does the mother plant again get new single leaves?
Yes
New leaves emerge from below the node usually. It may take some time though.
Hey Lee. Question for you, can root rot transfer from plant to plant? My first Monstera root rotted and it seems like since then my cat palm, oyster plant, and possibly peacock plant have all been root rotting. If so how far away should they be from my healthy plants?
Technically root rot is a fungal/bacterial infection that can spread in a variety of ways. But you would have to be sharing soil, sharing tools, be in a damp environment with poor airflow and all those plants touching.
More likely its a watering behaviour.
@@KillThisPlant Thanks for the response back 😌
@@VeryKinkyCurl It also might be soil from my experience. Too heavy + rainy, cloudy weather and soil does not dry out fast enough as in warmer weather.
Hey lee! My monstera has a pretty big Ariel leaf. Should I still wait the couple of weeks? Or should I be fine to pot it in a pot?
If you have had success with soil propagation in the past you can go for it! Personally I always wait for significant water root development.
Can you choose a pot that is to large?
Yes you can. If the pot is too large, the roots will not be able to absorb all the moisture from the damp soil. The soil around the roots will stay wet eventually suffocating the roots (wet soil, lack of oxygen, roots rot)
When is the best time to propagate the swiss then??
Generally spring time.
I used to stick the cut stem directly into the soil, and they all turned black😭. I will try this way next time.
I don't have much success with soil propagation either.
I have my monstera in a washing machine tab in full sun the soil is hard as a rock never fertiliser and as beautiful as any TH-cam video
They're super hardy like that!
Hii I just tried repotting my monstera plant and it looks like it’s dying. I think it’s probably going through shock but it’s been a few weeks since I repotted and it’s not really getting better, the leaves keep getting more yellow little by little. I want to try to save it but I think another repotting would kill it from too much stress. I want to try propagating do you think it will help?
I think the problem might be overfertilized soil but I don’t think repotting again into fresh soil will help much, too much stress for it😞
Your plant is already dying. Doing nothing is not a choice you can make right now. Take it out and try again.
@@KillThisPlant I was looking at it again and I noticed there’s a little sprout growing from one of the stems. Should I still repot the whole plant or wait? Or maybe take this specific stem and propagate it? I don’t know what to do😭
@@eden3002 repot
I went to repot my mini monstera ans it snapped ao i cut them up and now gotta start over but its ok becuase i have my final pots on porch with poles waiting for them. That being said ahould i put one plant or two for my pole? Will one plant look way to skinny?? Im thinking since the pots are on both sides of my front door under covered porch, im thinking two plants in each may get way to big. Thinking one will be more narrow?
For a mini monstera you'd want 3-6 stems. They grow extremely narrow.
@@KillThisPlant mini meaning it was a small plant I'm pretty sure it's a reg monstera deliciosa
@@4rdzlla oh. I thought you meant Rhaphidaphora Tetrasperma.
2-3 sounds good.
@@KillThisPlant I had my 4 cuttings in water for 3 weeks. My nodes are just growing long lol. It's not rooting with a bunch of roots. The node or arial root is just growing long. What the heck??? Lol. Or a few are growinf new nodes. But none of the nodes are growing tons of roots???
@@4rdzlla keep waiting, slowly increase light if possible
Is it possible to propagate monstera leaf with no node? I messed up and I'm not ready to give up on the plant 😩 what should I do.?
No, it might grow roots but it will not grow a new plant. Sorry 😔
@@KillThisPlant and what should I do with the roots then???
@@dorcasatieno5797 you can plant it I guess? It might sustain the single leaf for a limited time.
@@KillThisPlant can I put it in water for more roots? Sorry for the many questions
@@dorcasatieno5797 yes
Hey Lee, my monstera only has really long aerial roots, with most going back into the soil and the exposed ones being around 11 inches long. Can I still propagate my monstera or is it too late?
It's not too late.
@@KillThisPlant thank you for the quick reply, do you recommend cutting the aerial roots so they are a more manageable length (eg 1-3 inches) or to just leave them as is?
@@badbinch101 the longer the better. I would say just to cut them enough to fit into whatever your propagation container is.
@@KillThisPlant okay thanks a lot :)
Even though Monstera with cinnamon tastes great, I still wouldn't recommend eating it.
a little bit of honey, some cinnamon and a really good steak works really well
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You have a show with a hood chunk of followers but cant buy clippers jesus dude i cried
No one cried more than me when I realized how dull my knife was.
@@KillThisPlant i double cried because i had to muscle through cutting mine twice and i think I'm gonna have to cut it 2 more times, oh and all 4 are in the same stem too hahaha
Invest on some quality clippers.
Just got some!
I still prefer a knife over clippers to avoid crush damage.
Thanks for this short and super informative video. All I needed to know 🌷👍👍
Is this best done in Spring? It's Autumn here now.
Swiss cheese is adansonii not deliciosa. Deliciosa is the Mexican bread fruit plant. One more thing, that's not a deliciosa that's a monstera borsigiana. Looks similar but smaller and no ruffles on the leaves.
Ugh this is painful. I was looking for a video for a friend but im not sending her a video of you hacking away at your plant
His plants are beautiful though!
You’re supposed to cut it to multiply the plant. Yk it regrows right??
@@db68731 i understand how propagation works. You usually do it with a sharp knife, the way he did it was not it
Man oh man my baby is in a giant pot no wonder she hasnt put any new growth out since switching to bigger because of the leaves🫣🫢