Monstera Deliciosa - 3/21/26

Propagated sometime during q3 2025.
Placed in soil / gifted 3/21/26

I allowed these roots to grow for an extended period of time in a large kool-aid man style pitcher. Ooohhhh yeaah!

Typically the roots are not this well established, thick, or spread out when I transplant them to soil. You can see the thick green roots – those were originally the aerial roots. Propogating monstera is rather simple, you just cut between two nodes where you can see an aerial root “bud.”

You can also just cut between the nodes of large aerial roots. I have seen some people propogate “on the vine” with a combination of plastic bags and some moss. It’s one of the hardiest, and most beautiful plants out there.

Attaching it to a post helps to signal to the plant to grow upwards, which will yield the larger “top growth” – which is the look the plant is famous for.

The pot is smaller than you might expect. A common mistake with monstera is putting it in too large a pot. This plant will be able to grow rather tall, you my just need to attach another stake behind the pot.

You do not need to transplant this plant into a new pot until it is nearly root bound. If you would like, after a few more leaves grow out, you could begin porpogating this specimen and eventually have your own jungle setup, too!

Nearly everything you see was propagated from a single purchase. I find growing, caring for, and propagating new plants to be one of the most rewarding hobbies – because it only takes a little “seed” to start – and then your time, patience, and attention.

Yes, it costs a few dollars for a bag of soil, a few dollars for a couple of pots… but that’s it. And you can go from just a few propagations into an entire home and garden full of plants.

This is why I like to give propagations away as gifts – it encourages others to get into the hobby, learn more about botany, and provide an outlet to share with others.

Also – to future readers – I setup this domain a while ago, and never got around to building out the site. I wanted to start documenting my hobbies and plant projects because… I have been failing to do so for a long time.

So this is sort of like… a journal entry – that’s why I am documenting the dates I first cut the propagation, and when I planted it or gifted it.

I figure it will be really cool to start keeping track of this – and then one day I will be able to trace a plants history of propagations and growth back to the “mother” plant.

Hopefully I stick with it!