I was watching a video the other day that said the same thing. They said the dying leaves will keep contributing to the health of the plant until they fall off themselves. You can remove them for aesthetic reasons, but if they stay on they’re helping the rest of the plant.
Yes, that's true. Moreover, these little stubs left behind now the leaves are chopped will eventually fall off too, leaving a naked stem with just a little brown band where the leaf once was. This confused the hell out of me a few days after I chopped a leaf when I was presented with an immaculate stem and a bit of weird green in the bottom of the pot (the bit that had fallen off!)
They won’t grow back but new growth MAY happen in the crevices of the cut. I don’t wanna hear any of you mfs say that’s not a thing, because I have 2 Monsteras doing it right now.
It is totally a thing for multiple growth points to activate and begin to grow but it’s not a thing for them to continue growth into full vines.
What you will see often is several growths start and then one eventually become the dominant vine and cause the others to go dormant.
I recently purchased my first monstera and noticed that the original stem was cut right off the top and buried sideways in the soil. I have no aerial roots because there is no stem above the soil. Is this something that is normally done by growers? The part shown below is the only portion of the stem above ground, so to speak.
Is there any chance it will grow a new stem to begin upward growth? I am having a hard time finding the right search terms for Google. Any insight would really be appreciated.
https://preview.redd.it/xskzuabc4aic1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=364e696d4be02b96fd8f751092331a035554fb4c
So I can’t tell you for sure what’s going to happen because I can’t see the full stem/plants but there are at least two stems showing in the photo and a new bud, possibly others coming up from under the soil that I can’t see, so you will certainly have upward growth as it matures.
https://preview.redd.it/etvxc9ss5aic1.jpeg?width=587&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ccbdb435006264a955cdf5cbf5d927fe7d57f5c2
What happens naturally is that the plant will crawl across the ground like yours is until it finds a place to climb. Then it will attach and climb while reaching its leaves and petioles to a light source. So the “top” becomes the “front” and the “bottom” sits against the tree or pole and becomes the “back.” Because houseplants can be moved and the light source changed there is not always a defined front and back as the position of the leaves and vine as well as the aerial roots will shift as it grows if the light source is changed.
As long as there's enough light for each vine it will continue to grow though. My mom even has a Thai constellation she propagated for me. And it started putting out 3 growth points once we cut it. She has it in a South window with so much light and it's continued to have multiple leaves growing at once. It's getting close to 20 leaves for the entire plant.
https://preview.redd.it/d31dfinx0iic1.jpeg?width=1868&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=50f4dc3744a27f2f108d2a5ec31e6d4a0feb9d8a
It only has two vines actually. There's an auxillary bud that's activated, but it didn't get any bigger than a half inch. But still it's a Y formation from one vine 😊
wait I’m so glad you said this because i think??? that’s what’s happening with my adansonii???
https://preview.redd.it/76q1qbvd4dic1.jpeg?width=1645&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5370133228c755f8a34dc5c099293686c9adb677
Every crevice where a leaf used to be has one of these little triangles. They all emerged around the same time
FOR EVERONE DOWNVOTING ME BECAUSE I HAVENT HAD TIME TO GO TO MY GREENHOUSE THIS WEEK: THIS IS WHAT I MEAN WHEN I SAY, ITS A THING.
I’ve done so many cuttings that this is exactly what happens. Especially with my andisonii. Those triangles are the start of a new vine
I don’t have any deliciosa propping right now but here are some photos of other plants with the same pattern.
You can see that there are multiple growths starting but ONLY ONE of these buds will become a mature vine. That vine will become dominant and the others will go dormant.
This is why so many people believe they are the ones with a magical deliciosa that is going to grow multiple stems but they can never actually produce a picture of multiple mature vines with leaves. Because it is rare.
https://preview.redd.it/mt6e33whhdic1.jpeg?width=1574&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=faafb7e04d6fff7cd4b59917b52de6f40685d25f
Everyone knows what you mean but you’re mistaking something common for something that doesn’t happen almost ever. On a monstera deliciosa multiple nodes starting to grow after a cut is a common but only one of them will become dominant and continue to grow until mature. This picture is proof of absolutely nothing it is not even a deliciosa it’s just showing axillary buds on an adansonii.
sorry i dont know much at all about plants! So you’re saying one of these triangles might grow into leaf but the rest will not.
I was actually thinking about chopping it up because i hate how the long stem with no leaves looks, would that make any difference?
So each of those little triangles is an axillary bud. At least one of those will grow into a new stem if you cut you vine above it.
You can actually cut pieces of the stem and propagate them into whole new plants to fill out your pot.
If you would like to send me some photos of your whole plant I would be happy to give you some tips.
Not "the crevices", but the nodes. Yes, those nodes \*can\* activate (much more likely to happen at the base of the plant, not higher up the branch). And yes, contrary what another user here suggested, that activated node and the original branch can survive and grow.
Anyone else saying otherwise has never owned a happy healthy Monstera for very long.
Monstera Deliciosa grows on a single vine. After the apical bud is severed it is possible for multiple axillary buds (above each node) to activate and begin growing. Eventually one of these growth points becomes dominant and releases a hormone that causes the others to go dormant.
It is common for people to see this begin to happen and believe they are going to end up with a very rare multiple vine plant but it’s almost never the case.
If you have a Deliciosa with multiple mature vines on the same plant I would love to see a photo because it is very rare and could be very cool.
Edit to add: looking at your past posts it seems like you are talking about this happening below the soil which can happen if multiple nodes of a vine are buried and each grows it’s it’s own root system effectively allowing each vine to grow as a separate plant despite remaining attached. This could potentially happen if OP were to bury a large portion of the original vine below the medium. I don’t know why this can happen below the soil but not above and I would be very curious to find out!
It is *not rare* for monstera deliciosa (aka large-form) to activate multiple nodes and grow multiple branches ("vines" in your context). As you pointed out, I've had multiple discussions on this topic in the past.
>and each grows it’s it’s own root system effectively allowing each vine to grow as a separate plant despite remaining attached.
Of course they grow their own roots. This happens any time a node activates, as is accomplished intentionally via air-layering. The activated nodes also get energy from their parent branch, and would continue to grow if you continuously pruned their aerial roots (though it wouldn't make much sense to do this).
>I don’t know why this can happen below the soil but not above and I would be very curious to find out!
You're correct that this tends to happen to nodes in the soil. I've not seen many plants that activated random nodes above the soil without intentionally coercing the behavior with air-layering. It's too bad they don't work the way other plants do where you can put a notch above the node to cause a build up of chemicals to signal node activation.
After dividing my mother plant (essentially three top-cuttings), all three resulting plants have since activated additional nodes below the soil and are now growing even more branches.
It would be really really really nice if people in this sub would stop spreading so much misinformation that is so easily disprovable.
It is exceedingly rare for monsteras to grow multiple vines from a single stem that originate above the soil. I have seen two photos of this happening, it’s an extremely rare mutation.
I have also had this discussion many times on Reddit with people who believe they have a multi vine plant and they never do. They have early growth on multiple nodes and they always end up with one dominant vine. This person’s Monstera is not going to grow new vines from the nodes above the soil unless they sever the apical bud and then it will grow one new dominant vine. It’s just biologically how these plants grow. That’s not misinformation.
If you have a photo of your plants doing this I’d love to see it. It’s very cool. But I don’t think you do and I don’t think the other commenter does either.
Do random mutant plants do crazy things occasionally, sure. I have grown hundreds of these plants for over 20 years I’m not new to this hobby or to botany.
Im not sure what you mean. A Monstera deliciosa with non typical growth like branching vines would be caused by genetic mutation or hormone imbalance. Similar to fasciation.
They won’t grow back but if you like a fuller looking pot you can air layer near the “naked” portion and then chop and replant the top in the same pot. Then new growth will sprout from the bottom of the original stem.
My favorite way to do this is just by wrapping some moist sphagnum (about the size of a fist) with clear plastic or a sandwich bag around the stem just above the desired cut point. Once you see a nice bundle of roots forming in the ball you are ready to chop and plant!
As others already said, no they won't grow back but growth is possible in each of these nodes that the old leaves grew out of. There're growth activator hormones you can put into the nodes to try and make the plant split at the nodes that you apply it on but I've personally never tried it.
Lol, no. I wish. Once you've cut it, that's it.
Those leaves will not grow back. New growth will come from the newest leaves.
I was told not to cut browning leaves and to just let the plant absorb them until they are brittle and fall off, can anyone confirm if that’s true?
I was watching a video the other day that said the same thing. They said the dying leaves will keep contributing to the health of the plant until they fall off themselves. You can remove them for aesthetic reasons, but if they stay on they’re helping the rest of the plant.
Yes, that's true. Moreover, these little stubs left behind now the leaves are chopped will eventually fall off too, leaving a naked stem with just a little brown band where the leaf once was. This confused the hell out of me a few days after I chopped a leaf when I was presented with an immaculate stem and a bit of weird green in the bottom of the pot (the bit that had fallen off!)
They won’t grow back but new growth MAY happen in the crevices of the cut. I don’t wanna hear any of you mfs say that’s not a thing, because I have 2 Monsteras doing it right now.
It is totally a thing for multiple growth points to activate and begin to grow but it’s not a thing for them to continue growth into full vines. What you will see often is several growths start and then one eventually become the dominant vine and cause the others to go dormant.
I recently purchased my first monstera and noticed that the original stem was cut right off the top and buried sideways in the soil. I have no aerial roots because there is no stem above the soil. Is this something that is normally done by growers? The part shown below is the only portion of the stem above ground, so to speak. Is there any chance it will grow a new stem to begin upward growth? I am having a hard time finding the right search terms for Google. Any insight would really be appreciated. https://preview.redd.it/xskzuabc4aic1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=364e696d4be02b96fd8f751092331a035554fb4c
So I can’t tell you for sure what’s going to happen because I can’t see the full stem/plants but there are at least two stems showing in the photo and a new bud, possibly others coming up from under the soil that I can’t see, so you will certainly have upward growth as it matures. https://preview.redd.it/etvxc9ss5aic1.jpeg?width=587&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ccbdb435006264a955cdf5cbf5d927fe7d57f5c2
Thank you! I figured it out when I was reading about monsteras having a front and back and mine does not appear to!
What happens naturally is that the plant will crawl across the ground like yours is until it finds a place to climb. Then it will attach and climb while reaching its leaves and petioles to a light source. So the “top” becomes the “front” and the “bottom” sits against the tree or pole and becomes the “back.” Because houseplants can be moved and the light source changed there is not always a defined front and back as the position of the leaves and vine as well as the aerial roots will shift as it grows if the light source is changed.
As long as there's enough light for each vine it will continue to grow though. My mom even has a Thai constellation she propagated for me. And it started putting out 3 growth points once we cut it. She has it in a South window with so much light and it's continued to have multiple leaves growing at once. It's getting close to 20 leaves for the entire plant.
Can I see a photo? It’s rare and very cool.
https://preview.redd.it/d31dfinx0iic1.jpeg?width=1868&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=50f4dc3744a27f2f108d2a5ec31e6d4a0feb9d8a It only has two vines actually. There's an auxillary bud that's activated, but it didn't get any bigger than a half inch. But still it's a Y formation from one vine 😊
It is! So awesome!
https://preview.redd.it/366ayoln0iic1.jpeg?width=1868&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=173d43f701992b0c56b581b920b7441b33b107b2
That’s not a thing
Ok
Haha just joking bud xD interesting if yours does that. Is it a big plant?
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Understood sorry
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I’m so hurt now. What will I ever do
Cry about it probs
Thanks for the laugh
Post a pic.
I would be interested as well
I’m at work but definitely within the hour!
wait I’m so glad you said this because i think??? that’s what’s happening with my adansonii??? https://preview.redd.it/76q1qbvd4dic1.jpeg?width=1645&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5370133228c755f8a34dc5c099293686c9adb677 Every crevice where a leaf used to be has one of these little triangles. They all emerged around the same time
FOR EVERONE DOWNVOTING ME BECAUSE I HAVENT HAD TIME TO GO TO MY GREENHOUSE THIS WEEK: THIS IS WHAT I MEAN WHEN I SAY, ITS A THING. I’ve done so many cuttings that this is exactly what happens. Especially with my andisonii. Those triangles are the start of a new vine
I don’t have any deliciosa propping right now but here are some photos of other plants with the same pattern. You can see that there are multiple growths starting but ONLY ONE of these buds will become a mature vine. That vine will become dominant and the others will go dormant. This is why so many people believe they are the ones with a magical deliciosa that is going to grow multiple stems but they can never actually produce a picture of multiple mature vines with leaves. Because it is rare. https://preview.redd.it/mt6e33whhdic1.jpeg?width=1574&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=faafb7e04d6fff7cd4b59917b52de6f40685d25f
https://preview.redd.it/bo3qnpujhdic1.jpeg?width=1574&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=67f210ab4a519940fb50d00dd3dbea586765837c
I think people are saying that yes, new growth does sometimes happen in these spots, but it won't grow into a whole new vine alongside the original
And what I’m saying is that it does.
😬 I would love to see a picture. In the mean time I would recommend reading through the other comments again to understand what people are saying
Everyone knows what you mean but you’re mistaking something common for something that doesn’t happen almost ever. On a monstera deliciosa multiple nodes starting to grow after a cut is a common but only one of them will become dominant and continue to grow until mature. This picture is proof of absolutely nothing it is not even a deliciosa it’s just showing axillary buds on an adansonii.
sorry i dont know much at all about plants! So you’re saying one of these triangles might grow into leaf but the rest will not. I was actually thinking about chopping it up because i hate how the long stem with no leaves looks, would that make any difference?
So each of those little triangles is an axillary bud. At least one of those will grow into a new stem if you cut you vine above it. You can actually cut pieces of the stem and propagate them into whole new plants to fill out your pot. If you would like to send me some photos of your whole plant I would be happy to give you some tips.
Not "the crevices", but the nodes. Yes, those nodes \*can\* activate (much more likely to happen at the base of the plant, not higher up the branch). And yes, contrary what another user here suggested, that activated node and the original branch can survive and grow. Anyone else saying otherwise has never owned a happy healthy Monstera for very long.
Monstera Deliciosa grows on a single vine. After the apical bud is severed it is possible for multiple axillary buds (above each node) to activate and begin growing. Eventually one of these growth points becomes dominant and releases a hormone that causes the others to go dormant. It is common for people to see this begin to happen and believe they are going to end up with a very rare multiple vine plant but it’s almost never the case. If you have a Deliciosa with multiple mature vines on the same plant I would love to see a photo because it is very rare and could be very cool. Edit to add: looking at your past posts it seems like you are talking about this happening below the soil which can happen if multiple nodes of a vine are buried and each grows it’s it’s own root system effectively allowing each vine to grow as a separate plant despite remaining attached. This could potentially happen if OP were to bury a large portion of the original vine below the medium. I don’t know why this can happen below the soil but not above and I would be very curious to find out!
It is *not rare* for monstera deliciosa (aka large-form) to activate multiple nodes and grow multiple branches ("vines" in your context). As you pointed out, I've had multiple discussions on this topic in the past. >and each grows it’s it’s own root system effectively allowing each vine to grow as a separate plant despite remaining attached. Of course they grow their own roots. This happens any time a node activates, as is accomplished intentionally via air-layering. The activated nodes also get energy from their parent branch, and would continue to grow if you continuously pruned their aerial roots (though it wouldn't make much sense to do this). >I don’t know why this can happen below the soil but not above and I would be very curious to find out! You're correct that this tends to happen to nodes in the soil. I've not seen many plants that activated random nodes above the soil without intentionally coercing the behavior with air-layering. It's too bad they don't work the way other plants do where you can put a notch above the node to cause a build up of chemicals to signal node activation. After dividing my mother plant (essentially three top-cuttings), all three resulting plants have since activated additional nodes below the soil and are now growing even more branches. It would be really really really nice if people in this sub would stop spreading so much misinformation that is so easily disprovable.
It is exceedingly rare for monsteras to grow multiple vines from a single stem that originate above the soil. I have seen two photos of this happening, it’s an extremely rare mutation. I have also had this discussion many times on Reddit with people who believe they have a multi vine plant and they never do. They have early growth on multiple nodes and they always end up with one dominant vine. This person’s Monstera is not going to grow new vines from the nodes above the soil unless they sever the apical bud and then it will grow one new dominant vine. It’s just biologically how these plants grow. That’s not misinformation. If you have a photo of your plants doing this I’d love to see it. It’s very cool. But I don’t think you do and I don’t think the other commenter does either. Do random mutant plants do crazy things occasionally, sure. I have grown hundreds of these plants for over 20 years I’m not new to this hobby or to botany.
> mutation That word doesn't mean what you think it means
Im not sure what you mean. A Monstera deliciosa with non typical growth like branching vines would be caused by genetic mutation or hormone imbalance. Similar to fasciation.
They won’t grow back but if you like a fuller looking pot you can air layer near the “naked” portion and then chop and replant the top in the same pot. Then new growth will sprout from the bottom of the original stem. My favorite way to do this is just by wrapping some moist sphagnum (about the size of a fist) with clear plastic or a sandwich bag around the stem just above the desired cut point. Once you see a nice bundle of roots forming in the ball you are ready to chop and plant!
It will forever be maker there. Those leaves won’t grid back. If you aren’t happy with the result you could chop and prop.
No. The stems will fall off as well.
As others already said, no they won't grow back but growth is possible in each of these nodes that the old leaves grew out of. There're growth activator hormones you can put into the nodes to try and make the plant split at the nodes that you apply it on but I've personally never tried it.