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title: "So I rescued this monstera a little before winter started.…"
description: "So I rescued this monstera a little before winter started. She's.....wild. My question is should I.....chop her and kind of get her like oriented one way? I…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/OlSeW7UYSUWAjHlcxGdIQw/NJFWtkoiQAPku4VrHIbCz9"
community: "Show your plants"
author: "Bret"
published: "2026-05-30T12:13:42.676575Z"
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# So I rescued this monstera a little before winter started.…

_Posted by Bret on 2026-05-30_

So I rescued this monstera a little before winter started. She's.....wild. My question is should I.....chop her and kind of get her like oriented one way? I know technically they have a front and a back and as it is now.....she don't have a back.....

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## 2 comments

### Plantlife commented on 2026-05-30

If she doesn’t have a back she’s probably more then one plant in one pot, if your going to repot I like to separate them so each plant gets the sun it’s needs but it’s just personal preference.

### plantgeek commented on 2026-05-30

this is multiple separate plants in one pot. dividing them will make it much easier to manage. you should probably cut her up though, she needs a fresh start. it's pretty hard to make curvy stems look normal lol

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