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title: "Anyone know why my medium is doing this? I water about every week and…"
description: "Anyone know why my medium is doing this? I water about every week and half to 2 weeks. Fertilizer once a month. I haven’t gotten any new leaves in about 2…"
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community: "Monstera Maniacs"
author: "Tellie"
published: "2024-07-14T16:34:52.19723Z"
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# Anyone know why my medium is doing this? I water about every week and…

_Tellie님이 2024-07-14에 게시함_

Anyone know why my medium is doing this?  
I water about every week and half to 2 weeks.  
Fertilizer once a month. I haven’t gotten any new leaves in about 2 months. Just the stems getting longer.  
Can I cut them?

![2개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/Z2B7kTs6ufIy2O5NurADba3zGv2JQOTvYvXGk_Uw430/rZZGfnlbTlSHhyCmGkhUew.webp?size=large)

![2개 중 2번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/Z2B7kTs6ufIy2O5NurADba3zGv2JQOTvYvXGk_Uw430/4ZxdRdsWTkurBR8L7GJrOg.webp?size=large)

## 17개의 댓글

### eatyacarbs님이 2024-07-14에 댓글을 남겼어요.

what’s the lighting situation?

#### Tellie님이 2024-07-14에 답변했습니다.

It gets about 3-6 hours of sun everyday. Usually about 3.5. Because we have been having fog in California.

### eatyacarbs님이 2024-07-14에 댓글을 남겼어요.

which direction does the window face? i’m thinking this isn’t getting enough light

#### Tellie님이 2024-07-14에 답변했습니다.

I believe east.

### Tee Jay님이 2024-07-14에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Plantfluencers will say that this means lack of light. But when my scindapsis do this it means I’ve been underwatering. You can cut them because leaves likely won’t grow out of the nodes unless they’re activated by another cut somewhere else on the plant

#### Tellie님이 2024-07-14에 답변했습니다.

I did move it. Because my begonia was blocking it.  
That was about 1.5 months ago.  
It still keeps growing like this.

#### eatyacarbs님이 2024-07-14에 답변했습니다.

I don’t have one of these but she said about ~3 hours of sun — that can’t be enough, can it?

#### Tee Jay님이 2024-07-14에 답변했습니다.

I didn’t suggest moving it. I was saying that it might mean it needs more water

#### Tellie님이 2024-07-14에 답변했습니다.

It is in a smaller pot 3 inch I believe. Maybe 4. I may not be watering it enough with it being a smaller pot.

### eatyacarbs님이 2024-07-14에 댓글을 남겼어요.

i’ve lost the plot here lol. you really just need to get this plant more light. 6 hours bright indirect at a minimum I would think — and with more light it will probably want more water eventually

### Greg님이 2024-07-14에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Yeah, call me a plantfluencer, but I'm with eatyacarbs 😂

The leaves aren't showing signs of dehydration to the same degree the vine is showing signs of lack of light.

### Mara님이 2024-07-14에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Any plans for a climbing pole? Do you see how this growth of runners is happening horizontally?  
It’s seeking more space, something to climb and help it grow vertically. I’m not sure that it’s worth trying to propagate at the moment imo.

Let it get longer or snip and to activate a new growth point. I’m interested to see what it does for you?

#### Tellie님이 2024-07-14에 답변했습니다.

When I got it. It was super tiny. It was a “starter” plant I had to buy 2.  
I didn’t figure it needed a pole quite yet because it wasn’t that big. I will definitely be transferring it to a bigger pot.

#### Mara님이 2024-07-16에 답변했습니다.

I get that, initially we want to see or figure out what it wants to do. Since it is small, you probably already know but there are lots of choices for your little guy if you want to try.

I sometimes use these small moss supports to give my small climbers at head start and they do the job. Amazon has those hard plastic cylinder types but I haven’t tried it.

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/zAeBx6Vo0jqFOQ55isUxhizvDvi2sUjJemalwa__YoI/j3kJKq1sQ1y8Qf_KvN_0wA.webp?size=large)

#### Mara님이 2024-07-16에 답변했습니다.

Or these. 30ft of mesh for $15 with good reviews.

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/zAeBx6Vo0jqFOQ55isUxhizvDvi2sUjJemalwa__YoI/ik9TuJkiRVGxsdArnygDZQ.webp?size=large)

#### Tellie님이 2024-07-18에 답변했습니다.

Thank you 😊 🧡

#### Mara님이 2024-07-18에 답변했습니다.

💚

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