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title: "Monstera has too many younglings and growing out of control. I am not…"
description: "Monstera has too many younglings and growing out of control. I am not sure if I should cut the young leaves or separate the plant and repot them? I want it to…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/UeI834LBSHCioL8MwLcQxA/S8awYH8YBWzirZovB2bXix"
community: "Monstera Maniacs"
author: "Meredeth"
published: "2025-02-20T15:59:23.085279Z"
language: "en"
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# Monstera has too many younglings and growing out of control. I am not…

_Posted by Meredeth on 2025-02-20_

Monstera has too many younglings and growing out of control. I am not sure if I should cut the young leaves or separate the plant and repot them? I want it to grow vertically with fenestrated leaves

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## 3 comments

### Bebe🌵🤍 commented on 2025-02-20

You can separate them from the mother plant and have a whole generational monstera family lol

### Plantgirly commented on 2025-02-20

I agree with separating and repotting them. You can then keep them or sell them to buy money for new plants 😉😉

### Staci commented on 2025-02-21

Mine was doing this and I cut them all back and started a second plant. My big monstera pushed out two huge leaves after cutting them out.

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