Unfortunately my flourishing monstera now looks like it’s on its last legs! Some help please 1. Should I repot? 2. How best to support it 3. What are we supposed to do with all the hanging roots - can they be cut ? 4. Yellow leaves :( Any help would be much appreciated
Beautiful plant, the pot looks too small so yes repot it. You could cut the Arial roots with no problem or you can tug them into the soil . Hope that helps
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I agree with Mardel! The only time I leave aerial roots is when they grow into the soil, other than that, I chop them. I also think a bigger moss pole would help with balance!
2 J'aimeI that was my plant I will cut at least 3- 4?leaves that are yellow 2 I would take plant out of pot and check the root, see if any are rotted and cut whatever it is. You can let it sit the whole plant in water for a day to drink and then if you then let it callus for another. Then I would repot w a chunky mix and if when you took it out of the pot you had a lot of roots (crowded) the use a slighter bigger pot ; otherwise use some pot leaving the aerial roots inside the pot. You could use a post or a stake to keep upright
2 J'aimeLooking again at picture you could take some of the top aerial roots or do a chop at the top and plant together and use some of those roots for the top cut but anyway you can take some of the length of them and dip on water for a while until the star growing
1 j'aimeREPOT and then (after a few months of letting it recover from the repot) you can take one or both of these two paths: 1. Don’t cut the roots. You can tease them growing into a wider and taller moss pole (one made with looser moss, like a homemade version). Since they are a vining plant they will happily start to do so with a little patience. Make sure the roots are good and moist before manipulating them back into the soil or into the moss, so they bend and move with better ease. 2. Cut a few of the roots off at a time as to not stress the plant. If the plant is healthy, this will not be stressful to it, but as it is looking a bit yellow and brown this may not be the correct path until you give it time after you repot it. When (and if) you do cut roots cut them close to the stem as to help plant best heal the wound. My plant doctor mom says that three months post-potting is the usual amount of time before the plant stops acting like it’s throwing a fit in their new home. Then, when it’s settled in, no longer dropping leaves or yellowing, you can reassess the cutting of aeriel roots. They honestly look just like a repot and a new moss pole (and a few months) away from healing nicely.
1 j'aimeWhat route did you go? Did you made a decision?
0 J'aimeThis is what I was telling you to do with your aerial roots, like you see in my pic the ones I put in moss and soil the grew down to the pot and ready to separate from mother plant since it has enough roots to sustain herself and acclimated to soil
