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title: "Need some advice on my monstera. I got her at a big box store last…"
description: "Need some advice on my monstera. I got her at a big box store last spring and she’s never been repotted. The nursery pot is sitting on a pedestal inside this…"
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community: "Monstera Maniacs"
author: "Royann"
published: "2024-12-29T20:05:05.057503Z"
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# Need some advice on my monstera. I got her at a big box store last…

_Posted by Royann on 2024-12-29_

Need some advice on my monstera. I got her at a big box store last spring and she’s never been repotted. The nursery pot is sitting on a pedestal inside this ceramic pot. She’s thriving in this spot and I’ve been afraid to do anything, have two new leaves this week. There are at least 5 plants in this pot, and there are a ton of roots coming out the bottom. I had fed some of the aerial roots into the lower pot and those have grown as well.

Where do I start? Is winter a bad time to repot in San Diego? Do I have to divide these plants? I was planning on adding supports when I repotted.

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## 3 comments

### Antoinette🪷🐠🐩✨ commented on 2024-12-29

If it’s thriving I would leave it be til the weather warms up

### Wolfen 🐺 commented on 2024-12-30

It won't matter if you repot now. You could just repot bigger, or split it up, won't make a difference. I usually have 4-6 plants in a 1.5-2gal pot, they do fine with it. It will get a lot bigger if you give it some structure or moss pole to climb on. They love it.

### Mallicmonsteta commented on 2024-12-31

As long as the plant is actively growing you can repot it, if you want you can stake it with a trellis but if you let it crawl it could become top heavy so just get a heavy pot if that’s what you want to do and make sure it’s in a well draining soil when repotting with orchid bark.

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