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title: "Advice needed. I have three plants in this one pot. I can separate…"
description: "Advice needed. I have three plants in this one pot. I can separate the three but where should I chop and prop? Ideally I want to give each of the three main…"
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community: "Monstera Maniacs"
author: "ABagel"
published: "2026-05-11T21:28:54.387919Z"
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# Advice needed. I have three plants in this one pot. I can separate…

_Posted by ABagel on 2026-05-11_

Advice needed. I have three plants in this one pot. I can separate the three but where should I chop and prop? Ideally I want to give each of the three main plants proper poles to climb in the future but should I chop off the bottom nodes currently in the soil into separate babies? There’s a rock in the pot literally there to keep this from tipping over. I had health issues that kept me from helping this plant sooner but I can do it now.

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![Attachment 3 of 3](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/RqtOpUo4Q-xmElqpj3BL3aAP--7fQ7-oEO53791BltM/l-S7HTArSWSohBKYmtOpVw.webp?size=large)

## 2 comments

### plantgeek commented on 2026-05-12

i think about here. i can't see that third stem very well. just make sure the stems in the pot have at least one leaf left.

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/fg8tCwCAsnlhbz1owurGSLidrTKbwTdu-tvCCDLBR-4/SiGS-oFNRZq11XlVO1UKYw.webp?size=large)

#### ABagel replied on 2026-05-12

Thank you for your advice!

The third one is the dark green thinner bit coming out of the dirt, kind of hiding behind the left one. It’s the one that’s attempting to climb the moss pole.

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