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title: "Pot is 1 ft wide, separating my 3 monstera deliciosa. Pay attention…"
description: "Pot is 1 ft wide, separating my 3 monstera deliciosa. Pay attention class! When you buy a monstera plant from a box store it’s usually 3-5 separate plants in…"
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community: "Monstera Maniacs"
author: "ABagel"
published: "2026-07-17T22:52:37.220959Z"
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# Pot is 1 ft wide, separating my 3 monstera deliciosa. Pay attention…

_Posted by ABagel on 2026-07-17_

Pot is 1 ft wide, separating my 3 monstera deliciosa.

Pay attention class!  
When you buy a monstera plant from a box store it’s usually 3-5 separate plants in one pot. Separate them!

This is what happens when you repot once at the 1 year mark but don’t separate… and then wait like another 4 years to actually address the issue and separate everyone. Do not let this be you!

When I decided I was going to repot them this summer, each plant decide to push out a new leaf at different rates so I had to wait until everyone was finished… just to have my baby rip one of the new leaves 🙃 oh well. I’m trying to rehome some so hopefully they go somewhere good. The roots ended up being 4 ft long when I held it up.  
In separating I accidentally broke off 3 base nodes so now I guess I have 6 plants.

![Attachment 1 of 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/RqtOpUo4Q-xmElqpj3BL3aAP--7fQ7-oEO53791BltM/pmFChjR5QH2BHbClVTYfxA.webp?size=large)

![Attachment 2 of 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/RqtOpUo4Q-xmElqpj3BL3aAP--7fQ7-oEO53791BltM/bMx4kE6qQBGCiceOcJXObg.webp?size=large)

## 4 comments

### LeafyGreenhouse commented on 2026-07-17

Mine thrives perfectly being together, but then again all of them are the same size and I just repotted it like a few months ago

#### ABagel replied on 2026-07-17

But how old is it?

This trio was all the same size but overtime they’ve competed for light/nutrients and were eventually going to choke each other out. The rocks in the pot were there to balance out the weight since they were leaning.

#### LeafyGreenhouse replied on 2026-07-17

I’m not completely sure I only bought it a year ago

#### LeafyGreenhouse replied on 2026-07-17

I will most likely separate in a few years tho

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