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title: "There’s an aerial root growing upwards from my my Monstera. Should I…"
description: "There’s an aerial root growing upwards from my my Monstera. Should I leave it alone, or do I cut that since it’s not going to get any water up in the air…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/64aec865387368173dd3723a"
community: "Anything about plants"
author: "NikoScy"
published: "2023-07-12T15:36:05.23Z"
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# There’s an aerial root growing upwards from my my Monstera. Should I…

_Posted by NikoScy on 2023-07-12_

There’s an aerial root growing upwards from my my Monstera. Should I leave it alone, or do I cut that since it’s not going to get any water up in the air anyways.

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## 5 comments

### brittany commented on 2023-07-12

I just got validation from your post bc my monstera started sprouting aerial roots and I thought I was doing something wrong, congrats. 🌱

### plant.lesbian commented on 2023-07-13

you can just leave it or if you can get it to grow back toward the soil your monstera will have more support

### Bz commented on 2023-07-13

Redirect it back into the soil. Or better still, add a thiccly moss pole and feed the aerial roots into the pole :)

Either of these options will expand your plants root system and lead to a stronger, healthier plant with larger leaves :)

### Bec commented on 2023-07-13

Give it something to grow into

### Amaris commented on 2023-07-14

I think your monstera is trying to support itself, since it’s leaning far forward (it’s a vining plant after all). A moss pole, a plank, or something behind it will help it and will give it the support it needs to keep growing. : )

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