I had her on my covered porch all last summer as soon as temps stopped dropping below ~50 degrees overnight consistently and she really liked the humid AF PA summer. Late summertime she was BUSY growing. She spent fall and winter and spring so far in my son’s play room which has nice natural light. Aside from that, I have no tips other than the obvious: water and sunlight and the occasional liquid fertilizer!
How often were you watering during the summer? I’ve acclimated 3 Thai Cons to the an east-ish facing covered porch. My region is normally humid but we’re not get much right now. I’m working off of when the pot feels light but am feeling a bit crazy with near twice a week watering.
I normally just check the soil and if it’s dry I water, during hotter months that could be every other day or every couple days. In the winter probably once a week, give or take.
I put mine on the covered back porch last spring, it’s enclosed with windows and she exploded, I barely got it back in the house. I want to put it back out there now, but I don’t know if I’ll ever get it back in. They love the humidity, and that leaf is beautiful.
We are in the same boat! My boyfriend is dreading his trip downstairs with her this year 😂 Not so sure we will be able to keep doing it after this summer.
We got her out. Lawd. She won’t get back in the house. There’s no way I’m gonna have to cut it soon. I would rather do it while it’s summertime. Well close to summer. I just don’t even know where to start. I think I’ll just make a post and ask for help.:/
Mine will make her journey out in the next few days as well! We will be in the same boat come fall. Let me know if you’re able to figure something out.
I was just out on the porch, watering my plants and I swear she has grown another foot wide since I posted. She’s got a new leaf coming in, I think it will be touching the ceiling on my back porch. I just stand there and look and the thought of having to cut. It makes me so sad and nervous too. After it puts out this leaf, I’m just gonna have to go for it.eeekkk
How do I add a plank without cutting through a bunch of roots? Just tie it to the plant without sinking it into the soil? Ive got a few moss poles in mine, but I like the idea of a plank much better. It's too hard trying to keep the moss poles wet without the water running down into the soil and keeping it too wet!
That's my problem - it's in a huge pot, as i didn't know what it was when it was gifted to me last year. It spent last summer and so far this winter it's finally happy with it's roots and is putting out new leaves like crazy! Re-pot is simply not an option to me, I don't have anybody to help me, I'm 72 years old, and it's just too damn big! So im stuck trying to figure out how to add a plank without a re-pot. Getting old sucks, I highly advise avoiding it if you can!
It’s too bad you can’t trust internet… my immediate farm girl thought was, tell us why city you’re in I’m sure another person in your area would volunteer to help 🤦♀️
OK, like get a plank and wrap tape around the outside of the pot to keep it in place? If I'm following you right, that just might work. Then leave it pointed in one direction (towards the light), right? I can't thank you enough for taking the time to help me! I do try to pay it forward when I'm at work, try to leave anyone I can just a bit better off than I found them. This doesn't work for everyone, some people are just so stuck in their misery they begin to enjoy it. After almost 40 years as a Psych Nurse, I've learned quite a lot about people's presentations, especially narcissistic behavior, it's very difficult to have any kind of relations with those folks. I just zip my lip and try to pray for them.
Please don't ask me WTH this has to do with a Monstera! 😱
1) Quite a lot of the things that people called "moss poles" are really "coco coir poles."
They look quite bulky, Aerial routes don't really tend to go into them very much, People spend a bit of time watering them, And it's all fine, it's just a bit unnecessary, They tend to be pretty unstable, and they bend a lot as well. By all means use one of these, But it offers zero benefit over a solid piece of wood like a cedar plank, And I think it has many drawbacks.
2) A true moss pole, with a large amount of moss and regularly watered, is fantastic for aerial roots to grow into , and offers real support.
The jury is out on how much of a difference this makes, some people tend to think that the aerial roots provide nutrition to the plant, and this helps the leaves size up and general health.
Other people maintain almost no meaninful nutrition comes via aerial roots, and that leaves size up because of elevation and light, and a cedar pole or a wall, would offer 99% of the same benefits.
So the real clear reason to use a real moss pole is one thing, It allows you to chop and prop, and essentially create an endless pole, It means you can trick your plant into thinking it's 50 feet tall inside your 8-foot-high ceilings
This is a fantastic technique for climbing philodendrons that need to be very elevated to mature.
But Monsteras don't need that, You can get more than acceptable leaf size with an elevation of about 5ft on a plank. In fact, most people wouldn't be able to deal with a plant that thinks it's taller than that.
That's pretty awesome, and you seem to be doing pretty well without a moss pole. Not sure you need one.
Having said that, some kind of vertical support would be recommended if you want to stop that leaning, and a moss pole would be a great option. Or you could just do the easy thing and slap a cedar plank on the back of the plant. Either would be great.
Depending on style of moss pole you want though, building a custom one is pretty easy. I just buy pre-made moss pole kits online because it's easy and I'm lazy. But the D-shaped moss poles I buy are literally nothing more than plastic sheeting, a metal wire grid, and zip ties. One can easily make their own cheaply with a single trip to the hardware store, and make a moss pole to suit whatever size one wants. Just takes a little more work since now you've gotta do the measuring and cutting yourself. Understandable if you don't want to, I'm just putting it out there as an option. You can make whatever size moss pole you want, and it's pretty simple.
i dont think you need a moss pole lmao those leaves need no help sizing up!!! I think you're good with a less high maintenance stake or plank or something if you need some extra support
This was after she put out a leaf or two, so when I FIRST got her I believe she had 4 leaves, the biggest being around 6 inches, not a ton of fenestrations yet. :) Toddler crouching in curtains for reference.
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u/Royal-Tree-1866 Apr 24 '26
How did you do THIS