How monstera reproduces at home: methods and rules

Monstera is a tropical plant from the lianas family. Her genus comes from the Aroid, which includes more than 50 species. Most of the shrub is located in South and Central America. The name of the flower, translated as a monster, was due to the gigantic massive sizes and bizarre forms of growth. When planting an exotic shrub at home, it is recommended that you familiarize yourself with breeding methods and problems encountered during care.

Content:

• Indoor plant description
• Cutting monstera: terms and rules
• Growing monstera with aerial roots
• Leaf propagation: basic recommendations
• How to care for a monster after landing?
• Possible growing problems

Indoor plant description

Monsters are evergreen type plants. They do not throw off the foliage during the dormant period, constantly delighting with the bizarre appearance of each of the leaf plates. Plants were given the title of lianas because of the stems that "climb" by wriggling along the next placed objects. At the same time, the structure and volume of the vine is quite thick with airy rhizomes located on the outer part. The latter tend to sag with long fingers. The foliage of the plant is represented by interesting, peculiarly shaped leaf plates. Each leaf has a smooth, leathery type, glossy surface.

The size of the plates of the plant is large, with dissected edges.

Each leaf is located opposite its pair, in a checkerboard pattern. The leaf blade is located on a petiole of considerable size. At the base of the junction of the petiole with the rosette, the latter has a vaginal structure. The plant blooms periodically. Its flower looks like a cob, thick and cylindrical in shape. The flower consists of many small-diameter inflorescences, closely spaced to each other.

The buds located at the base are of no interest to pollinating insects. And the upper inflorescences have both male and female principles, therefore, they are cross-pollinated without outside help. Monsters, when planted at home, are quite unpretentious. They take root well and grow quickly. In favorable conditions, they quickly gain power and grow in different directions. The plant is great for creating coziness in residential premises, as well as in office buildings.

Cutting monstera: terms and rules

Monstera reproduces in a variety of ways. The simplest and easiest method is reproduction cuttings by cutting off part of the stem. This requires:

• Cut the stem of the bush so that at least 2 living buds remain on the cuttings obtained.
• After preparing the plant, the cuttings are planted in the substrate. To do this, you should select a moisture-absorbing soil mixture, loose in structure, saturated with nutrients and substances. In such a situation, you can use the soil for planting seedlings.
• Landing is required to be done at an angle, so that the lower kidney is practically buried in the ground, connecting to the ground at an angle.
• It is not required to fill the stem with additional soil; you can resort to slight fixing of the cuttings in the soil substrate with a staple.

After rooting, watering is not necessary, if the soil has been saturated with moisture in advance, then additional irrigation is not required. After planting a plant, either a plastic cup or a plastic bag is put on top of it. This is necessary to reproduce the conditions of the greenhouse. In such a climate, the plant will quickly begin to form rhizomes and take root.

Periodically, an impromptu greenhouse is required to open, ventilate, introduce nutrient moisture and monitor the development of a young plant. After the first young leaf appears, you can open the greenhouse. Such a process will mean that the plant has successfully taken root and took root.

The next step in growing a new plant from a cuttings is the transplanting of a young seedling to a permanent residence in a large, extensive flowerpot. It is recommended to choose the spring-summer period for planting work for the propagation of monstera by cuttings.

Growing monstera with aerial roots

This type of reproduction of an exotic plant in other words is called the rooting of cuttings. This method of obtaining a young plant is not the easiest, on the contrary, it is quite laborious and you should work on it to get a new shrub.

But at the same time, the method of propagation by layering is the most reliable, which guarantees the receipt of an original plant with a repetition of the maternal qualities.

In addition, a plant rooted in this way turns out to be strong and healthy, with good immunity. This is due to the fact that it is this type of exotic that reproduces in wildlife.

The most important thing to get started is to choose the right escape. Initially, a shoot is selected, which should contain the maximum possible number of strong and strong aerial rhizomes. It is not removed from the mother bush. It is required to wait until the formation of young roots.

The next step is to maintain moisture, which stimulates the formation of real rhizomes, which are strengthened in the soil substrate. This process can be done in the following way:

1. Aerial rhizomes are lined with a specific sphagnum moss... Which is periodically moistened with nutrient moisture by conventional watering or irrigation from a spray bottle.
2. For long-term preservation of moisture in the moss, they construct a bundle of moss and a layer placed in it. After that, it is wrapped in a plastic bag or cling film. At the same time, it is recommended that the film should not be wrapped very tightly near the moss.
3. When growing roots, you should check this moment. If you do not follow the instructions, then the film will block the air access and block the ability to normally develop young roots.
4. The cuttings, together with the aerial roots, are placed in a plastic container filled with water. In order for the plant to grow rhizomes in liquid, the stem is tied to a support.

Only after the appearance of real roots can a new seedling be disconnected from the mother plant and planted in a separate flowerpot for further development. The cut area must be treated with wood ash or crushed activated carbon.

Leaf propagation: basic recommendations

Getting a young full-fledged specimen can be carried out by rooting a leaf plate. This method is quite long and only experienced or stubborn growers can grow a new seedling for them.
The problem with growing leaves is that the plate can start to rot or wither.You can try this time-consuming method of planting and obtaining a young seedling if a leaf was inadvertently broken off.

Breeding features:

• To obtain rhizomes, the leaf is placed in a volumetric container (for example, a 2-3-liter jar) with water. The liquid should be boiled, cooled. Put a small piece of charcoal on the bottom.
• Planting is recommended when the leaf has a large number of roots. The duration of the appearance of rhizomes may take 1-2 months or more. Therefore, it is not worth pinning special hopes on growing a plant in this way.
• When young rhizomes are formed, it is recommended to plant the monstera in loose soil with a high content of nutrients. You should not bury the sheet deeply. It is imperative to install a support next to it and tie the stem of a young seedling to it.

For the further cultivation of the plant, comfortable living conditions should be provided. To do this, it is necessary to maintain the temperature in the room +20 .. + 23 С, as well as high humidity. In winter, place away from heaters and hot radiators.

How to care for a monster after landing?

Monstera does not have a capricious disposition and does not require special care. After planting a young seedling, the same care recommendations should be followed as for an adult plant:

• Temperature - the monstera is not picky, so the temperature regime is not very important for her. The higher the degrees in the room, the faster and more intensively the plant grows. The optimum temperature for active growth is +16 .. + 25 C. On winter days, the maximum permissible degrees in the room can reach +10 .. + 13 C. But you should not lower the temperature more significantly, the shrub can begin to die.
• Watering - the introduction of nutrient moisture during the growing season (spring and summer) is required to be saturated, but not excessive. Watering is carried out with soft water, previously settled in room conditions. It is recommended to apply moisture as the soil dries up. In autumn, irrigation is significantly reduced, and in winter it is practically stopped, giving the bush time to rest and gain strength for active growth.
• Humidity - be sure to irrigate the plant periodically with a spray bottle. Thanks to this procedure, the monstera is saturated with moisture with the help of the leaves and dust that has settled on the leaves can be eliminated.
• Top dressing - during the growing season, the plant requires nutrients. Fertilization is carried out once every 14 days, while using complex mineral fertilizers.
• Light - diffused, but bright enough is required. The direct impact of the rays of the luminary on the shrub can adversely affect the surface of the leaf plates. Burns may occur. The best place to establish a plant is in the eastern or western window sills. If it is not possible to move to the other side and the shrub is located on the south side, then the window should be curtained or covered with gauze.

The room on the north side is also an unfavorable condition - the plant will not have enough light, the foliage of the bush will begin to brighten, the plant will wither. The lack of light is due to the size reduction and loss of the carved shape of the sheet plate.

Possible growing problems

Like any indoor flower, monstera, although it is unpretentious, requires some care. If you do not follow simple requirements, then problems may arise in the cultivation of exotic shrubs. There are the following situations in which you should help the plant to come to a normal state:

1. When a flowerpot with a monster is installed in a darkened room, the development and growth of the shrub stops.
2. The appearance of brown spots on the surface of the leaf plates is formed as a result of the colonization of spider mites on the flower.
3. The yellowness of the leaves is found - a lack of nutritional moisture.
4. The leaf turns yellow and rots - excessive watering, you should reduce the volume.
5. At the edges, the sheet plates become brown and papery, brittle - high temperature in the room or the proximity of the heater.
6. Yellow spots on foliage - the southern side of the location without specific darkening contributes to the occurrence of burns on the foliage.
7. Foliage "cries" - abundant watering, excessive application of nutrient moisture. It is recommended to reduce irrigation by allowing the soil to dry out.
8. The plate ceases to be of the original shape, it becomes completely solid, without cuts - a lack of nutrients in the soil substrate.

If you follow all the recommendations for growing an unpretentious plant in time, you will not have to look for a way out of this situation. Watering and the temperature at which the plant is kept should be carefully monitored.

In this way, monstera at home, it reproduces in a sufficient number of ways with which you can easily get a new plant. The main thing is to adhere to the rules for selecting a seedling and monitor comfortable conditions during the rooting period.

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