4 Steps to grow a Monstera obliqua from a node

Growing a Monstera Obliqua plant from a node is simple, but takes time and patience. While it’s not as painful as watching paint dry, sometimes it can take as long as four months or more for a plant to grow out of that little stick you have in front of you. It all depends on your growing conditions the individual node (hey, not all is equal and fair in nature).  Hopefully these tips will help you to speed things up, but if you become super impatient you can always try to purchase a node that has already rooted, or a full plant.  

Two Monstera Obliqua Peru nodes

HOW TO ROOT YOUR MONSTERA OBLIQUA NODE:

1.    Ideally but optionally, you put a little rooting hormone powder or gel like Clonex on the node (the node, remember, is the bumpy part in the middle where the aerial roots are popping out – not the entire green stick) to speed things up.

2.    Then place it on top of, or just slightly covered in, a moist growing material such as moist sphagnum moss (or if you’re experienced with such mediums: Lechuza pon or fluval stratum)

3.    Keep it in as close to 100% humidity as you can. Usually this high amount of humidity can be achieved by keeping it in a closed container like a Tupperware with a fully closed clear lid or a cleaned-out clear takeout container with a fully closed lid.  

4.   Place it under a grow light or in a warm and bright sunny window, and wait for it to sprout.  Check on it at least once weekly, ocassionaly opening up the top and allowing some fresh air in. Don’t forget to close it back up!

My preferred method for propagating Monstera Obliqua nodes is to lay them on top of, or partially bury them under damp sphagnum moss inside of a container with a clear lid or saran wrap on top. After a few months you should have leaves sprouting, or at least some roots! Make sure the moss remains moist at all times. You shouldn’t have to re-moisten the moss more than 1-2 times if that throughout the entire process if the container is completely closed (100% humidity).

Some nodes end up producing another runner instead of leaves. A runner is a a long vine consisting of MORE nodes (as you can see in the photo below on the left). If this happens, simply chop up the new runner in between the nodes along the stem to make little sticks, and try this process again starting with step one. You’ve now taken the long road but also will end up with more plants in the end had this not happened!

 Best of luck and don’t forget to tag me in any photos on social media! @alltheplantbabies (IG) and @alltheplantbabiesOG (Tiktok). I LOVE to see progress photos and connect with all of you. I have a lot more growing information on those accounts for you as well. Good luck, growers!

Show this photo to your little node as motivation: