AT A GLANCE
A Monstera does not usually branch, but with good care it can occasionally produce side shoots from dormant eyes. For a bushier appearance, cuttings are recommended to be planted in a pot with the mother plant.
Does a Monstera form branches?
A Monstera is a climbing plant and like most others of its kind is a Branching rather rare. Normal growth is when the plant is at its youngest Sheet forms a new leaf and at her climbing aid grows upwards. Only bald ones drift laterally aerial roots out of.
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Do monstera branch out if you cut off the top part?
If you for one offshoot the upper part of a Monstera cut off, it drives out again, but it usually takes place no branch instead of. The cut activates a so-called dormant Eye, a dormant bud located on the stem, usually near a leaf. The sleeping eyes are often difficult to spot because they are the same color as the trunk itself. Sometimes they already have a small bulge.
Is there another way to wake up the sleeping eyes?
In this process you can only very difficult to help. Some home gardeners experiment with branching their monstera by applying keiki paste to dormant eyes. This paste is at the orchidCare disseminated to stimulate children's education. With good care, it happens from time to time that the Monstera develops a side shoot from a sleeping eye and thus branches out.
Tip
Optical illusion thanks to offshoots
Since the Monstera doesn't branch out in most cases, you can use a simple trick to get a bushier one Achieve Appearance: Plant your offshoot together with the mother plant in a sufficiently large one Pot. It looks like the Monstera is growing in width on several shoots.