How to Propagate Monstera adansonii (Swiss Cheese Vine)

[@lindasartcorner]

Thank you for including potting the plant! Very helpful

[@PlantyYogina]

Thanks so much for this video! Love the step-by-step demo; so much more helpful for a beginner / first-timer with Adansonii propagation than merely talking about it! 🙏🏾

[@TheApiccardo]

Hi from Dominican Republic Thanks for your time to show your passion with your plants I love plants and enjoy your videos.

[@BanditoTaylee]

If the first vessel was a mini patron bottle, then that's a 10/10 up-cycle 😎 Great video, thanks!

[@NickPileggiPlants]

Haha! It was actually from an old reed diffuser, but big tequila fan here 🙋🏼‍♂️🙋🏼‍♂️

[@Monimitaa]

My Swiss Cheese Vine is in bloom. I never knew it can bloom too.

[@dylxnchn]

*WHAT!😱💕💕*

[@amethyststone4051]

That's so cool I didn't know they bloom. I'll have to look that up

[@Monimitaa]

@@dylxnchn yes... Wish could Share the pic of the bloom.

[@dylxnchn]

*Is there a way to pollinate it to get seeds?*

[@dylxnchn]

@@Monimitaa also do you have an istragram so i could see.

[@efernette]

Thank you. I love watching your videos.

[@cherylpenn4509]

Super video and clear instructions. Thank you

[@kathygilbreath6073]

Cool. I just potted up some adansonii cuttings and their doing fabulous. Thanks for sharing

[@jacquelinesamuels569]

Simple and straightforward!

[@emmanuelramirez2771]

Please show us later on, how the plant developed.

[@maud577]

Thank you very helpful I'm just about to take my very first cutting off my new plant wish me luck :)

[@ktt415]

This brought me happiness 😊

[@BarbraStephens]

I just got one and I love it! I'm definitely going to propagate it in water!

[@keelinink5560]

“Cause time is money” love it haha

[@silverbasscross]

I know right? What a bitch

[@cd2659]

Thanks, I am propagating some right now for the first time. Thanks for the info.

[@cmur4372]

Me too!

[@ronriggs9954]

Nick... If it were me, I would probably add the Perlite and the charcoal down closer to the bottom of the pot because all that Perlite sitting on top, is an eyesore and makes a bit of a mess down the road! Plus... You want your aeration down by the bottom/ends of the roots.

[@sara_387]

Love your videos, and great info on the soil. I've had luck propagating leaf and node cuttings directly in soil, but found that the leaves died before they could root, until I put a cloche over them. Now I propagate them in a little Ikea greenhouse and that works really well. A large clear plastic container would work as a greenhouse too...I used that when I couldn't fit all my cuttings under the cloche. I also put the whole mother plant in the greenhouse with the trailing vines coiled up when we went on holidays for 2 weeks because I was scared it would dry out, and it never looked better, the leaves were so shiny from the humidity. :-)

[@shugarburke1987]

You have the most beautiful plants! ♥️🌿🌱 Thank you for sharing your instructions!

[@NickPileggiPlants]

Thank you!!

[@allagashandlulu]

Thanks for this video! I've got 2 babies rooting in water now, this is my first time having success with rooting anything in water! just waiting for those lil roots to grow!

[@mitabishnoigardentips6137]

Nice information given and the plant is awesome

[@marvillabonilla364]

Thanks! Your videos are so easy to follow! I just got one and it's humongous! I want to share it with my sisters.

[@mandy1349]

I don't have time to soak all these plants. Because time is money if you think about it. hahah loved that same

[@bobkob]

Great video, reminds me of Pothos propagation.

[@sofias8666]

Thank you! Great video and awesome idea to use a big container to pot your plant. So much neater. I get potting mix everywhere so this is a great way to do it!

[@misseskval2686]

I am always afraid to press down the soil like you did but I will give it a try. I normally wait for the water to do the job but sometimes takes a while, especially if the medium is very light and fast draining. Thanks for the share kiddo.

[@chelseacastro3264]

Great video! Informative, practical, and easy to follow. Thanks!

[@Ichitogy]

Nick it is good to boost your transplants with a low dilution fertilizer when you water them in. A dilution of 1/8 works for me sometimes I go even lower in winter.

[@redeyeskye]

Amazing thank you for this!! Going to do this to my beauty RIGHT NOW and hopefully have a house full of Swiss cheese soon 🍀😍😄

[@charliemoondor1462]

Great video.😀

[@fuggleradventures5820]

Thank you for the advice I am getting a baby one of this plant and it helps to know how to make more of this plant. I am hoping when it gets bigger the cuttings that comes from it I can give as gifts😊.

[@JuliesPlans]

Thank you for this helpful video!

[@carnigrower]

Great video, if you have trouble re wetting peat substrate, just add a drop of dish soap to your water, it acts as a wetting agent!

[@chocolatte8301]

This video is so helpful! Thank you! 😊

[@Uneedmoremeds]

Great information from cutting to soil. Thanks for sharing😊👍❤.

[@maurogrisi8469]

im new to your channel and im loving the content!! so happy i could meet another plant lover on YT and a handsome one!

[@CC-lq3ie]

what a superb specimen you have 💚

[@MA-jx6yq]

Well done!

[@deebabydoll6429]

This is a great video! Thank you :)

[@SoErkz]

I love your videos. Just a thought, does charcoal absorb fertilizers in planted pots? I know for planted aquariums we need to turn off the filters with activated charcoal for a bit while the plants absorb the liquid fertilizers. I know in planted pots activated charcoal helps wick out excess moister and rid of smells though. I'm still learning to be a plant dad.

[@elsiemacca7951]

great video, thank you!! Love your quote: Time is money ;)

[@sandyg8794]

Hi Nick! I LOVE your videos and always look forward to seeing a new one. Thank you for a very informative video. My only problem is that I don't have a Monstera adansonii ~ yet! Hopefully I will be able to find one. It's at the top of my wish list! Are you going to have your online store this year?

[@avocadolily3909]

thank you so much for your videos!

[@webflicks]

so helpful thanks : )

[@lavenderaussie]

Great video. Thanks.

[@madamplant52]

Love!

[@PatrickDustman]

That video was outstanding. Really like it. SurvivalAustria

[@NickPileggiPlants]

Thank you!!

[@gennymossiah7880]

Always enjoy your show!! I 😎😎

[@NickPileggiPlants]

Thank you!! 🌿

[@reannabrock]

Hi, I love your videos! Can you possibly address compacted soil in a future video? My adonsonii seems to get that way no matter what I do. Is there a safe way to fix this or avoid it ? Thank you a ton!!!

[@M0NST3RBUNN3H]

Not sure if you ever got it fixed, but I fix compacted soil by adding 1 or two drops of dish liquid into a bucket and soaking my plant in it! It helps the water absorb rather then bounce off the plant. I got this suggestion from someone in a plant group and I've used it now on multiple plants with great success!

[@phyllismueller6058]

I'm new to your channel and I love it!!! I live in a small apartment with only 2 windows facing north. Can you recommend types of grow lights to use? My place is dark but I desperately want some beautiful houseplants! Thank you for sharing your story!!!

[@debbiewalton6838]

Love your videos!

[@NickPileggiPlants]

Thanks so much!

[@DarrenPauli]

Nailed it, thanks.

[@B1gplantmama98]

I haven’t seen these in any store near me. I hope you have some on your etsy shop☺️

[@xaicarl]

Hi Nick! Love your plants! I would just like to know how your cat fair with your plants since some plants are not safe for cats. Does she tend to nibble on them like the ficuses and monsteras? I would like to have these plants but I have a cat. Thank you for sharing your plants with us!

[@anjeljelica]

This was a great video, thanks! Just wondering if the original plant continues to grow from where you cut it? I only have one vine and am worried about ruining it!

[@eiratovalancaster-elrick1496]

Yes it will continue to grow from the top node near where you cut it

[@evitetriyani6005]

Is it not destroy the plant

[@emilymaneri677]

How do you store your soil long term to avoid fungus gnats or other ickies?

[@Orholam5]

Nick, I just ordered some cuttings of it and very excited to grow it! What is the big support pole you have in your mature plant? Does it help the monstera climb properly?

[@Borg_Borg]

Love these plants. What is the purpose of adding the activated charcoal?

[@MsPurrsia17]

It acts like a water filter and is good for stopping bacteria and diseases

[@emilymaneri677]

I noticed that too with the peet moss

[@zorouff1717]

Tank you for this video

[@Riya-rm4km]

what does activated charcoal do?

[@DarrenPauli]

It creates spacing in the soil to assist roots. Also helps with draining, just like perlite. Charcoal also has some ability to absorb impurities but it's mainly about additional drainage and spacing.

[@violetmorin84]

You have to wait until the cut becomes calloused over before placing in water! Very important it will rot if not

[@phaness_876]

I got a monstera adansonii cutting in the mail today. It came in an envelope and inside that the cutting was in a small zip lock bag with a wet paper towel and no air circulation... parts of the leaf rotted and idk if it’s gonna survive. 😭 I cut the rotten parts off and dunked the cutting in hydrogen peroxide water mix. Now the node is just sitting in water because it’s root system isn’t really developed. The seller said it was a rooted cutting but it just has a tiny nub. I feel ripped off. I just hope it survives and grows into a nice healthy plant.

[@PokemonNerd8749]

Should I choose water propagating over soil propagating with these? I just got one that was super leggy so I cut all the leaves off at the node like you’re supposed to. I put 2 of them in water and the rest in the soil with the fuller part of the rooted plant just to see what would work but not I’m paranoid and I check on it every 10 minutes to make sure it’s not dead 😂😂

[@saralynnroze01]

What if there are roots sprouting from the node while it’s still on the plant? Can you just go directly to soil at that point?

[@RamaNasikkar]

Yes you can :)

[@ivy2915]

Those roots should be cut off since they are aerial roots

[@XxFreeakyxX]

Hi Nick, very nice video! Quick Question: What is the difference between the monstera adansonii and the monstera obliqua?

[@NickPileggiPlants]

Thank you! M. obliqua is a much rarer collector species that is not in cultivation. Its leaves are taken up almost completely by fenestrations (holes) and are much more misshapen. It’s something you would only see at a botanical garden or from very avid aroid collectors. M. adansonii on the other hand is quite common in cultivation and is what you would find at a garden center

[@noriegaroger1]

@Zebra The pics on this link show the differences. www.muggleplants.com/?p=1467

[@sharonlong6375]

Thanks Mama Long Greenville Tx

[@ezgicoskun5722]

Thank you ✨

[@pnh165]

Does the point you cut from the mother plant continue growing? I'm afraid to propagate from cuttings for fear my mother plant wont grow from the same point.

[@heatherburdette-roberts8113]

Same!! I was wondering about this too

[@eiratovalancaster-elrick1496]

Yes it will continue to grow from the top node near where you cut it

[@JoyceG]

I bought a beautiful full 6 inch basket of narrow leaf adansonii. My ac went out the summer after I bought it (I live in Houston, Texas) and the plant started to decline. Still being a newbie my first instinct was to repot it. I used a pot that I thought was only slightly bigger (10 inch I believe). It had been doing well, I thought I had the watering down until recently leaves started to turn yellow in the middle and eventually falling off. Watering problem I suppose. The plant is still growing new leaves on the ends of the vines but im thinking of repotting into a much smaller pot and using a moss pole. My question is, will it regrow leaves in the bare stems if I add the pole? Or is better to chop it up and propagate? I like the long vines. Help is much appreciated!

[@bflyrenee]

Right? The peat moss is the same for me, I’m heavy on the pearllite. I tell ya!

[@amandajacques673]

I have a cutting that has been propegating for almost 4 weeks. It has popped out a tiny root but it's very thin and only about an 1/8th of an inch long. The bottom 3 leaves have all started to yellow and die but a new leaf at the to has also appeared. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. I don't want it to continue to die and don't know why the roots aren't more developed by now.

[@maria-giulianalatini1724]

Can I propagate a vine that has nodes but no leaves? Would i just cut the sections out, each with at least 2 nodes on it, to use?

[@fionacroft]

Hi Nick, my Monstera Adansonii lost all its leaves through winter but I've managed to save it. Can I propagate without leaves?

[@jackwilliams3636]

Hi there! This may just get skipped over but I was wondering if the node needed to have ariel roots growing for it in order to propagate successfully? I purchased one online and it came pretty beat up - have taken several cuttings that had ariel roots growing from the node but a lot of the others were dried up so I've left them alone for now

[@queenzinfinity492]

Thanks for info. Can I use activate aquarium charcoal?

[@fouziyahhoseiny1868]

I have on of these plants,the upper leaves grow well but the lower leaves turn yellow . Do you know what’s wrong with it? Thank you

[@Senemali01]

After the cutting, where will a new leaf grow on my mother plant? can you share some knowledge on it ?

[@nerdmamafarm5520]

❤ what lights to do you use under your shelf? Think I need to supplement a little light for parts of my collection.

[@RickieVz1]

Nick, need your help. I got a monstera adansonii cutting with 2 short roots, I places those roots in water but now the leaves are curling and become wrinkled.

[@jenaleblanc-webb1028]

HI there~just curious, what the significance is for adding the activated charcoal to your soil? Thanks!!

[@michaell4022]

Hi! Do you think it’d be ok if I make cuttings and try to water propagate now (Fall 2019), or should I wait till next growing season? The leaves are getting smaller as the vines get longer (and spacing between leaves are getting further). Thanks in advance!

[@CC-lq3ie]

do you have a video on pest control? 😊

[@kristeenluvsya]

Heeelp I bought 3 cuttings online and added it to water immediately (as instructed to do so by the seller) and checked it (4 days later) and the roots that were on it are rotting! The roots are approximately 1 inch or shorter. What should I do?

[@InterestedEntitty]

I like your videos a lot! I was wondering if you had tips and suggestions for me. I have large windows and lots of natural lighting in my apartment but its all True North... I'm not really sure where this leaves me for most plants...

[@wearesurvivorsx]

Same here.

[@ilaydahasakiogullar1809]

Does the mother plant keep growing from the place of cutting? Thanks.

[@BlackkCobra]

When I take cuttings from my plants they do contribute to grow from the place that I cut so imagine that it will

[@daniellegallegos7933]

Can you propagate all the up the vine? I have an adansonii that is severely over grown and I don’t have the space for that large of a plant. I was planning on taking it down a bit but didn’t want to just toss the vines.

[@laer423]

Pura vida! Thank you very much for the videos. Can you help me with a monstera obliqua?

[@tatibusetti8651]

Hi . I just saw your channel and I have a Swiss cheese vine , it’s growing and all but it doesn’t look pretty like yours . Do you have any tips ? Thank you

[@sharonklamar2336]

Hi Nick do you use the soil mixture on all your plants? is it good for African voilets

[@nartz5361]

can it be just grow if i cut below the nod without the aeral roots comes out?

[@manonfire92]

Does the vine carry in growing after I cut some off??

[@cj597]

I tried doing this but it rotted. I don’t have any luck propagating vines, whether it’s pothos, philodendron or this. Do you have any tips as to where I may be going wrong?

[@patriciamaqueda2782]

Hi Nick, do you keep it moist till you see the plant to trive!?

[@kemreyray6494]

I have two cuttings that were sent to me through the mail, both with nodes, but for whatever reason they are yellowing in the water. What am I doing wrong?

[@alyl2064]

Do you know if rooting them in moist sphagnum moss works at all?

[@karineallaire6708]

I did this with mine and even though the propagation went very well, the vine that I have cut to propagate isn't producing any more leaf and stopped growing. Is it normal? What should I do? I started this plant with only one leaf (one vine) so the fact that its not growing anymore is problematic as I now only have that vine and the one I propagated from it!

[@rubyduffy499]

instead of placing in water can i just put it straight in soil

[@evitetriyani6005]

Waww even my adansonii 5 years old never had lots of leafs like that🤣🤣🤣

[@ashinthewildd]

What brand of potting soil are you using

[@evitetriyani6005]

Im thinking to propagate it