Why your Monstera needs a pole

One of the most common houseplant questions I get is why does a Monstera need a moss pole? If you want your plant to grow larger and have more fenestrations your plant will need something to climb. Fortunately moss poles are not the be all end all to your indoor vining plant needs. As long as your plant has something to climb, like a wooden plank, a bamboo pole, or some kind of stake this will do the trick.
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[@patricialinzsey9611]

I just love how you talk to your viewers as if you're talking to your friends who want to become plant parents. Please keep doing that. I don't feel like I'm watching a tutorial. I appreciate that!

[@KillThisPlant]

Thank you so much!

[@silmarlis9449]

Patricia Linzsey, I agree. Easy listening packed with great and useful info. Such lack of ego and genuine honest advice. Thank you Kill This Plant

[@liteweightpup2561]

Thanks Lee, for giving me permission to get rid of the plants I no longer love! I have a couple that I don’t want to spend any more time trying to rescue. They don’t like me and now I don’t like them. So there!

[@MommaKaren65]

Your the smartest plant person that I follow, Thanks for all of your videos you definitely know what your talking about!!!!! Keep Posting!!!!!!

[@KillThisPlant]

So nice of you. Thanks!

[@lorafrost9628]

Lee, you are so real and relatable -- thank you for providing insight and advice from the imperfect world of a plant enthusiast :)

[@mynameislisa2281]

I just found your channel and find it very helpful. I appreciate that you are realistically teaching, and not unrealistically showing off big beautiful plants that you just bought. Thanks for the video.

[@benmann1896]

Man, this is probably the best plant channel I've found so far. Looks like you might be a fellow hoops fan as well. I look forward to watching more of your videos, and go Raps!

[@CamHamMusic]

Happy to see your brother RJ Barrett moved to Canada last year..can hardly tell the difference between you two

[@Kaylee_4740]

Love your work! Just wanted to chime in about moss poles in humid climates. I live in tropical Queensland, we have the perfect humidity for most ‘indoor plants’. But, my outdoor moss poles dry out in a day, 2 at max. Humidity isn’t enough to keep moss moist if it is also hot.

[@raggedyannred]

I actually made poles with burlap, plastic sticks, and hot glue recently. Good to see this is a good budget option!

[@avcrs8612]

Hi Lee, re the Fiddle leaf fig not growing, it could just also be Ficus Lyrata Bambino or Dwarf FLF. Super cute but grow very very very slowly.

[@janinebean4276]

I LOVE my Micans! If you don’t have it in the right pot they can be a little meh, but I have mine in a light coloured faux-wood pot that makes the texture really stand out, and it’s STUNNING.

[@Misanthropicreptile]

Glad I found your channel! I've already learned so much, and the vibes are immaculate. Imma go binge watch all your videos now. 👌

[@barbaracole4314]

That's good info on the monstera , you're very knowledgeable about plant's, thanks

[@Lasignoracioccolato]

New subscriber from Germany here 😁 my monstera already had a moss pole when I bought it. I had no idea I was supposed to water it!

[@KillThisPlant]

Thanks for subscribing! I hope you don't start watering it now 😖

[@100Creed]

99% its not a moss pole u got it just has koko fibers around it.

[@OceanSwimmer]

Hi Lee, You're tutorials have helped me be a better Plant Mom to my Monstera. ❤️ I watched several of your videos about plant supports, & decided to get a cedar plank and have it cut to size to provide support. Because my plant was growing fast, I took it to a Nursery for repotting. The plank is working well so far. If I was to do something different, it would be to drill holes in the plank to provide places for the aerial roots to hold on.....well, there's always next time, right? By the way......Lee, you don't mention putting a screen in the base of your pots so you don't lose soil and sand. I do it for all my plants....is there a reason you have not mentioned it? Thank you for sharing your plant wisdom with me. I am grateful for your guidance. 🌱🌞🌱 PS I don't water the support for my Monstera. I mist the aerial roots instead. I use distilled water - always - because the tap water here is very alkaline with lots of precipitates. I want my plants to feed & drink freely. 🌷

[@yolyrom7233]

The Leca Queen (KZbin) uses moss poles for her extremely large plants. She’s great too! I subscribed to her channel as well. She’s from Australia.

[@aliceradstromthornblom2207]

Hi! I really like your videos, they have good vibes and are very informative. I love the perspective you gave about throwing a plant out if it doesn't bring you joy and just brings problems and how we shouldn't feel wasteful when we do that, I'll try to tell myself that :D

[@IthinkIneedAhug]

I'm really glad i found your channel! The chill vibes and good information is great 💖

[@lulu486]

Thank you for your videos! My monstera is loving life since I increased the light. I will look into a good pole next! :)

[@KillThisPlant]

So happy your plant is doing well. 🌱

[@AnusConqueror]

Love these longer videos, so chill

[@ninabeena83]

Completely agree with you on the moss poles, although I’m not crazy enough to have tried to keep up with one 😂 I have a lime pothos and a cebu blue growing up some random mini fence-like stakes (like 2ft tall) I got from goodwill. The pothos has burlap rope around it but I don’t think it NEEDS it to move up per se. I also deconstructed a dollar tree garden fence post and made a bunch of mini wood stakes for smaller plants. All doing great. Definitely gonna add some burlap (instead of the coir sheet I’d planned on) to this wooden dowel for my deliciosa. Keepin it simple 👍🏾

[@KillThisPlant]

That all sounds great. I'm for doing what works for you. ☺️

[@1after]

Great explanation.. I’m still new to monsteras…love them.

[@readandsignwithme6494]

“Is the plant real?” Oh my!

[@plant_dirt_addict3611]

Thank you for another informative video! Your Micans (at least I think it is a Micans) is beautiful and big :) I saw your other post that simply using a piece of cedar would work for Monsteras or climbing plants.

[@KillThisPlant]

Thanks for watching! I think I want to turn it into a hanging basket, its even bigger now.

[@terralondon6352]

Great video as always.

[@KillThisPlant]

Glad you enjoyed it. :)

[@eiffon]

hey man just found your content. i really enjoy watching to your videos and your voice is very calming. thank you for the good information and keep on pumping out the videos. peace homie

[@KillThisPlant]

Thank you!

[@FAIRYILOVEYOU]

This is my dream plant and I’m doing a lot of research on them and love you channel and I’m about to get a monsteria ahh I’m so excited

[@-justinhopkins-]

I got a decent size monstera back in june. I made a bamboo lattice for it.

[@vivimannequin]

I have a heartleaf philodendron that grew pretty big but parts of it got torn by my parent's goats. It did stop them from eating my other plants so I figure I could use it to make a barricade around my other epiphytic plants

[@lisatomsha8493]

Great solid information 😊thanks!!🌿💚

[@KillThisPlant]

you're welcome! Thanks for leaving a comment too!

[@thesilverpen]

love this video, it helped me with my repotting situation. I could only find bamboo in the local resources for plants. I did not like the idea of the moss pole, costs and fuss on top of ordering online. I plan to do this today, so will know soon, how well the bamboo works.

[@cillamoke]

Hey Lee I’ve spent about $80 Au in moss poles. It’s enough sphagnum moss to make 6 poles. I still have heaps of wire mesh netting left. I’ve made 3 90cm poles with 6cm diameter so far. I will prolly make more shortly as soon as I master self watering it.

[@bordercolliesdownunder7245]

Nice video...thanks for the info:)

[@grat2010]

Tried using a moss pole once. Hated it and went back to bamboo stakes.

[@KillThisPlant]

#teamstick

[@janinebean4276]

You need something for your monsters to climb on so they’re distracted and they don’t eat you

[@KillThisPlant]

Haha

[@k.lisaswensen9877]

I got a moss pole and my monsters needs to start contributing to my rent.

[@klove7365]

I’m currently working on making my own moss poles for my Albo monstera.

[@KillThisPlant]

you going with the standard, moss, chicken wire, pvc pipe method?

[@janinebean4276]

You could probably use a stapler or staple gun to secure the burlap :) it might stay up better

[@maplefoxxo]

I wish I knew this before I impulsively bought a huge monstera

[@barusla]

Cool video, I agree with not feeling guilty for throwing out plants that abuse you 😁 But I have a question, what do you do with the used soil.. I mean after you repot it into new soil, what to do with the old one? I don’t wanna throw it away..

[@KillThisPlant]

You can reuse old soil if you like.

[@debbie7860]

I have 2 young plants I.ll put them together and get a support pole I just love them 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@KillThisPlant]

that sounds like a great idea. I hope your plant grows strong and happy!

[@dannettesavas3269]

Well first off I think you’re adorable knowledgeable and appreciated I have a bamboo trellis like a TP do I need to tie my Monstera to that or will it find its way up there on its own

[@KillThisPlant]

Thanks for the comment. I would say it depends. Tying it to your trellis will help at first. If you have something like an Adansonii, you might be able to just wrap it around as it grows.

[@flaekjaflintstone5656]

Best easy care huge plant to me: philodendron red emerald They dont need a lot of light or and care. Just enough water and help for Climb or a cord/tope . Mine growed 9 m in 2years in a dark corner of my room Update to the top and Along the ceiling

[@suzijorgensen6545]

The tape you use looks like the plant won't have the room to go up. Can you please let us know what happens when you use the green tape. Cheers

[@cantinhodasisimoneschreide8246]

Muito bom.

[@FAIRYILOVEYOU]

And also I do want crawl a lot that’s what I like but I’m going to get a pole for later on if crawls way to much and I can move to my window seal cause big and a nice area to crawl

[@drlauraf]

Dear KTP, I'm having a terrible time trying to decide how to repot my monstera plant. It has grown so quickly I am a little afraid of it. Is there a way I can send you photos and you can show me how to trim (if necessary) and repot and get this baby under control. I live in south Louisiana and the plant lives outside on my patio. Would you be willing to help me? Your videos have helped me tremendously. Thank you, Laura in Louisiana.

[@KillThisPlant]

Check my about section for my links. ideally you should join my discord.

[@anthony2507]

When should you stake your Monstera. Mine is only about 15" at the tallest leaf, 20ish leaves coming from 4-6 stalks in a 6" nursery pot. They all stand tall and support themselves.

[@KillThisPlant]

I think a good idea is to stake when it needs support. But staking early will help early growth. I'm not sure if there is a right answer.

[@madw9627]

Hello good sir I love your videos they have helped most of my houseplants but I have a struggling Yucca tree and I was wondering if you have advice? My other houseplants are very happy so I cannot figure out what is wrong with him.

[@KillThisPlant]

I don't have any experience with Yucca plants. Give a little more details about what else you're noticing and your care routine. Hopefully someone will be able to help you in the comment section!

[@madw9627]

Thank you for creating a plant community where people like me can come to learn ! I've been giving my yucca full sun and only watering on occasion, plus he is in a well draining pot. The temperature is steady at about 20 C but a lot of the leaves have been turning yellow and falling off.

[@kvil1537]

@@madw9627 How is your yucca now, 5 months later?

[@sandiesorchids9387]

When does the monstera start to show the wavy stem that is close to the leaves?

[@KillThisPlant]

When the leaves are large enough. I can't give you a specific time frame

[@carolwilkeshoward5629]

I have three of this type of monstera and I’m not sure how too treat them differently? I’m a new plant lady and I’m concerned about the weather being too cold.

[@KillThisPlant]

For the most part I treat all my monstera the same in terms of care.

[@ashisbanerjee3428]

Do you grow "Tillandsia"? Phil? Then do a show.

[@janinebean4276]

Have your ever used a coco coir pole?

[@kirstine3158]

I have a big monstera pinapartitum, and it is just growing a lot of vines, with no leaves on it. Would adding a pole help it actually grow leaves? :P

[@KillThisPlant]

I also struggled with my pinnatipartita. I would cut back the vining sections and increase the light. If you're specifically looking for it to fenestrate like a traditional Deliciosa, you'd have to increase the light and add a climbing pole. But I do think this plant makes a great hanging basket too. It's up to you.

[@marieknight9385]

I personally don’t care for the moss pole look and I prefer plain sticks tied on with wire or strings, the arial roots don’t attach to the poles but the leaves still size up so I agree that moss is not really necessary for climbing poles. I would definitely notice if a plant was fake because I touch them before I keep or buy them.

[@sharonelliott1075]

Have you done this with a Monstera delicisiosa? I have just recently, I love how it looks but I can't find any information on this. Sorry for bothering you. ☺

[@marieknight9385]

@@sharonelliott1075 my monsteras are not big enough for poles yet, but it should work, and in reality they may not need it

[@sharonelliott1075]

@@marieknight9385 thank you.

[@mariasidiqi3880]

If I were to use something like bamboo stakes, is the burlap necessary or could I just stick them in there on their own? Ty!

[@KillThisPlant]

burlap isn't necessary.

[@kalyanishah17]

Eeeeeh can I give my monstera the support of a wall? It was shaped in this curve when I got it from the nursery and when I reported it, I could set it so that the back is fully touching the wall... Wondering if that will be enough support

[@KillThisPlant]

It might be. Expect the aerial roots to attach to the wall and rip off paint.

[@hollyc8356]

My monstera has been raised outside and it’s doing very well! It’s older and very mature should I stake it?

[@KillThisPlant]

Is it in a pot or in the ground?

[@janinebean4276]

Yeah I am absolutely not spending $20-30 on a moss pole, f that noise.

[@Piporus]

Hello! Tks for these vids, I just found them out. I was looking for "pruning monstera" and now I am in your channel rabbit hole >.< Would you please help me with some problems I have but I couldn't find out in your videos? 1. I have three plants: adansonii, borsigiana and regular deliciosa in poles for more than a year now. They don't cling to them. I have to tie them with ropes. Two are coco coir and one is a bamboo stick with jute cord I weaved around. Any idea? 2. In the video about fungus gnats you mentioned hodrogen peroxide 3% diluted in water. In the end, what percentage should it be? 3. My top cutting from a deliciosa variegata just gave birth to a more fenestrated but reasonably smaller leaf. Do you know what could have caused it? Tks so much, I love your videos!

[@KillThisPlant]

Thanks for watching! 1. I would probably have to see the plants, but they don't really need to 'stick' on their own. You should be aiming towards having aerial roots having constant contact with a surface. As long as the roots are secured and touching something, they'll see benefits. It may help if you dm me pictures of it on instagram for a more specific answer. 2. Somewhere between 1:4 and 1:6 parts. 3. Could be a season change/interruption of light. The leaf is developing in the cataphyll. A change in light would effect leaf size or fenestrations but not necessarily both in the same way. It has happened to me as well.

[@lavvy2585]

When should I add the pole. I don't see any roots or nodes that show it is starting to climb.

[@KillThisPlant]

Usually when the plant becomes unstable. I tend to plan more long term and stake early. But it's up to you!

[@lavvy2585]

@@KillThisPlant Thank you.

[@martar.8095]

In the future I would like to find a decent wood plank to attach to my wall, so that beast with 21 leaves that calls herself ‘Monstera deliciosa’ can do her thing up to the 4th floor of my building, and then hopefully reach the sky and the outer space too.

[@KillThisPlant]

😎 That'd be so great.

[@cherylboyd5548]

So are you going to wet them poles after done making them ?

[@KillThisPlant]

The burlap ones no, you dont need to. The roots cling to the burlap really well.

[@silmarlis9449]

This is need to know info, but more importantly what soap are you using, because i am sure your fingers should be green 🌲💚

[@KillThisPlant]

Softsoap with moisturizing aloe. 😁

[@silmarlis9449]

@@KillThisPlant Should have known you would be an aloe man ! 😀

[@janinebean4276]

I feel like I’m very meh about dracaena. I don’t have any but I’m thinking of buying one just for the height/texture, but I find most varieties kind of boring

[@KillThisPlant]

I thought so too but they really do grow on you (do you see what I did there?)

[@janinebean4276]

@@KillThisPlant HAH. I’m sure I will find a variety I like, I enjoy weirdo plants with weird shapes, textures, colours, etc. I just need to find a weird enough dracaena 😋😂

[@karlamaldonado9289]

Do you name your plants??

[@KillThisPlant]

I do! almost everyone has a name.

[@ithinkkatiewins]

Damn at the end he really said kill this plant :P

[@KillThisPlant]

I love when they say the name of the movie in the movie 😆