Monstera Adansonii
Monstera adansonii
Through the year 🗓️
☀️ Summer now
Water and feed generously through the growth surge; train new vines up their support.
🍂 Fall
Ease off fertilizer and prune leggy runners while the plant is still active.
❄️ Winter
Let it rest: water less, hold the feed, and boost humidity against dry indoor heat.
🌱 Spring
Repot if roots poke from the drainage holes and restart monthly feeding.
The details
Light & placement
- Light
- Bright indirect; tolerates medium light but holes shrink; no harsh direct sun
- Ideal PPFD
- 150–350 µmol·m⁻²·s⁻¹
- Grow-light distance
- 18–24 in below LED
Water & feed
- Watering method
- Water thoroughly when the top 1–2 in dry, until it drains. It likes to stay lightly moist, never wet; a chunky mix makes that easy.
- Fertilizer
- Balanced liquid feed at ½ strength, monthly in spring–summer.
Home & habit
- Soil
- Chunky aroid mix (bark + perlite + coco/peat); pH 5.5–6.5
- Humidity
- High (60%+); tolerates average but grows slower
- Temperature
- 65–85 °F
- Mature size
- Vines 6–12 ft indoors; larger leaves when climbing
- Repotting
- Every 1–2 yrs; it roots fast and gets root-bound quickly
- Propagation
- Stem cuttings with a node root readily in water, moss, or soil.
When something looks wrong
- Overwatering signs
- Yellowing leaves, black stem patches, wilting in wet soil
- Underwatering signs
- Crispy brown edges, curling, drooping vines
- Common pests
- Spider mites, thrips, mealybugs, scale
Common problems 🩺
The usual suspects when Monstera Adansonii looks unhappy. Most houseplant trouble is watering or light, not disease — see all plant problems if you are not sure which plant is the culprit.
Crispy edges and tips
Likely cause
Low humidity — the thin leaves dry out faster than a big Monstera deliciosa.
What to do
Raise humidity above 50% and keep watering consistent.
Yellowing leaves
Likely cause
Overwatering in a dense mix.
What to do
Let the top inch dry and repot into a chunky aroid mix if the soil stays wet.
Long vines with small leaves
Likely cause
Not enough light, and nothing to climb.
What to do
Brighter indirect light plus a pole — leaves get bigger as it climbs.
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