Beginner Gardening: Monstera Help Please!, 2 by lourspolaire

lourspolaire wrote:
Philodendrons are unbelievably resilient. If the whole plant looks leggy, you can cut in in 4-node sections: 2 nodes in the soil and 2 nodes out of the soil. Keeping only one leaf is best, as it makes less demands on the cutting. If no leaves are present, an axial bud may very well activate and generate new growth. It's important to remember which end of the cutting is down. I use a Sharpie to mark the bottom end. Here is a picture of one where I only had about a 10-inch piece of stem. Notice the new growth in the absence of leaves. The leaves on the soil are ZZ plant leaves I am hoping to root.

And here is a philodendron growing in a 25-inch pot, in complete shade. It will all have to be cut into sections are propagated. The big leaves in the front are 25 inches long.

Sylvain.