Node Activation Techniques for Monstera Plants

🌱 The video provides an update on a Monstera Thai Constellation and a Monstera Platinum Mint.

🌿 The Thai Constellation plant was purchased for a good price and has undergone pruning and propagation.

🌱 The Monstera Platinum Mint has unique mint variegation and multiple activated nodes.

🌱 When propagating a Monstera plant, chopping and propping the stem horizontally activates multiple nodes, causing them to send out growth.

🌿 One node eventually becomes the most advanced, receiving all the growth hormone, while the others pause. This node takes off and continues to grow.

🪴 By chopping up the different nodes and creating cuttings with root systems, you can propagate the plant and ensure continuous growth in each cutting.

🌱 The video discusses the process of activating nodes on a Monstera plant.

🍃 The presence of leaves is important for photosynthesis and the growth of the plant.

🌿 Multiple growth points on the plant are being monitored for the emergence of leaves.

🌱 Axillary buds on the plant are starting to activate.

🌱 The Monstera plant activates nodes when it grows past the sheath along the stem.

🌿 The Thai Constellation and Platinum Mint plants demonstrate horizontal growth along the surface of the soil.

🍃 Cuttings from the base of the plant can successfully produce roots and new leaves.

The plant has grown sideways, activating multiple nodes.

Each node is competing to become the dominant growth point.

Nodes with apical dominance shut off other nodes from growing.

🌱 By using tips from the plant, the speaker was able to activate multiple nodes on their Monstera plant, allowing for more growth and the potential to sell tip cuttings.

🌿 The speaker observed that the activated nodes on the plant had roots that had grown into the soil, indicating their potential for survival and further growth.

🍃 A leaf with fenestrations, despite its unconventional appearance, was observed to be emerging from one of the nodes, adding to the speaker's excitement for future growth.

🌱 Growing multiple plants in a single pot can save space and provide aesthetically pleasing plants for your home or shop.

🌿 By activating many nodes on your Monstera plant, you can have larger plants that can be easily sold or propagated.

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