Drain holes are essential. The best situation for these is to have very fast draining soil and to water more frequently. They normally grow up into trees with most of their roots exposed to air. Ideally, you need to replicate that as close as possible. You shouldn't have any water backing up around any part of the root system.

Instead of using the pot that came with my stand, I used a larger self watering planter inserted into the stand. I re potted the plant in a 5:1:1 mix I made from advice I've found on this forum. I think/hope it will be very happy in here for a while?!

I drilled a hole in the larger round pot and set it in the smaller pot for this snake? plant.

Nice Plants! I'm concerned though, about the lighting in the room. Those plants needs lots of light and they should be directly in front of the window. The monstera already looks as though it is searching for light, because of the way the stems are growing outward, not upward.

Thanks, I was worried about that. I'm hoping now that it's up off the floor it'll get better light. It's really the best light in the house. I'm south facing. In the winter, I get a little more light streaming in, summer it's more indirect. It's as close as I can get to the window. Any suggestions?

Thanks! I'm not sure if I have room, but I ordered some grow lights from Amazon. I figured I can give them extra light!

Moved recently, really good light in this location. Plant is growing well it seems. Wondering when to transfer to a larger pot? Having some splitting leaves, but they're not getting very large yet. Hope I'm doing right by it!

Looks like it's grown quite well and looks like it's a happy camper. You are definitely doing something right!

All my plants seem to be thriving in the 5-1-1 mix I made. Best advice I've gotten from reading the garden forum!

Maybe your monstera needs staking to direct the growth up instead of out?

Is the monstera in a self watering container? I’m thinking of moving mine into one but not 100% sure if appropriate.

Yes, it's a self watering pot. I have one stake in it now, wasn't sure about that, but I may try it. Thanks.

Moved again, I'm getting lots of vines, but not much new growth. I think it's time for staking/trellis? Not sure if I should remove the vines without leaves? It's getting messy! Bigger pot? 1 year and 2 months old now!

I'd definitely get a moss pole! And yes, I'd recommend removing the leafless vines, just to clean it up a bit.

Monsteras definitely need support because they can't support themselves. For mine, I gave it a steel metal rod and some rubber ties It was the only thing strong enough to support it. As for the leafless vines, are you referring to the aerial roots? Mine has a bunch of them, but I leave them as they are. Once you've trained your monster to grow upwards, I think it will look less chaotic and more organized, with the aerial roots growing downwards like they should.

This is a photo I took of it last year. Since then, it has sent out many more aerial roots. But you can see the steel rod and rubber ties that I have supporting it. The vines aren't all that flexible, so I had to slowly tighten them up over time. This is also why I like using these particular rubber ties, because you can adjust them accordingly, and they're strong enough to last without breaking.