Where To Place A Monstera Plant? (Tips & Factors Deciding Placement)

The Monstera plant loves the humid and warm atmosphere. Monstera is ideal for keeping indoors if you can provide them with perfect living conditions. An inappropriately placed can give you a tough time through root rot, droopy leaves, discolored leaves, etc. Thus, It is crucial to determine the correct placement of your monstera.

Monstera can be kept in the bedroom, dine-in area, as well as your living room. They do well in medium indirect lighting conditions but can struggle in bright, intense light. So, a spot near your eastern, southern, or western facing windows would be ideal. Make sure you keep them away from direct sunlight to avoid leaf burn.

You are giving your monstera proper light source, adequate water, and enough fertilizer, but you still find your plant is not satisfied. The culprit could be the living conditions they are in. They might not be getting enough light, right temperature, and humidity levels.

This tropical beauty with dark green massive foliage can bring life and all the jungle feels to your space. Monstera needs the right spot to maintain its huge foliage and to allow fenestrations in the leaves. By reading below, you will be able to put them in the right space.

Factors determining the placement of monstera plant

The three major factor that decides the placement of monstera plant are: Light, Humidity & Temperature.

Light

Light is the prime need for your monstera to grow and flourish to its real size. You don’t want to keep your plant in a spot where it won’t get sufficient light.

Avoid the afternoon sun as much as you can. The scorching sun will burn the tissue leaves giving them yellowish-brown spots and leave sun kisses on the foliage.

Medium to bright indirect light will help its large foliage to split to give the lower leaves a better chance to absorb light. So, the better the light, the more splits, and holes your plants’ foliage will have.

Place your plant near the window, which gives the bright sun for 6-8 hours daily.

You can ideally keep your plant a few feet away from a western, eastern, or southern window. They will easily get bright indirect light there. Else find a spot where morning sun and late afternoon sun pours in.

They can tolerate lower light conditions, but the constant low light level will make the plant leggy.

If you cannot provide monstera with appropriate light, the new leaves will look dull, yellow and may start to droop.

Also Read: How Much Light Do Monstera Plants Need? (+All Other Lighting Questions)

Temperature

Ideally, home temperatures keep your monstera happy. Temperature levels are important factors to be kept on mind while finding a spot for your plant.

They bloom in 65 degrees Fahrenheit up to 85 degrees Fahrenheit. As the temperature goes up, the leaves will burn and crisp, taking away their moisture.

Keeping the plant near vents is a big mistake that will dry the soil too quickly, leaving them dry most of the time. And especially if you are following a watering routine, no wonder your plant is dying.

During winter moons below 60 degrees Fahrenheit, their growth slows down as the atmosphere is dry and cold. They stop growing below 50 degrees, just like the freezing climate, the plant growth also freezes.

Make sure you provide your plant with the right temperature levels. Your plant will fit in if you keep them near a furnace or wood stove during these conditions, making sure you are watering right.

Moisture

High humidity and moisture levels take your plant a long way. Monstera being a tropical plant, loves moisture and thrives best in high humidity. They go insanely massive if given the right growing environment.

If you live in a hot climate, use a humidifier to keep the humidity levels in check.

In such a climate, not only your skin but plants, foliage and soil also dry out fast, which over time makes your plant leaves yellow or brown just like you feel your skin harsh and irritant.

A humidifier can be used throughout the day, and you don’t have to worry all the time regarding the moisture levels. You can switch them off during the night.

To give them the home feels, you can group different plants, which naturally have high humidity levels. This will easily help you to maintain moisture in the plant without much fuzz.

Misting around is another easy way to raise the moisture around your monsteras.

Just spray water with a spray bottle around the plant, which will keep them moist for long hours. But make sure you mist in the morning.

Otherwise, the water sitting on the plant will develop into a while spots, which can be troublesome.

Also Read: Do Monstera Like To Be Misted? (Monstera Humidity Requirement+Tips)

Things to keep in mind while placing a monstera plant at home

Monstera can be placed at several spots. Let us have a look at some common spots.

Near window

When you want to decorate your space by keeping your plant near a window, it’s overall a great idea.

The window will not only provide bright light to the plant but also filter the intensity of the direct sunlight if you are keeping them in such a direction that is exposed to direct afternoon sun.

That also means that you should not always keep the windows open to avoid sunburn, droopy leaves, brown spots on the plant’s foliage.

Generally, it’s fine to place your plant near the window, but if the intensity and temperature levels are very high, it is recommended to keep them a few feet away from the window to save your plant soil from drying too fast.

During cold weather, make sure that your plants’ foliage doesn’t touch the window glass, as it will make the leaves dry by absorbing its moisture, making them droopy and discolored.

Just make sure your window is given enough refined, bright light to your plant, whether kept near or away from the window.

Keeping away from children

Every inch of monstera is noxious except its ripe fruit. If you slit their leaves, it secretes a sap with calcium oxalates, irritating skin, and stomach pain if ingested by humans.

They can even cause swelling of tongue, lips, mouth, excessive vomiting, and difficulty swallowing.

If you have a child at your home, then you need to be cautious. If they get their hands on them, you will be in trouble for sure. Keep them both away from each other.

Keeping it out of reach of pets

If monstera leaves are ingested excessively, they can turn out to be fatal to your pets, whether they are dogs or cats. They have calcium oxalates, which make them poisonous.

A small intake won’t hurt them badly, but it gives them a bad time in their stomach if ingested in large quantities.

They are hard hitters, so keep them on your shelf, or somewhere your pets can’t reach, or maybe you can avoid getting them at your home at all.

Avoid placing near a fireplace

Monstera plant can burn their leaves when exposed to too much heat. They will dry the soil quickly than it should get naturally.

That will, in turn, generate brown spots and brown tips on foliage. You will have no option left but cut them off. Monsteras are least resistant to heat and drought.

Keep monsteras away from the fireplace and radiators, though you can keep them over radiators. Keep monsteras to a distance where your hand cannot feel direct heat while establishing your plant.

Temperature of the room

Monstera should not be kept at very high or very low-temperature levels.

Ideally should be provided at a temperature between 65 degrees Fahrenheit and 85 degrees Fahrenheit.

Above that, your plants’ soil will dry out quickly, making leaves and plants weak and discolored, and below that, your plant growth will slow down.

If the temperature level goes below 50 degrees Fahrenheit, your plant growth will become stagnant.

Please don’t keep them near cooling vents, radiators, or wood stove to avoid disturbing growth.

Also, keep them away from direct sun to prevent leaves from damage.

Monstera plant in bedroom

Everyone loves decorating their homes, especially rooms. After all, you want to wake up to a beautiful and fresh looking space that is incomplete without a houseplant. 

Since bedrooms are dark spaces, you want to keep a plant that doesn’t love too much light. Monsteras might be one of the best choices for enhancing your bedroom’s essence and looks. 

• Keep near the window. The window’s coverings will filter the intensity of the sunlight, making it perfect for your plant to thrive.
• Ensure they are not troubled by the cold, dry air from the AC, which will reduce humidity and temperature levels.
• Keep rotating them for even exposure and even growth.

With low and easy maintenance requirements and superb air-purifying quality, monsteras are ready to make a statement in your room.

Monstera plant in bathroom

Bathrooms are naturally humid, which is excellent for keeping your monstera plant.

The wet environment provided by the wet basin, bathtub, and even wet towels will maintain humidity for your plant.

But few things should be kept in mind while decorating your plant in your bathroom.

• The window should bounce a fair amount of light on your plant.
• South and the east-facing window is ideal for enough bright indirect light exposure to your plant.
• Rotate your plant periodically for even exposure of light.
• Avoid keeping monstera in the bathroom during winters if the temperature consistently drops below 50 degrees Fahrenheit.

If your bathroom fulfills all such conditions, you can keep your monsteras in your bathroom. 

Ensure that your plant is not always bathed with water. If you shower the plant often, the soil will drown and lead to several issues such as root rot, bacterial infection, etc.

Also, make sure you have enough space for the plant. You may house a younger plant in there, but that needs to be moved out as it matures. 

Tip: Keep switching your monstera in the bathroom with other plants.

Some tips on placement of monstera plants

Here are some tips to keep in mind while determining the placement of your monstera.

• Low light, warmth, and humidity are three things to be kept in mind while finding a spot for your monsteras.
• Grow outside your monsteras if you reside in areas with a cold climate.
• Give them an abundance of space to grow their massive leaves and enough space to stretch their stems and branches.
• Polish those huge beauties (foliage) with clammy clothes to ease the photosynthesis process and allow them to absorb moisture.
• Both bathrooms and rooms should fulfill ideal conditions to keep monsters.
• To allow fenestrations, they need bright light for at least 6-8 hours, so if you want splits and holes in your monstera, provide them such conditions.

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Source: Indoor plant lighting needs, Growing monstera, Light and Moisture Requirements.