Monstera Plant Food

Monstera Plant Food by TPS Plant Foods

Help your monstera grow strong roots and vibrant new leaves with nutrition made for its indoor growth habits. This liquid plant food supports steady growth and the development of larger new leaves as your plant matures.

Easy to add to your normal watering routine, it provides consistent feeding without making monstera care complicated.

Why You'll Love It

  • Healthy Foliage Nitrogen-forward feeding for the big, split leaves monsteras are grown for.
  • Steady Growth Helps new leaves keep coming in season instead of each one arriving smaller.
  • Strong Roots Most of its nitrogen is nitrate, the form roots take up immediately in potting mix.

Made by growers

More than a bottle on a shelf.

  • Talk to real plant people. The team that mixes the formula answers your email.
  • Made in-house, in the USA. Every bottle mixed and filled by us, not a third party.
  • We're growers, not resellers. We use this on our own plants before it ships.
  • Bundle savings only here. Pair any two TPS formulas — your order ships free.

Liquid monstera fertilizer with a 3-1-2 NPK plus kelp and micronutrients. This monstera plant food supports strong roots, vibrant leaves, and steady indoor growth that produces larger new leaves.

How to Use Monstera Plant Food

MethodAmountHow Often
Watering can1 tsp per quart (32 oz) of waterSpring & summer: every 1–2 weeks
Watering canSame dilutionFall & winter: every 4 weeks
Leaf misting (optional)½ tsp per pint (16 oz) of waterEvery 1–2 weeks

Feed as part of your regular watering — consistency beats strength.

What's Inside

Monsteras are foliage machines — they spend nitrogen. The 3-1-2 ratio supplies it in the proportion aroids actually use, with 2.2% of the 3% nitrogen as nitrate, the form roots take up immediately. Phosphorus stays intentionally low (1%): monsteras don't need bloom-booster levels, and excess phosphorus locks out the iron and zinc that keep leaves deep green.

Sea kelp adds natural growth compounds, and the micronutrient package — calcium, magnesium, iron, manganese, zinc, boron, copper — supports the cell-wall strength and chlorophyll production behind those thick, glossy, split leaves.

Made For

Monstera deliciosa, Monstera adansonii (Swiss cheese vine), Thai constellation and other variegated monsteras, and mini monstera (Rhaphidophora tetrasperma).

Problems It Solves

  • New leaves emerging without splits (fenestrations)
  • Each new leaf smaller than the last
  • Yellowing older leaves on a plant that hasn't been fed
  • A monstera that's stopped putting out new growth in season

FAQs

Why doesn't my monstera have holes in its leaves?

Fenestrations require maturity, adequate light, and steady nutrition. A monstera short on nitrogen produces smaller, solid leaves even in good light. Consistent feeding every 1–2 weeks in the growing season, paired with bright indirect light, gives new leaves the resources to develop splits.

How often should I fertilize my monstera?

Every 1–2 weeks in spring and summer, every 4 weeks in fall and winter, at 1 tsp per quart of water. Monsteras respond to steady low-dose feeding better than occasional strong doses — customers regularly report multiple new leaves within 2–3 weeks of starting a routine.

What NPK is best for monstera?

A 3-1-2 style ratio — roughly three parts nitrogen, one phosphorus, two potassium — matches what monsteras and other aroids consume for leaf production. High-phosphorus "bloom" formulas waste input and can interfere with micronutrient uptake in foliage plants.

Can I fertilize a monstera in winter?

Yes, just less often — every 4 weeks instead of every 1–2. Indoor monsteras keep growing slowly through winter and benefit from light feeding; stopping entirely often shows up as pale spring growth.

Should I use liquid or granular fertilizer for monstera?

Liquid gives you control and immediate availability — ideal if you like feeding as you water. Our granular monstera fertilizer suits hands-off feeding, releasing slowly over weeks. Both carry the same monstera-tuned nutrition; choose by routine, not by result.

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