Hello everyone out there in the world. Welcome back to the epic

gardening podcast. Today we're going to be talking about a plant that is probably

one of the trendiest plants on Instagram certainly it has its own hashtag Monstera

Monday and yes if you couldn't guess the plant that we're talking about today is the Monstera deliciosa.

So it is a wonderful beautiful incredible plant that I think its popularity is well justified.

It is a giant leaved climbing plant that can really liven up your home, your living room,

even your outdoor space.

So indoor specimens of this plant will often grow to four to five feet in height.

Those that grow in their native rainforest environments can often get to 10 feet or more

but you know for the most part I think we're going to keep it a little bit shorter in our own homes especially because our own homes interiors do not have a rainforest like climate

Now what is interesting about these plants to me being a hybrid edible ornamental gardener myself is the plants themselves

are not edible in fact they're poisonous but they produce a fruit called the monster fruit that actually

is edible when it's ripe. I would not bite into an unripe one though

because the fruits are full of oxalic acid when unripe and can irritate your throat.

So with a name or a scientific name

that literally means delicious monster,

it's hard to go wrong, and I think it's very fitting

that this episode's coming out in October because it's kind of a spooky, spooky name.

But let's go ahead and talk about what this plant is and how to care for it.

So there's a lot of different names

that this plant is known by.

Certainly, Monsterra is the one that's the most popular right now

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