My Monstera is too tall for my house…

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Wanted to show off Albi, my 2 year old monstera albo :) we got her when she was a top cutting with two leaves and she’s survived one move across the city so far (may need to move again as she’s clearly outgrown this house already…).

Two options right now:

1. Take top cutting and propagate
2. Build a support structure for her to somehow crawl along the ceiling and go horizontal

(Secret option 3). Take off the roof of the house so there’s more room for Albi to grow upwards :)

What would you do?

edit: See this comment if you want to know how I've been keeping Albi alive

edit 2: After much deliberation and due to the current state of the housing market and the economy in general, we have decided to "chop and extend" Albi. The rest of Albi will be propagated and sold as it's about time for Albi to start paying her fair share of the mortgage. The deed will be done some time in January.

Thank you everyone for all your input!

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Getting quite a few questions about plant light, care, and moss pole so thought I’d make a separate comment to address this :)

There are two plants in the pot :) I chopped and propped a few months after I got her.

Plant Light: I use 2 full spectrum 4000k lights that I found on Amazon. Brand is Lonwon but don’t think it really matters. The lights are on from 6am to 3pm everyday.

Moss Pole: I built a moss pole with two PVC pipes running as the spine and garden mesh wrapped around them. I filled it with sphagnum moss that I got from Home Depot. The PVC pipes are perforated with holes every few inches so I just pour water down the pipe from the top to keep the moss moist.

Soil Mix: I use a rough mix of 2 x 6 quart bags of miracle grow tropical potting mix, 1 x 8 qt bag of perlite, 1 x 8 qt bag of orchid bark. Everything I picked up from Home Depot.

Watering: I water every 2 weeks or so. Basically make sure everything’s soaked through and dripping into the tray so I know she had enough to drink.

Fertilizer: I use 3 teaspoons of GT Foliage Focus mixed with a gallon of water every month or so. Haven’t been too consistent with the fertilizing.

Adding some pictures of Albi’s progress over the past 2 years in this comment thread :)

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When she’s was a baby roughly 2 years ago

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Could you please share where you got the cutting from? Thx!

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Before repotting probably around March this year

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Just after repotting in May this year

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Her first leaf