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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Help! Monstera leaves turn brown⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I do have a couple of rubber plants, but I found them to not be much easier to handle 😅 mine don’t flourish as they do for some people

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Help! Monstera leaves turn brown⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Noted, thanks for the info!!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Help! Monstera leaves turn brown⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you for your input! I think too much water really was the problem here. I hope it can recover, because sadly it’s a new and pretty small plant, so I can’t take cuttings of good leaves :')

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Help! Monstera leaves turn brown⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s a lot of super useful knowledge, thanks for sharing! I thought I already watered them quite little, but it seems it’s still been too much! Your comment also makes me consider to move it further towards the windows to maybe get bigger leaves

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Help! Monstera leaves turn brown⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I repotted it now and aside from tight roots I also found them and the soil to be really moist! If I’m lucky this helped - and I’ll pay more attention to let it dry more before watering again!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Help! Monstera leaves turn brown⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh I definitly had that misconception! Since winter air is really dry here I thought that might help. So you think the humidifier alone should do the job or should I put that away as well?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Help! Monstera leaves turn brown⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you so much!! I think it’s great to learn other people’s tricks, that way I can try to see what works best for me and my plants! Shame that I haven’t thought of just picking up the plant to see if it’s lighter or not, seems like such an easy thing to do with smaller plants

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Help! Monstera leaves turn brown⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I just repotted it because it’s been bothering me (can’t do more than kill it right? B’) ) and it turned out the roots and soil around them where super moist! I’ll definitely pay more attaention to let it dry properly before watering again. Thanks so much for all your input!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Help! Monstera leaves turn brown⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  My experiences haven’t been too well with repotting, so I often try to avoid it as long as I can… but I just checked and that pot might actually be a little small for this plant. A few roots are sticking out of the drainage holes a bit

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Help! Monstera leaves turn brown⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Ohhh ok! Might try that first then! I’m just used to leaves turning yellow, not brown when overwatering

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Help! Monstera leaves turn brown⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Hmm I just bought it a few weeks ago and didn’t use fertilizer yet, is it recommended to change the soil right after buying?

  Not all from the same place. This one I got at a more “high-end” place where they usually have a good quality

  Thank you!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Help! Monstera leaves turn brown⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks, good point!

  I usually water it once a week, but check with a finger that the soil doesn’t dry out completely. I’ve only just bought this one about three weeks ago, so I haven’t used fertilizer yet, soil is the one I got it in. No pests from what I can see. There are drainage holes in the pot, but maybe I should make sure that inner pot doesn’t stand directly on the bottom of the outer one? It doesn’t get direct sunlight, but it is about 2m from a south-facing windowed wall.

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