Monstera help!
So I got this monstera a few weeks ago at Aldi (don’t come at me it was $15 😭) and I repotted it into chunky well draining mix, ima pot only a little bigger than the root ball. It’s by this window and gets great morning sunlight. I just got a humidifier yesterday too so I have that over there. The roots looked really healthy but the leaves keep turning yellow and the new leaves are turning brown. Any tips?? I really don’t want it to die off until it’s like 2 leaves like my last one that I’m now rehabbing 😅
4
Are you checking the soil first before watering? If you stick your finger (or a plain wooden chopstick—like you’re testing a cake. If soil clings to it, it’s not ready for water yet!) into the soil and a couple knuckles down it still feels dry or warm then it IS time to water, but if it still feels damp or cold, then it is NOT time yet, and either check again in 2-3 days or hit the “snooze” button and Greg will remind you again later. The opposite is also true, if Greg hasn’t notified you yet, but your soil is dry when you check it, then you can water and let Greg know that you’ve watered early. Eventually Greg’s notifications will start syncing up more accurately because it learns with your early waterings and snoozes, but in the beginning it’s just an educated guess.
Also, NO ONE will judge you for getting a plant at Aldi 😁 heck, I find plants at Home Depot and Walmart sometimes. The plant is the important thing 😉
Also, NO ONE will judge you for getting a plant at Aldi 😁 heck, I find plants at Home Depot and Walmart sometimes. The plant is the important thing 😉
@DreamMachine I do check before I water! But with monsteras I’ve heard so many different things, do I water when it’s mostly dry or wait until it’s fully dry?
@SavantStarlotus I personally wait until mine are fully dry, otherwise new growth starts coming in brown/black. Is that happening with yours?
Thank you! Mine has not put out any new leaves since I got it, but the new ones that were growing did turn brown