So, here’s my monstera that I love very much, and I’ve had it for almost 3 years now. It was super small when I bought it.
Eversince I put it in front of the huge south-facing window (I’m in Canada), it thrived and produced huge leaves with many fenestrations.
However, since 4-5 months ago, it didn’t produce any new leaves. And the old leaves started to yellow, which it used to do before too, but this time it was quicker, and the bottom part of my stem is now kinda “bald” as you can see in the 3rd pic. Now, I have only 5 leaves remaining, one of which is hopeless, and the rest are already looking yellowish green.
I usually cut off the aerial roots, and they usually grow back, but this time I’m not seeing any new growth on my previously cut aerial roots, which is concerning.
My last 2 repots were 1 month ago, and 7 months ago. The last repot was out of worry for root rot, and the roots looked OK. I’ve been using the MircleGro tropical mix always. But this last time I mixed it with some perlite too.
The only positive thing is that I’m seeing small growth in the bottom of the stem (included in the photos)
I usually water it 2L of water every week, and I get rid of the extra water in the saucer. However, there was a 2.5 month period during the last 6 months that someone else was watering it for me and I didn’t want to burden them with the annoying process of draining the excess water. Can that be the cause? My other Monstera (a thai constellation) is doing totally fine though.
Thanks in advance!
by Low_Teaching_7719
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are you fertilizing?
Might be dying. Also, might be too much water and looks like you have some mold/fungus. The aerial roots are for stabilization and getting nutrients from the soil.
I have one in Oklahoma with a sun facing light and I only water it a half a liter every two weeks and I mist the leaves daily! Not sure if this helpful or not.
Is it rootbound?
They can sulk for a long time after repotting. I’d pull back on the frequency or amount of water as root rot can get them easy. They can get super sensitive to salt/mineral build ups in the soil too. My experience is repot “trauma” and wet feet. The top soil can be dry but their roots might be mushy,
I like to use a skewer to measure where the soil is dry/damp/moist and then decide if it would benefit from taking longer water breaks (you can mist and up humidity as they like that)
Likely just due to repotting or fertilizer. Just be careful can get fertilizer burn. Happened to my large silversword philo… it dropped 12 mature leaves after I repotted/fertilized 😭
Mircle Grow products contain fungus gnats. I clean the roots with a mix of hydrogen peroxide. Chunky soil mix. Add this with a fertilizer
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