It’s about time to say goodbye to this leaf. I know you’re going to ask so let me copy/paste what I wrote about this leaf a few weeks ago:
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What’s happening to my monstera?
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The first thing I check is which leaf is showing the signs: the yellowing/browning leaf from the first picture is the oldest leaf from this vine.
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Jumping to conclusions (“…caused by”) vs. Understanding what is happening (“…occurs when”)
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A frequently used jumping-to-conclusions statement is “yellowing is CAUSED BY overwatering”, which causes you to think that “careful watering” is the only concern in plant care.
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But let’s look at this using an approach of understanding before concluding: yellowing *on the oldest leaves* OCCURS WHEN the plant breaks down the nutrients to be reallocated to newer growth.
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Analysis: when the oldest leaf turns yellow and falls off, that’s a natural occurrence but in this case, I’ve measured the light to be adequate to support many more leaves on a single monstera vine (at least 8-10 leaves given this light situation – this is a very rough estimate!). So since we’re only on the 6th leaf and yellowing is happening, the overall pool of nutrients must be limiting. 3 – the last piece of evidence is the status of the pot – it has been in this small pot for over a year and you can see the encircling roots, peeking out of the soil.
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Recommendations: I’ll cut off this leaf *once it is fully yellowed* to let the plant salvage what is reusable from this leaf. I’ll repot the plant into a larger pot – I’d probably go up to a 16″ pot (currently 12″ pot)
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Hopefully you can adopt this kind of analysis to panic less about your own plants.
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