I water my monstera once a week, when it’s dry. Although in the winter it can go 2 weeks between waters. I’ve noticed yellowing on a few leaves in the past few days. It’s in a sunny corner opposite a South West facing window.
You can repot but your number 1 problem is that you have a thrips infestation. I cut the leaves with thrips damage because those fuckers lay eggs in the plant tissue so when you think you’ve wiped them off, they come back! And just wiping doesn’t help, I had to use these insecticidal sticks that poison the plant, nothing else worked. Oh there are also biological options like some predatory mites I think. Neem oil doesn’t work. Say a prayer, call the exorcist and burn down the house!
AdventurousTea9964
It looks like it might have thrips
natelizabeth10
Are my eyes deceiving me or are those little dots thrips?
vancitydreamer
Eep. Those white dots are thrip larvae. Wash your leaves, throw away your soil. But the eggs are inside the plant tissue too so that won’t fully eradicate them unfortunately. Do some googling on what makes the most sense for you in killing them – if you’re in the USA, people say systemic bonide pesticides or something works for them, but if you’re in Canada, recommend looking into predatory mites. If you’re elsewhere, there’s likely other good local options too.
MikeCheck_CE
To add to your thrips problem, this isn’t really getting enough light either which will make it stretch more.
torianrayne243
It’s always the monstera 😮💨
cowboy_bookseller
If you have other indoor plants, isolate this one ASAP. Thrips have a fast life cycle and spread very easily, and it’s very hard to eradicate them. I just had to get rid of about 10 monsteras 😩 I was away for a week and that’s all it took. They were likely there before I left – once you can actually see the telltale signs, they’ve usually already been there for a while.
It sucks, they’re the worst pest and can decimate your entire plant collection very quickly. For me, I have so many plants that it was less risky for me to just chuck everything that was infested, save up for new ones, and pray. Not even the soil can be reused. They’re an incredibly vigorous pest and if you don’t completely eradicate the entire life cycle (so treating with insecticide, frequent washing, etc for >3 months), you can accidentally create a generation that are more resistant to insecticide and much harder to get rid of. Unfortunately it becomes something you have to put a lot of effort in for many weeks before you can be sure ever be sure that you’re on top of it.
First step is to isolate ASAP if you haven’t already! Look up the thrips life cycle and as someone else suggested, find local resources for eradication. And find a god to pray to… Best of luck!!
Step 2: Water down your monstera in the shower. Wash away as many adult bugs as possible.
Step 3: try keep a closer eye on your plant, the sachet should work fast, but kill adult bugs if you see any. just nip them with your hand.
those yellow leaves, if they are yellow leaves from the bottom, they are okay. this is expected.
If possible tie the plant to a stick or pol
Ok_Calligrapher133
Thank you so much for all your advice!
I’ve ordered some predatory mites, I think I want to try the natural option first. I really want to save this monstera, I had sepsis last year and while I was in hospital this monstera put out a leaf. Every time I look at the leaf it reminds me that I fought and survived. So now I’m going to fight for my monstera to survive!
lelo-pixel
Girrlllll go ahead and cut those crusty leaves at the bottom, it’s fine, if they dont look good just cut them
danjay0213
I would
Equinoxfn24
Thrip larvae everywhere. Get SPINOSAD. Captain jacks dead bug. Rotate with something else, maybe pure crop 1. Soak the leaves (you’ll probably want to lay out some towels so you don’t get your floor wet it needs to be dripping. DONT spray with the lights on, it will burn your leaves. Thrips suck but they’re one of the easiest to get rid of. Good luck
live_tothefullest
1 part hydrogen peroxide, 4 parts water. Spray and see if it helps
Tricky-Draw-3898
I usually tackle thrips with rubbing alcohol in a spray bottle it works great might have to do it a couple times but seems to stop them pretty much dead in their tracks and doesn’t seem to have any negative side effects to the plant.
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You can repot but your number 1 problem is that you have a thrips infestation. I cut the leaves with thrips damage because those fuckers lay eggs in the plant tissue so when you think you’ve wiped them off, they come back! And just wiping doesn’t help, I had to use these insecticidal sticks that poison the plant, nothing else worked. Oh there are also biological options like some predatory mites I think. Neem oil doesn’t work. Say a prayer, call the exorcist and burn down the house!
It looks like it might have thrips
Are my eyes deceiving me or are those little dots thrips?
Eep. Those white dots are thrip larvae. Wash your leaves, throw away your soil. But the eggs are inside the plant tissue too so that won’t fully eradicate them unfortunately. Do some googling on what makes the most sense for you in killing them – if you’re in the USA, people say systemic bonide pesticides or something works for them, but if you’re in Canada, recommend looking into predatory mites. If you’re elsewhere, there’s likely other good local options too.
To add to your thrips problem, this isn’t really getting enough light either which will make it stretch more.
It’s always the monstera 😮💨
If you have other indoor plants, isolate this one ASAP. Thrips have a fast life cycle and spread very easily, and it’s very hard to eradicate them. I just had to get rid of about 10 monsteras 😩 I was away for a week and that’s all it took. They were likely there before I left – once you can actually see the telltale signs, they’ve usually already been there for a while.
It sucks, they’re the worst pest and can decimate your entire plant collection very quickly. For me, I have so many plants that it was less risky for me to just chuck everything that was infested, save up for new ones, and pray. Not even the soil can be reused. They’re an incredibly vigorous pest and if you don’t completely eradicate the entire life cycle (so treating with insecticide, frequent washing, etc for >3 months), you can accidentally create a generation that are more resistant to insecticide and much harder to get rid of. Unfortunately it becomes something you have to put a lot of effort in for many weeks before you can be sure ever be sure that you’re on top of it.
First step is to isolate ASAP if you haven’t already! Look up the thrips life cycle and as someone else suggested, find local resources for eradication. And find a god to pray to… Best of luck!!
Step 1: Buy cucumeris sachets. cucumeris kills baby thrips.
Step 2: Water down your monstera in the shower. Wash away as many adult bugs as possible.
Step 3: try keep a closer eye on your plant, the sachet should work fast, but kill adult bugs if you see any. just nip them with your hand.
those yellow leaves, if they are yellow leaves from the bottom, they are okay. this is expected.
If possible tie the plant to a stick or pol
Thank you so much for all your advice!
I’ve ordered some predatory mites, I think I want to try the natural option first. I really want to save this monstera, I had sepsis last year and while I was in hospital this monstera put out a leaf. Every time I look at the leaf it reminds me that I fought and survived. So now I’m going to fight for my monstera to survive!
Girrlllll go ahead and cut those crusty leaves at the bottom, it’s fine, if they dont look good just cut them
I would
Thrip larvae everywhere. Get SPINOSAD. Captain jacks dead bug. Rotate with something else, maybe pure crop 1. Soak the leaves (you’ll probably want to lay out some towels so you don’t get your floor wet it needs to be dripping. DONT spray with the lights on, it will burn your leaves. Thrips suck but they’re one of the easiest to get rid of. Good luck
1 part hydrogen peroxide, 4 parts water. Spray and see if it helps
I usually tackle thrips with rubbing alcohol in a spray bottle it works great might have to do it a couple times but seems to stop them pretty much dead in their tracks and doesn’t seem to have any negative side effects to the plant.