I’ve had this Monstera for about 5 months now, I bought it with some broken leaves and I never knew what to do with them. Now it’s like half this plant is thriving and the other half is waiting on me to do something. So what do I do?! I figure I probably need to cut the stems with broken leaves but I don’t want to damage the plant. Is there a certain way I need to do this?
You may be able to cut the “bad leaves” below a node, propagate them, and then replant them with the mother plant. I’ve done that in the past to get a fuller plant!
0 likes This is what I was thinking but I don’t see the nodes or the node is shared with good leaves I don’t want to lose. Wasn’t sure if I cut the stem if a new leaf will replace it?
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Your monstera is fine. No need to cut a perfectly green leaf. Those leaves that look broken are a result of it coming from the perfect greenhouse conditions to less desirable lighting conditions in a store. Each new leaf will have a fuller appearance as long as you give it the best lighting and care.
1 like Yes I’ve gotten great new leaves and they all look wonderful! I guess I thought the broken leaves would repair themselves or something magically 😆 but now the plant is just looking lopsided because all the broken leaves are on one side and the other side just keeps growing and thriving
0 likes This is one of mine. It had others in the same pot that had the same issue but I had separated them and the result of all are the same. Each new leaf that unfurled became fuller.
Did you just leave the broken ones on the plant?
0 likes Yes.. I took this picture just for you 😉
1 like Have you checked the roots? I’ve repotted this one twice.
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