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title: "My moms friend gave me this monstera today. Her child cut every leaf…"
description: "My moms friend gave me this monstera today. Her child cut every leaf she had including mine. What do I do?"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/UeI834LBSHCioL8MwLcQxA/64a600258ccf5ed7c4a2c363"
community: "Monstera Maniacs"
author: "Emma✨"
published: "2023-07-05T23:43:33.199Z"
language: "en"
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# My moms friend gave me this monstera today. Her child cut every leaf…

_Posted by Emma✨ on 2023-07-05_

My moms friend gave me this monstera today. Her child cut every leaf she had including mine. What do I do?

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## 5 comments

### spookyholla commented on 2023-07-06

I’m not like completely sure but I’ve seen videos of people just putting some tape on the bottom on the leaf to hide it. Sometimes, if the cut is still fresh sometimes it might even reconnect in some spots?

#### Emma✨ replied on 2023-07-06

Ok thanks!

### Stef commented on 2023-07-06

I personally would just leave them as they are. A few years ago my cat full on threw a tantrum and clawed a few of my monsteras leave they heal along the cuts. Just be sure to not cut area overly wet.

### Emma✨ commented on 2023-07-06

Thank you!

### Hailey Rebecca commented on 2023-07-07

Step one: get rid of child  
Step two: tape plant

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