this leaf was perfectly fine yesterday. i’ve been waiting for two weeks now for it to unfold, what happened????? there’s no chunks of it on the table or floor anywhere. how could chunks be missing like this? and what are the black spots from? what should i do with it now?
Do you have a cat? It looks like a cat tried to eat it. If not I’d say pests.
3 likes i have three but i really don’t know when they could have had the chance to eat it. i keep all my plants pretty locked down in my room with the door shut to prevent it from happening. all of my cats seem fine too (no vomiting or anything) which is why i wondered if it could have been something else considering how toxic monsteras are for cats
0 likes Honestly, looking closer at the damage, I’m wondering if one of them was just swatting at it. It doesn’t look like bite marks. Seems like maybe one of them was playing with the new leaf. Is it near a source of air movement like a fan or heat vent?
2 likes agh that could be it. quite unfortunate. it’s under my ceiling fan and gets a little bit of movement but not too much. i suppose enough to peak interest. thank you
0 likes No problem! Your monstera is beautiful! I just had to chop mine up and restart it because it wasn’t growing nicely at all. Best of luck!
1 like thank you! you too! should i leave this leaf to grow anyways? or would it be better to chop. maybe it won’t look as bad once fully unfolded?
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Oh bummer!! Yep. Looks like it must have been swaying a bit and caught the cat’s attention. I’d leave it. It will be a bit scarred up, but it’s still going to be a beautiful leaf.
1 like thanks! appreciate it :)
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My monstera is beat up in spots just like this from my cat swatting at it!
1 like too bad! hopefully both of ours will leave them alone soon
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Same 😭 as soon as I saw it I knew 😂
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