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title: "i just wanted to show off my beauty queen after cleaning her leaves…"
description: "i just wanted to show off my beauty queen after cleaning her leaves the other day :) anyone have suggestions on what i should do about the lower few leaves? i…"
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community: "Monstera Maniacs"
author: "lyssxgardens"
published: "2026-01-23T23:12:32.118831Z"
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# i just wanted to show off my beauty queen after cleaning her leaves…

_Posted by lyssxgardens on 2026-01-23_

i just wanted to show off my beauty queen after cleaning her leaves the other day :)  
anyone have suggestions on what i should do about the lower few leaves? i would like to make ms. mona more uniform but i’m afraid of hurting her if i tried pulling those stems up to the bamboo stick. thank you in advance!

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## 5 comments

### Magz commented on 2026-01-23

I had a Thai that had one stem all wonky. I moved the light source and now she's all facing one way.

#### lyssxgardens replied on 2026-01-24

thank you!!! i’ve been debating giving it its own grow light but i’m unsure on how where to face it. should it be over top of the plant or in the front to try and get them to all face one way?

#### Romi replied on 2026-01-24

Definitely get her a grow light! She’ll thank you with ever growing fenestrations! Amazon sells double headed clip on grow lights so you could set it up such that one head is above the plant and the other is more in front of it. You can adjust the lights as needed to train the plant as it grows toward them

#### lyssxgardens replied on 2026-01-25

thank you so much!!! i will definitely look into those i have a place where it would go perfectly if i can find that clip light

#### Magz replied on 2026-01-26

Mine was going horizontal, so I put the light above it.

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