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title: "hi everyone! i’m super new to taking care of plants and i was just…"
description: "hi everyone! i’m super new to taking care of plants and i was just hoping for some advice about alphonso here! he’s had a lot of new shoots pop up recently but…"
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author: "Katya"
published: "2026-02-27T01:40:36.720351Z"
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# hi everyone! i’m super new to taking care of plants and i was just…

_Posted by Katya on 2026-02-27_

hi everyone! i’m super new to taking care of plants and i was just hoping for some advice about alphonso here! he’s had a lot of new shoots pop up recently but im concerned about some of these dry brown areas and that one of these new shoots had wilted. i water him regularly and let the soil dry out between waterings too. any advice 🙏🙏

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## 7 comments

### Manda commented on 2026-02-27

From my personal experience with my monster I noticed they don’t like to much space .. The brown can be from “ over watering” even thou you say you letting it dry between watering ( not calling you a liar) sometimes when there’s more room and dirt the water actually sits more when it isn’t needed .. Just from what I learned… Is it root bound ? If not , and it’s nowhere near being root bound maybe come down a size on the pot and water from the bottom in parts to see how fast it’s sipping it up so you can see more less if they need a cup of water or two etc

#### Katya replied on 2026-02-27

i also did notice that the soil is a bit loose. i originally moved it from its nursery pot because it was root bound and from my limited plant knowledge back then i assumed it needed a bigger pot to grow into. would it be more productive to pack the soil around it more tightly and add more or is it worth just completely repotting?

### Manda commented on 2026-02-27

When repotting you normally wanna go one size up from the pot it was already in … if it was in a nursery pot this new pot is huge and that’s where the damage is coming from because it’s holding more water deep inside that’s not needed

#### Katya replied on 2026-02-27

ah got it thank you, i’m going to try to go back to the nursery size pot then!

#### Manda replied on 2026-02-27

If it was root bound in the nursery no don’t go back just get the next size up

### Manda commented on 2026-02-27

Trust this is mines I had to to cut it down and I started over with two leaves and now this is where I am

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### Eva commented on 2026-02-27

It also looks like you have two, possibly three little ones there - something to consider when you go pot shopping! You can keep them in the same pot but rotate so they’re all facing the same direction (lots of YouTube videos about this) or separate them into different pots ☺️

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