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title: "Ahhhh!!! My largest, most beautiful Monstera Deliciosa leaf broke off…"
description: "Ahhhh!!! My largest, most beautiful Monstera Deliciosa leaf broke off this morning. My fault entirely. To be fair I bought this plant from Walmart and that…"
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community: "Monstera Maniacs"
author: "MK"
published: "2025-12-14T15:50:22.577631Z"
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# Ahhhh!!! My largest, most beautiful Monstera Deliciosa leaf broke off…

_Posted by MK on 2025-12-14_

Ahhhh!!! My largest, most beautiful Monstera Deliciosa leaf broke off this morning. My fault entirely. To be fair I bought this plant from Walmart and that leaf has hanging on by a thread. Most of the cut was already hardened over. Can I propagate the leaf? Would should I do about the stem that is left on the plant? I assume I should cut it off?  
I know the plant is a bit of a mess, I recently added a moss pole and I repotted it in chunky soil (it came in pure coco coir).

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/2_cjDC1eMt91qrTqVVZzo4NHjInxILbeGSaVBKmj82U/2pCW9T9_Rpa6wzLX1lWpEg.webp?size=large)

## 6 comments

### Plantlife commented on 2025-12-14

If it’s just the leaf you most likely will not be able to propagate it since it would need a node to grow, I suggest trimming the stem since nothing new will grow off of it, I would love to see the plant more fully to get a better idea of its condition but based on the info I have that’s what I suggest, sorry that happened leaves being damaged always upsets me too, don’t beat yourself up over it if it really was already damaged it would have happened sooner rather than later. ❤️

#### MK replied on 2025-12-14

Thanks for your input. Hopefully these pics are better. The one light green leaf unfurled not long after I got the plant and it’s always looked a little wonky.

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/2_cjDC1eMt91qrTqVVZzo4NHjInxILbeGSaVBKmj82U/rTK14UImTSm94vzT0a7IdQ.webp?size=large)

#### MK replied on 2025-12-14

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/2_cjDC1eMt91qrTqVVZzo4NHjInxILbeGSaVBKmj82U/C9pIT004Rx2IeD4vi_tx7g.webp?size=large)

#### Plantlife replied on 2025-12-14

They all look pretty healthy, if you want them to grow more up instead of out I would suggest a grow light but either way the plant should be healthy!

### Professor Sprout commented on 2025-12-14

I wouldn’t cut the stem all the way down. I had a stem like this a while back and I cut it down to that little lip where it looks like there might be new growth. Eventually a new leaf grew from the cut stem!

### Yuqing Xue commented on 2025-12-15

To be safe just leave the stem alone if you’re not confident where to cut it. there can be new grow from this stem.

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