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Megan

Have anyone else’s plants died after fruiting? We have a 5ish year old monstera that produced a fruit twice at my work. She was pretty gross and ignored in the corner for the most part but still alive with nothing dramatic happening. It was in the same spot, next to the same plant, and given the same bottled water and moderate level of neglect for the 5 years we had it. The first fruit we left alone. The second I accidentally knocked off so we ate it. The whole plant died within a week of the second fruit ripening. Is this a common thing that happens if you remove the fruit?

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  1. 9s

    Sometimes, as a last ditch effort to survive, plants will do a death bloom. It’s a survival instinct that will force a plant to bloom/fruit if the mother plant is very unhappy.

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    • Megan

      That makes a lot of sense, thank you!

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  2. Autumn

    a fruit? sorry i am so confused.

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    • eatyacarbs

      yup! monstera *deliciosa* fruits — pretty uncommon as a houseplant, but not unheard of. it’s got a tropical flavor but can only be eaten when EXTREMELY ripe and falling apart, otherwise it will burn your throat 🙃 fun stuff

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    • Megan

      They’re really weird looking. The shape is kind of like a cross between a pine cone and corn on the cob, but with a banana texture. You can see it in the picture before it was ripe i think.

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    • Autumn

      well damn. sounds interesting!

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  3. eatyacarbs

    Is this photo current? The plant looks sad and thirsty perhaps, but certainly not dead. It might just appreciate a repot and a thorough watering

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    • Megan

      Oh no, that was a few weeks ago. It started going downhill and I tried to repot it right after Halloween but it died within a couple of days

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    • eatyacarbs

      😞

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  4. Wolfen 🐺

    Bread fruit!!!! That's so exciting but sad. I agree it was giving up the ghost with fruiting.

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  5. Tiff

    Wow...I learn something everytime I'm on planta. Very very interesting.

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