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title: "This is like day 3 of Herman’s great unfurling! How long can a leaf…"
description: "This is like day 3 of Herman’s great unfurling! How long can a leaf take to open fully!? I’d imagine it takes much longer once he matures and they are bigger…"
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community: "Monstera Maniacs"
author: "Mikel’s Plant Posse"
published: "2026-06-22T05:22:21.999983Z"
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# This is like day 3 of Herman’s great unfurling! How long can a leaf…

_Posted by Mikel’s Plant Posse on 2026-06-22_

This is like day 3 of Herman’s great unfurling! How long can a leaf take to open fully!? I’d imagine it takes much longer once he matures and they are bigger…

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## 2 comments

### Nikiller commented on 2026-06-22

I think it takes some time for most species of plants to unfurl their leaves. My golden pothos takes over a week to unfurl a 5” leaf once it fully shoots, my smallest monstera had a leaf half unfurled when I bought it over a week or two ago and it still isn’t even fully hardened off yet, although mine is about 2’ tall with that being the only fenestrated leaf

### LeafyGreenhouse commented on 2026-06-22

My Thai con takes forever to unfurl new leaves but I think this one may take a week and a half or less

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