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title: "Just bought this monstera a few weeks ago- just trying to figure out…"
description: "Just bought this monstera a few weeks ago- just trying to figure out if this is a sunburn spot on my plants’ leaf or something is wrong with it 😁 gets watered…"
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published: "2024-03-27T15:42:50.518063Z"
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# Just bought this monstera a few weeks ago- just trying to figure out…

_Publié par Mr. Crowley le 2024-03-27_

Just bought this monstera a few weeks ago- just trying to figure out if this is a sunburn spot on my plants’ leaf or something is wrong with it 😁 gets watered once every two to three weeks, so its about time for watering again soon

Edit : I do have a grow light coming in for the plants as they’re pretty distanced from both windows in my room

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## 7 commentaires

### Plant Father a commenté le 2024-03-27

pretty sure spots like this are from overwatering or soil that stays wet too long. monstera should only be watered once at least half the soil is dry, but they can handle the media drying out completely. if the soil is really wet and dense and doesn’t dry, i would recommend taking the rootball out of the pot and wrapping it in an old towel to absorb excess moisture, or repotting the plant

#### Plant Father ha respondido el 2024-03-27

i also wouldn’t recommend watering your plant on a schedule, plants change how much water they use daily based on a number of factors such as temperature, humidity, airflow, lighting, season, and growth/dormancy. watering your plant on a schedule can mean you water too soon or too late

### bradymo a commenté le 2024-03-27

Agree with Plant Father, mine got these until I started only watering when the soil is mostly dry. I also repotted into some new soil and that helped mine bounce back

### Mr. Crowley a commenté le 2024-03-27

Thank you both for the help 🙏🙏🙏 I just got this a few weeks ago and have only watered it once so it probably was from Walmart overwaters

#### BonzeyeLuvr ha respondido el 2024-03-27

You may want to purchase a moisture meter. It has helped me and my plants so much.

#### Plant Father ha respondido el 2024-03-28

you’re very welcome! unfortunately big box stores seem to have a tendency to overwater their plants. i would recommend using a bamboo skewer to check the soil of your plants in future. i advise against electronic moisture meters since even the nicest, most expensive ones are unreliable and gimmicky— they don’t actually measure the soil moisture but rather its conductivity

#### Mr. Crowley ha respondido el 2024-03-28

Or under water too- im definitely going to be using an old chopstick to start measuring the soil 🙏

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