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Help!! 🥲 I repotted this Monstera from my work (car dealership… | Pests, diseases and problems | Communauté Planta

Cheyenne

Help!! 🥲 I repotted this Monstera from my work (car dealership that’s basically a giant sunroom, it’s the owners monstera) on Sept 15. It was extremely rootbound and bone dry in a pot with no drainage. The roots looked firm/healthy with no obvious rot, i removed most-ish? of the old soil, soaked the root ball, and repotted it into a 12” clear pot with drainage and a much airier mix (same width as old pot but deeper) A week later it started yellowing (probably sooner but I didn’t know till yesterday) At first it was older leaves, but now some larger/more mature leaves are yellowing too, and I just noticed nearly every remaining green leaf has at least some yellowing at the tips/edges. Two leaves went completely yellow and were removed yesterday, and two more have yellowed very quickly today. I ended up bringing it home so I can monitor it more closely. It’s now in my bright sunroom with natural light + grow lights, in the clear pot so I can watch the moisture/root zone. I’ve also added a couple side ventilation holes and a fan for gentle airflow. The lower mix is still holding quite a bit of moisture, so I haven’t watered again. Does this still sound like transplant shock from being severely rootbound for so long? Photos show the repot and yellowing progression (idk why the pic makes the old pot look bigger than the new)

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  1. Mr Variegated

    In my experience with any plant, especially Monsteras, when you mess with the root ball, untangling its established root system, it will not be happy. When untangling with the size of that plant, there is now probably no soil in the middle of the roots when repotting. The plant now feels unstable. Next time repotting, just pull the plant out the pot and place it in a bigger pot and fill the sides with new soil. Don’t touch the root ball. That’s why you see ppl have so many problems after repotting cause they probably messed with the roots. This plant looks healthy before the repot. I would have maybe just staked it so it looks nicer and maybe train it to grow up and added more soil to top up the pot. Sorry for the long rant.

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  2. Amateur plant mama

    It looks to me like you have multiple monstera in there. I found when I repotted and kept them all together they fought for space, one thrived and the other two limped along. I seperated them 6 months ago and the other two are just finally doing okay. Also monstera can be a bit dramatic so lots of changes all at once is probably making it unhappy. And she looked a little floppy before. Maybe some inconsistent watering? They really love being root bound.

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    • Cheyenne

      Oh it was 100% inconsistently watered. I didn’t even know this monstera existed at my work. I honestly think the no drainage pot it was kept it from drying out completely and dying. And i did really want to seperate it but once i pulled it out of the pot there was no way i was going to get the roots seperated without breaking them as it was so dry and brittle :( but next repot I’ll definitely try.

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