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title: "Need some help with my baby monstera. It rooted in water for months…"
description: "Need some help with my baby monstera. It rooted in water for months and I put in dirt about 6 weeks ago. It’s lost a couple leaves and doesn’t look good. 😩😩…"
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author: "Sallie"
published: "2023-08-03T23:11:01.145Z"
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# Need some help with my baby monstera. It rooted in water for months…

_Lagt ut av Sallie den 2023-08-03_

Need some help with my baby monstera. It rooted in water for months and I put in dirt about 6 weeks ago. It’s lost a couple leaves and doesn’t look good. 😩😩 Any suggestions to to save her.

![Vedlegg 1 av 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/NLiNGVIPr0AP5AfLdXficCtnscBddryGffrKVor8mVQ/47316288d0024d689e08392e14ca4baa.webp?size=large)

## 9 kommentarer

### Nora kommenterte den 2023-08-03

How often are you watering? What’re the roots like? Monsteras in my experience prefer to be rootbound so that pot may be too roomy for it’s liking.

#### Sallie svarte den 2023-08-04

Once a week. Roots looked good when planted in dirt. Yes I’m going to try a smaller pot. Thanks for your help.

### Karson kommenterte den 2023-08-03

def looks like it needs a smaller pot and maybe some more perlite or orchid bark in the soil to give the roots some rooms to breathe!

### SarahJay kommenterte den 2023-08-04

I might just keep it in water or put it in a leca! Since it’s roots are water roots, it would do well in just living in water or a soilless medium. Just make sure to give it fertilizer, but plants can live in water happily!

#### Sallie svarte den 2023-08-04

That’s for the advice.

### Torizzle kommenterte den 2023-08-04

I don’t think that baby is ready. That pot is too big and it’s not strong enough to stand in its own. You should tie it to a chopstick and put it in leca, or put it back into water and wait for a stronger stem and a couple more leaves. And when you’re ready to pot, keep in mind the pot should only be 2-3 inches wider than the stem to avoid overwatering. 🌱✨

#### Sallie svarte den 2023-08-04

Thank you for your advice.

### Sunny kommenterte den 2023-08-04

It may not be fatal. Could be growing pains and stress of transitioning from water to soil. Reporting couldn’t hurt. But it takes months to become root bound. So, that is not a quick fix. Do some diagnostics to see if the roots are too dry or too wet between watering. Adjust water and soil mix if you find issues. Then repot a pot that is smaller and still allows the roots to grow a little.

I had a monstera for at least 15 years. I thought a hard freeze killed it. I thought it was dead because the entire plant melted over a few days. It was too big to move and had attached aerial roots to everything! I kept watering the pot because pieces of my Callisia repens fell into it and rooted. It came back 4 months after the freeze. Early leaves looked haggard with broken pieces and holes. The latest leaves look great and are already splitting.

The picture shows it 1 year ago when it had 3 ft leaves on left. Top picture is the freeze in January. Lower right picture was today, three months after the plant started growing again. Don’t give up hope! That’s a 14” pot split by the old roots.

![Vedlegg 1 av 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/wefqOljjhEOiS9LRzOB1-QhxkVJiB4A5DGumXhnNrhs/f0a9be2c410e4a938ad55c37463c6cb1.webp?size=large)

#### Sallie svarte den 2023-08-04

Thanks so much for all your information. So helpful. That is amazing about your plant coming back. I love that!!

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