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title: "I recently got this Monstera and she’s growing a new leaf, but it’s…"
description: "I recently got this Monstera and she’s growing a new leaf, but it’s brown. I’m so new to plants I don’t know if this is normal or what."
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "N7840A"
published: "2026-08-01T20:31:40.476287Z"
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# I recently got this Monstera and she’s growing a new leaf, but it’s…

_Posted by N7840A on 2026-08-01_

I recently got this Monstera and she’s growing a new leaf, but it’s brown. I’m so new to plants I don’t know if this is normal or what.

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## 3 comments

### Ebony commented on 2026-08-01

I would check for pests, or make sure the light isn’t too close to the plant.

### plantgeek commented on 2026-08-01

because it's just affecting new growth i would check the roots. this could be a warning sign for root rot

### Roxy Detroit commented on 2026-08-02

For what it’s worth, as I am not a plant expert, my experience when a leaf looks like that is that it got sunburnt four in the case of a new leaf that had not yet unfilled if it had too much moisture inside the curled leaf

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