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title: "My monstera is so flimsy and just sad looking. It’s been sad looking…"
description: "My monstera is so flimsy and just sad looking. It’s been sad looking since the day I bought it and I brought it home, inspected and repotted a few weeks ago…"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Claire Jones"
published: "2024-08-04T20:11:38.140965Z"
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# My monstera is so flimsy and just sad looking. It’s been sad looking…

_Gepostet von Claire Jones am 2024-08-04_

My monstera is so flimsy and just sad looking.  
It’s been sad looking since the day I bought it and I brought it home, inspected and repotted a few weeks ago with fresh, better soil and she hasn’t made any progress.  
It has a lot of mechanical damaged leaves and the bottom leaves have slowly been yellowing. I’ve lost a few smaller leaves lately at the bottom.  
What should I do with it?

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## 7 Kommentare

### Sophie kommentierte am 2024-08-04

looks like drainage issue but not expert so just suggesting; I encountered similar problems before after repotting and realized the compost was too fine, I later added clay balls and perlite to compost to avoid such issues

### sarita kommentierte am 2024-08-05

agree it looks overwatered/lacking drainage — what kind of soil did you repot it in?

#### Claire Jones antwortete am 2024-08-05

It’s a mix of perlite, orchid bark, soil

#### sarita antwortete am 2024-08-05

sounds like a good mix, what size pot was it in before? when i had the same problem, the soil was just not drying out fast enough!

#### sarita antwortete am 2024-08-05

how often are you watering/are you letting it dry out between waterings?

### Dondoo52 kommentierte am 2024-08-05

Is it getting enough light?

#### Claire Jones antwortete am 2024-08-05

Yes, it stays in my sunroom

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