What to do with my Monstera?
Jennifer Cotter
10 years ago
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Comments (2)The windows (8 ft tall) take up the entire western wall of the room, so it gets sunburningly bright light for the greater majority of the day. If you sit in the directly lit portions of the room you will get sunburn, the less direct portions are just squintingly bright. The outlines of the light travel across the floor during the day, but at no point do the outlines come closer than two feet from the spot I'm thinking could work. The places on the floor that are full sun, like leave an outline, if you stood in the window you would cast a strong shadow against stop about two feet from the wall, past the place the brightest light stops is where I'm thinking a table or shelf might be installed to accommodate the monster. We had a sunburn incedant last year, when the monster was put too close to a bathroom window, also west facing and it got spots on it that had me thinking we had contracted some kind of leaf spot, but upon closer examination, and moving the plant back a couple feet the leaves stopped doing the banana peel spot thing....See MoreWhat’s wrong with my Monstera deliciosa? Please help!
Comments (7)I water her once the top two inches of her soil is dry and I keep her in front of an east-facing window. I run the humidifier pretty often as well, keeping the room at a humidity of 60-70%. I also mist throughout the day. She only has one new, healthy growth and the rest are either stunted or growing very slowly and I can’t tell LOL are they not growing because of those dry edges?! :( One of my Calathea’s was just infected with spider mites. I’ve since then isolated her but maybe it wasn’t soon enough, which means... could those issues be from spider mites?! I’ve inspected her soil pretty closely and I’ve only found a few baby gnats (yikes!) which I’ve since then sprayed a bit of neem oil solution on her soil. Haven’t found any sign of webbing either. Please help!! I just want her to get better. Thank you!!...See MoreWhat is wrong with my monstera? How can I help it?
Comments (0)My monstera has floppy, droopy leaves. Most of the leaves are strong, however some of the younger leaves are still droopy. Soil is moist and received adequate light. Do I need a bigger pot? I also give it plant food every couple of months. thank you :)...See MoreWhat to do with this Monstera adansonii?
Comments (13)Any plant that can't survive benign neglect is in trouble in our house ... the orchid gets minorly more attention than its neighbors, since it gets soaks instead of normal watering. The african violets probably get the best attention of all the plants, since they live next to the kitchen sink and there's nearly always one of the group in bloom ... and it doesn't help that the four of them have gotten onto different 'schedules' and I can never remember which one should be getting dry, so I have to check them all. The Swedish ivy currently gets water in it if it looks dry or is drooping ... similar to the jade and aloe next to it. I can't imagine that would be too often for any plant ... unless you're saying that the two will take in water at different rates?...See MoreTiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
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