Thanks for the info cuddlyotter! I do have it in a pot with a drainage hole. Noted on the water hold off until more growth appears. I think I read somewhere that some people put there new bulbs in plain water to revive it so maybe I was thinking that when I first watered it. When I bought it, it already had a lot of good looking intact roots. I pulled off the dead/dry ones leaving just the plump white ones. I guess I just got a bit of gardener envy when I see posts where people are getting an inch of growth a day and my poor guy hasn't even seen a centimeter in a week! ha I have another question for you if you don't mind pertaining to lighting. I live in a East facing house blocked in on the North/South sides by equally as tall houses and my West window is currently still blocked by major tree foliage (darn things leaves are still full and green!) So until my lighting situation get's better is it okay to put it under artificial lighting? I currently have it on my kitchen countertop under the overhang of my cabinets that have recessed lighting underneath them. So currently it's about 10 inches away from the light source. Is this okay? Thanks so much for your help! ces797

Monstera do well in soils that hold moisture but also drain well. It's not unusual for a nursery to water their plants several times daily, so don't water it again until it's gone relatively dry. If it seems that the soil takes a long time to dry out, it may need repotting, which you can do later in spring (or just make the mess indoors; I prefer to do it outside). If you do, repot in any good potting soil with some Perlite added. Half might be a bit much, but it does depend on the potting soil. Very heavy soils might need half. Lighter ones, a quarter or less. Some soils might be fine as-is. For Monstera, don't pot in a large bark particle soil. They don't like soils that light and airy, and prefer soils that retain more water than that. Bark fines are not an issue. New plants seem to always arrive with shipping and transportation stress, so I wouldn't think too much of a few brown spots off the bat. For right now, give it proper light and care, and see where it goes from there. You can expect some marks to show up over the first week or two just from being brought home, too.

Thanks Sara :) I was dealing with a lot of horrible brown spots all over on leaves (some other people have shared pics on here) and had no idea what was going on, after a lot of research, I decided to trim off all the really bad leaves-sterilizing the scissors in between because I think it had a bacterial blight. Philodendrons get this very commonly. Over a month later...no more bad brown spots! I also was confused about why it was so droopy and some browning on the edges. I was watering sparingly because I was worried about root rot. Turns out, I was also underwatering. My routine now is to water very thoroughly once a week or sometimes every 5-6 days. Basically my entire small watering can until water runs out the bottom. It is still not totally perky, but has definitely improved a ton! I also am using LED bulbs to give it more light because I am in MA with not much daylight.

I actually didn't know this, either - but a friend that I delivered some plants to, had one - which is how I know this. I tried it, too, but didn't have any luck. (His was green.) It looked to be a medium-sized leaf - he said it broke off of a plant he had moved, and he didn't know it would root, but tried it anyway, and it was sitting in a cup of water - with many roots. The (two) that I tried, were OLD, huge leaves from my variegated Thai Constellation which were old and browning - which might have led to my non-success.