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.

Yeah, taking a closer look, it looks like the seller didn't give you very much stems to work with. All I see there are the petioles, which connect the leaves to the stems. New growth will only emerge from the stems, and you weren't given much of that to even work with. So I would ask for a refund or replacement, if at all possible.Here's a closeup of my plant's stems. They're what the roots are emerging from, as well as the petioles. Looking closer at your photo, I don't see any stems whatsoever. To me, it looks as though the seller just snipped off a couple of short growth tips and stuck them in some pots. Have you unpotted them? Do they have any roots at all? If so, then they might pull thru. Just as long as the stems, what little of them there are, are still firm and viable. Under ideal conditions, these plants just might make it. But unless you got these for a very cheap price, then they weren't worth whatever price you paid for them. My first ever Monstera was a very healthy, well-rooted plant with multiple stems and at least a dozen or so leaves, and it only cost me around seven dollars. I've seen large, two-gallon sized pots of Monsteras for sale at Home Depot for just over twelve dollars. I just took a quick glance of the selection over on Amazon and none of them seemed reasonably priced. Even if these plants didn't suffer any cold damage, I wouldn't find these cuttings acceptable. Not for those prices. Places like Home Depot or Lowe's sell large Monsteras for only $12.98. Much more bang for your buck. Get your money back and shop elsewhere. If the seller doesn't work with you, then post a negative review, along with your photo. They ripped you off.

i dont really see the damaged leaf as threat to the whole ... since it was what we call...'mechanical' damage' ... aka physical ... rather than disease or bug related ... big city name location .. is it spring or fall ...??? looks like a pretty big plant in a small pot.. you might need to repot it ... when was the flight .. how long have you had it home ... oh i see.. about 2 months ... it should be over that stress ... so if its the right time of year.. we ought to think about the repotting .... there is a houseplant forum .... where this should be a very common plant ... for future reference ... i would cut this leaf down to about 6 inches of stalk.. and let it naturally dry.. and in a few months.. the remnant should pull off easily .. i would ignore the other slight browning ... just insure proper watering .. let it near dry between waterings ... how often that is.. may depend on how you heat your house.. if its winter ... and where you are ... e.g. in my MI ... ambient humidity is a problem in the dead of winter.. with the forced air furnace running what seems constantly ... this is a very easy plant to have... lets try not to kill it with too much love ... dont forget.. if you are repotting. the most important thing in the pot.. is the media... not the plant.. so get some good stuff ... it will be worth the small extra cost ... ken

you have had multiple leaves unfurl in a few weeks since you got it ... looks like what we call mechanical damage ... and you seem to call... bumps and bruises ... one would hope your seller isnt selling infected or infested stock ... your county Ag office would be interested if they were ... i figure is was shipping damage form grower.. to seller to your house.. plus the stresses involved with all that ... you seem to have a lot of faith in store help being as gentle as you .. lol ... im thinking about who threw it in a box.. and threw the box on a truck.. or boxed it.. etc ... sometimes it takes weeks for minor injuries to brown ... i would just water it properly.. let it de-stress ... and in a few weeks i would cut off A FEW of the ugliest leaves ... keep in mind.. as long as a leaf has any green.. its converting light into energy ... its stressed right now.. not hungry.. fert is not an option ... if you can actually find a bug ... we can deal with that later.. but until you do.. we dont treat for such willy nilly ... that your plant hasnt aborted new leaves.. tells me.. it probably doing ok ... so lets try not to love it to death in the meantime ... ken