Hi all,

My Monstera Deliciosa has being going awesome for a while and then it grew two new leaves however they seem to being dying off. I have attached some pictures. Some of the edges are going black while the whole leave is going a kind of brown splotchy colour.

The older leaves are fine at the moment so not sure what could have caused this?

Cheers for the help!!

We need a photo that shows the entire plant, including its pot to be able to help.

Attached

How far is it from the nearest window?

Is that the pot it came in or did you repot it?

What has been your watering routine?

(Sorry about all the questions.)

Love the questions :)

About 5m from the nearest window.

Original pot - only had it a few months

Watering routine has been about once a week or top couple inches are dry.

It has been fine up until this new growth.

Sounds like it could use more light and your watering practices seem fine, but I am concerned that whatever is causing the leaves to die is starting at the petiole and working out. That sounds more like a disease than a cultural problem. Could you take a leaf including the petiole to your local extension office and have them lab test it? That might give yout he most accurate answer.

Fungal and bacterial disease problems are rare with indoor plants. I suspect that poor light is the problem. 5M is way too far from the window as light intensity drops off dramatically with every foot of distance from the window. Your Monstera should be no more than 1 meter from the window and even closer if it is a south window.

Good that it has not been repotted. Keep it that way. Water it thoroughly as soon as the top half-inch of soil feels dry.

The improved light will not cause existing leaf spots to disappear, but new growth should be healthy in improved light.

I have moved it to a brighter spot now so we shall see.

A couple of the older leaves are starting to get a yellow spots so not sure what is happening but will have to monitor it. I will upload some pictures when I get home

Attached are the pictures of the leaves, getting worse everyday

you might want to do artifical light.

btw do you know how big they will get, they don't call them monsteria for nothing,lol.

Your Monstera is acclimating to its new environment. That can take several months or more. It is normal for some older leaf yellowing. As long as the new growth is healthy, you are on the right track. You will need to be patient.