Monstera adansonii not growing

8 years ago

I purchased a small monstera adansonii plant last summer. The plant grew a little initially and then stopped once it got cooler. However, now that it has warmed up and all my other plants have started growing again, my monstera is not doing anything. At all. Well, I lost one old leaf that turned yellow and shriveled up a bit over the past few weeks.

I have it less than 1 foot away from an east facing window. Its neighbors are a Philodendron micans and Ceropogia woodsii, both of which are growing like crazy.

It was in a terracotta planter but I recently repotted it into a glazed ceramic planter thinking that would help it from drying out too quickly. The roots all looked good. I think there was some root growth since I potted it last fall but not a lot. It's in a mix of roughly equal parts of potting soil, orchid bark and pumice. And I fertilized it about a month ago with diluted dyna gro foliage pro. (I usually end up fertilizing my plants about once a month in the summer.)

I can add a picture later when I'm home, but I was hoping to get some suggestions on what might kick start this plant.

Any thoughts on what I'm doing wrong, or anything else I should be doing to get this plant to grow?

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jay
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
I'm not experienced with that. I've seen several similar-looking Philodendron 'swiss cheese' but never had any.

Last summer I planted 2 ailing indoor plants outdoors in ideal spots and they perked up and ended up doing well. Both were aroids: EE's. This spring I did that with 4 more indoor plants that were on the fence: 1 Caladium, 1 Elephant Ear(Yautia?), 1 banana, & 1 Ligustrum bonsai and they've all perked up except for the Ligustrum. It is doing worse. I removed 50% of the Ligustrum roots in the fall so I could place it in a smaller pot. Maybe that was too much of a shock. All but the Ligustrum have cages or small fence around them to keep rodents from chewing them. (BTW - this evening I found a nest of rabbits just 12 inches from the Ligustrum) The plants all have ideal light, wind protection, and water. 5 out of 6 is not bad and I am not certain why that has worked.

If it's the warm season in your part of the world and you have an outdoor growing area, that might be worth a try.

Protected Yautia or Eddoes...not sure:
Ligustrum on top right:
sd2102 (8b PNW)
Original Author
8 years ago
Thanks for the feedback. Unfortunately I don't have access to space outdoors, but the plant seems much happier in its new glazed ceramic pot. I'm starting to see signs of growth. Looks like I was just keeping it too dry in the terracotta pot.
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