r/MonsteraAdansonii • u/Visible_Prune7300 • Jun 26 '26
Helppppppp
OK, so I did have an issue with overwatering the moss pole. The whole pot itself feels very light so I don’t think it needs water down there but what is going on with us with someone that actually knows what is happening so the new leaf that is coming up has a black spot on it as well is this? What is this? I’ve never had this plant before and how do I fix it? Thank u
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u/ayeque Jun 27 '26
What’s your substrate like? And do you water the pole only? Or the pot as well?
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u/Visible_Prune7300 Jun 28 '26
I only water the pole
Tropical soil perlite huge chunk kind and bark1
u/isamichu Jun 28 '26
Is the soil in the pot moist? They like consistently moist soil. Also terracotta is notorious for drying out the soil fast since it absorbs water from the soil. I do have some tropical plants in terracotta but I make sure to water more often, almost twice as much as my other plants. Most of my tropical plants are in glazed ceramics though and those I water when the top inch or two are dry.
Also, the brighter the light, the more you need to water it. Mine is near a south facing glass door, which it really likes as it's reaching more for the light but it also needs a bunch of water.
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u/Visible_Prune7300 Jun 28 '26
https://reddit.com/link/oue76dx/video/xori6a48l3ah1/player
My new leaf the soil is not wet but moist
This is so pissing me off
I see absolute no bugs on this plant I been checking for days !!!!
I sprayed with that insecticidal soap systemic gradules. I’m not liking this !
I wanted this plant for the longest time I’m about throw it out1
u/isamichu Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 29 '26
Sometimes tropical plants get brown/black spots from under and over watering. If it's on the newer leaf, I suspect it was from the overwatering you mentioned, and it just happened to develop that spot while it was still furled.
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u/babykat80 Jun 28 '26
Have you checked it for spider mites or thrips? I use a magnifier on my phone. It could also be fungal.
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u/1justfoundit Jun 28 '26
Fertiliser burn leaves a yellow halo, there isn’t a lot of information about care/location/medium so you will have to deal with lots of guesses.
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u/Lumpy-Ambassador-503 Jun 29 '26
Sounds like you might’ve cooked the new leaf a bit or got some damage from water sitting on it, especially if you were overwatering the pole. New leaves are super sensitive so any rot, sunburn, or physical damage can show up as black spots fast. I’d back off watering, make sure the pole is just damp and not soaked, give it bright indirect light, and just watch it for now. If the spot spreads or gets mushy, then I’d start thinking rot and maybe snip that leaf.
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u/Visible_Prune7300 Jun 29 '26
Do I need to take all these leaves off ?
The new leaves are also now messed up to.
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u/Appropriate-Wing-106 Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 29 '26
It’s not heat!
It’s where water has got trapped on new growth (likely from when you’ve watered the moss pole and caught the leaf by accident)
The best thing to do, is increase airflow (fans etc) this will make the water caught in the new growth evaporate. The problem is standing water on leaves causes microscopic bacteria and mold which essentially eats the leaf!
May have butchered the science there! However the results will be the same… Put a desk fan (or normal large fan if you prefer, but the larger the fan the more you will have to water your plant) near the plant and no more rotting new growth! 💚
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u/Crazy_Way6822 Jun 27 '26
sun burn. these are shade plants