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I wanted to share the latest leaf on my Monstera Esqueleto because the size jump has been pretty serious for a plant growing in normal living room conditions.

This is Leaf No. 26, currently measuring 77 cm long × 47 cm wide. It is still hardening and still a little floppy, so the final structure is not fully set yet, but it has already passed the previous leaf quite clearly.

Leaf No. 25 hardened at around 64 cm long, so this new one is about 13 cm longer, roughly a 20% increase in length from the previous leaf.

Specimen info

Plant: Monstera Esqueleto
Age: 2 years, 17 days
Leaf: No. 26, in my care
Humidity: around 50% RH
Temperature: 19 to 24 °C
Substrate: Soil Ninja Semi Hydro Coarse
Support: Moss pole
Feed: Aroid Iron Enhanced Feed V2

The plant is grown in ambient room conditions rather than a cabinet or grow tent. Humidity sits around 50% most of the time, temperatures range from 19 to 24 °C, and the plant is climbing on a moss pole in a coarse semi-hydroponic mineral substrate.

The feed is a custom aroid formula mixed for RODI water, with the pH targeted around 5.7 to 5.8 and EC around 1.4 mS/cm. The main focus is balanced nitrogen and potassium for active growth, extra iron for strong green tissue, and enough calcium and magnesium to support proper leaf expansion and structure.

It also includes a small amount of silicon and root support, mainly to keep growth steady rather than forcing the plant too hard. The goal has been consistent uptake, clean semi-hydro growth, and stable sizing-up over time.

I am hoping to eventually get this plant towards 1 metre leaves, so Leaf 26 feels like a promising step in that direction.

Curious how this compares with other people’s Esqueleto growth in normal home conditions, especially outside cabinets or tents.

I wanted to share the latest leaf on my Monstera Esqueleto because the size jump has been pretty serious for a plant growing in normal living room conditions.

This is Leaf No. 26, currently measuring 77 cm long × 47 cm wide. It is still hardening and still a little floppy, so the final structure is not fully set yet, but it has already passed the previous leaf quite clearly.

Leaf No. 25 hardened at around 64 cm long, so this new one is about 13 cm longer, roughly a 20% increase in length from the previous leaf.

Specimen info
Plant: Monstera Esqueleto
Age: 2 years, 17 days
Leaf: No. 26, in my care
Humidity: around 50% RH
Temperature: 19 to 24 °C
Substrate: Soil Ninja Semi Hydro Coarse
Support: Moss pole
Feed: Aroid Iron Enhanced Feed V2

The plant is grown in ambient room conditions rather than a cabinet or grow tent. Humidity sits around 50% most of the time, temperatures range from 19 to 24 °C, and the plant is climbing on a moss pole in a coarse semi-hydroponic mineral substrate.

The feed is a custom aroid formula mixed for RODI water, with the pH targeted around 5.7 to 5.8 and EC around 1.4 mS/cm. The main focus is balanced nitrogen and potassium for active growth, extra iron for strong green tissue, and enough calcium and magnesium to support proper leaf expansion and structure.

It also includes a small amount of silicon and root support, mainly to keep growth steady rather than forcing the plant too hard. The goal has been consistent uptake, clean semi-hydro growth, and stable sizing-up over time.

I am hoping to eventually get this plant towards 1 metre leaves, so Leaf 26 feels like a promising step in that direction.

Curious how this compares with other people’s Esqueleto growth in normal home conditions, especially outside cabinets or tents.