I left my new Monstera out on the porch in Portland overnight and it got a cold shock

It was about 38 degrees last Tuesday, and I forgot to bring it in. The next morning, three leaves had turned black and drooped. I moved it to a warm spot by the window and cut off the dead parts, and it's finally pushing out a new leaf after two weeks. Has anyone else had a plant bounce back from something like that?

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ivangrant10h ago

That plant is probably a goner long term. Cutting off the dead bits just hides the real damage. Cold shock wrecks the roots and inner parts you can't see. Pushing out one new leaf is a last ditch effort, not a real recovery. It'll likely go downhill again in a few months. You're just delaying the inevitable by keeping it.

mason20910h ago

Honestly that sounds exactly like what happened to my fiddle leaf fig last winter. Tbh I just left it alone after cutting the bad leaves, kept it warm and watered it a bit less. Ngl it looked rough for like a month but it put out two new leaves after that and it's fine now. Sometimes they just need time to get over the shock. Don't give up on it yet.