Money tree leaves drooping, yellow or brown? Read the leaf first.
A money tree tells you what is wrong by how the leaf fails. Drooping and yellowing usually trace back to watering. Brown, crisp tips and edges usually trace back to what is in the water and the soil.
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Is it your water?
The tips and edges are brown and crisp while the middle of the leaf is green.
There is a white or tan crust on the soil or around the drainage holes.
You fertilize regularly and water from a city tap, and have not flushed the pot this year.
Two of three and it is worth changing the water:
What each symptom means
Drooping with wet soil means overwatering, the most common money tree problem. The braided trunk holds water and the roots rot easily. Let the top two inches dry before watering again.
Yellow leaves, lower ones first, also point to overwatering or to a pot with poor drainage.
Brown tips and edges are salt and chemical burn. Fluoride and dissolved salts from tap water and fertilizer collect in the soil, travel to the leaf margins and scorch them.
Sudden leaf drop after a move is shock from a change in light or temperature.
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Three steps to clean new growth
Water only when the top two inches are dry, and never leave the pot standing in water.
Flush the pot with filtered water until it runs freely from the bottom, to carry salts out. Then keep using filtered water.
Snip brown tips following the natural leaf shape, leaving a hairline of brown.
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When it is not the water
If the soil is wet and the trunk feels soft at the base, the problem is rot, and no change of water will fix that. Check the roots and repot into fresh, fast-draining mix.
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