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Sin
Plant peeps! Anyone else have an elephant bush succulent? Mine keeps dropping leaves and I have no idea why...
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Sin
Pretty sure I'm watering it enough, because before I wasn't (I don't think). I was treating it more like a regular succulent but I guess it needs more water than that. But now I seem to water it every 3-4 days and it still doesn't look as healthy as I would like it to.
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Sin
Also my jasmine plant's new shoots keep keeling over.
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Nutmeg
Has its sun exposure changed? I lost some shrubbery due to our oak tree growing like whoa and blocking sunlight.
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Sin
The jasmine plant is in a pot. I keep it outdoors most of the time, except for at night and when we aren't at home because of the plant theft we had a couple of months back. I try to keep it in the sunny part of the window though.
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Sin
As for the elephant bush nope, no changes. I noticed that after I started watering more it produced a lot more new growth, but it does seem to be losing its older leaves at faster rate than what I normally attribute to succulents.
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Sin
Nutmeg
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Nutmeg
I wonder if you could be overwatering the elephant bush? That can happen with a lot of plants. How often were you watering it when it was looking healthier?
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Nutmeg
Why are the Leaves Falling Off My Elephant Bush (Por...
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Sin
Nutmeg
I was only watering it once a week or so like I do the rest of the succulents when all of the leaves started falling off D:
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Sin
Maybe it needs some fertilization....
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Sin
I got a lot of new growth when I started watering more, which I guess makes sense since they say it may need more water in the summer. But it's perfectly healthy leaves that are dropping so I'm just confused lol.
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Nutmeg
I'd try going back to once or twice a week, see if that makes a difference?
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Sin
Nutmeg
I'll try that next lol. This is the most high maintenance succulent I've ever had.
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Sin
It's like "WHAT DO YOU WANT"
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Chestnut
I am no expert but i would always try less water with a succulent
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Nutmeg
Little Shop of Horrors - Grow For Me
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Sin
Chestnut
I would, but that's when it was dying to begin with lol.
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Sin
AmadeoDubratt They look just about right right now. At least comapred to the photos
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Sin
AmadeoDubratt Fingers crossed lol. Like I said earlier, I've never had succulents be this high maintenance before so it's just strange.
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Sin
AmadeoDubratt Looool. I'm just imagining a plant trying to die.
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Sin
AmadeoDubratt rip