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title: "Got this money tree from ikea and it had white powder on the leaves…"
description: "Got this money tree from ikea and it had white powder on the leaves so I wiped it off with a damp cloth. Woke up today and lots of leaves were paper thin,…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/aGAK-4ayRFKntIfFxTpxsQ/65a7fd6fcb76453203b79572"
community: "Expert Level Greenspace"
author: "Lana Layne 🌺🪴🪻🌵🌸"
published: "2024-01-17T16:16:47.261Z"
language: "en"
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# Got this money tree from ikea and it had white powder on the leaves…

_Posted by Lana Layne 🌺🪴🪻🌵🌸 on 2024-01-17_

Got this money tree from ikea and it had white powder on the leaves so I wiped it off with a damp cloth. Woke up today and lots of leaves were paper thin, others crispy. Some brown… had to cut a lot off. The leaves on it now have a strong earthy smell. What’s up with it? Also got 2 alocasia Polly’s and wiped their leaves… some are now paper thin at edges and one needed cut off. The cloth was not that wet so this shouldn’t have happened. Wtf yall (pics are right after wiping down before I woke up in horror)

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## 2 comments

### stonedfruuit commented on 2024-03-31

it might be powdery mildew which is a fungal infection…maybe do some research to see if symptoms match. if this is the case you quarantine it and treat with neem oil daily

#### Lana Layne 🌺🪴🪻🌵🌸 replied on 2024-04-01

I ended up losing all the leaves on the money tree but they have since grown back and look even better than before! The Polly’s however are back down to the corm bulbs and I’m trying to resprout them

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