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title: "Elephant bush keeps dropping leaves and a lot look rough. Anyone know…"
description: "Elephant bush keeps dropping leaves and a lot look rough. Anyone know what could be causing it? The ones that fall tend to be pretty “mushy”"
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# Elephant bush keeps dropping leaves and a lot look rough. Anyone know…

_Ryanash28님이 2025-06-29에 게시함_

Elephant bush keeps dropping leaves and a lot look rough. Anyone know what could be causing it? The ones that fall tend to be pretty “mushy”

![2개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/vQEq-LilaOMf_HhMBvXcsEHy3s6QgZfNMA85tJ_toxk/ZfGBkFZGSfe7Ol63HELJzw.webp?size=large)

![2개 중 2번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/vQEq-LilaOMf_HhMBvXcsEHy3s6QgZfNMA85tJ_toxk/b6YZEF8ZQFiNnOeXcio0Vg.webp?size=large)

## 4개의 댓글

### Victoria Maddison님이 2025-06-29에 댓글을 남겼어요.

You’re likely watering too frequently, are you letting the plant dry out completely between waterings?

#### Ryanash28님이 2025-06-29에 답변했습니다.

I was until last week I watered it sooner than usual thinking it needed it. Probably guessed wrong

#### Adrian님이 2025-06-30에 답변했습니다.

Agreed. It looks like it’s currently in a pretty large pot for the size of the plant’s supposed root system. That might also be contributing. I’d recommend allowing it to completely dry out between waterings (waiting at least 18 days before watering, or more if necessary), and repotting it into a pot with no more than 1-2 inches wider in diameter than the width of the plant’s root ball. Hope this helps

### teig Westbury님이 2025-06-29에 댓글을 남겼어요.

I’d make sure it’s in a well draining pot with drainage holes on bottom, they like to be pretty dry

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