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title: "Whyyyy does it keep turning yellow and dropping leaves?"
description: "Whyyyy does it keep turning yellow and dropping leaves?"
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published: "2025-01-15T16:21:44.148127Z"
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# Whyyyy does it keep turning yellow and dropping leaves?

_Posted by Planta member on 2025-01-15_

Whyyyy does it keep turning yellow and dropping leaves?

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## 6 comments

### Bri commented on 2025-01-15

Are you letting it dry out ? Also have you checked the roots ?

### Planta member commented on 2025-01-15

Yes, roots are good, and not completely no. Didn’t know I should be. I will do that as of now. Thank you!

#### Bri replied on 2025-01-15

I always water mine after it’s completely dry, if the leaves curl a tad I know she needs a drink, also mine is a bit bigger and she’s in a much smaller pot ( pic for reference) if it keeps yellowing maybe try cleaning her off plopping her in some water til she’s doing good again 🤗

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#### Planta member replied on 2025-01-15

Oh yeah maybe I need a smaller pot as well, thank you!

### Nunyabzwx commented on 2025-01-15

I've had to take mine out of soil and put it back in water until it gets stronger, a few weeks then put it in a smaller pot

### Whit\_Y commented on 2025-01-16

I also second the pot is probably a bit too big for it…it’ll spend its energy making roots.I made this mistake with a pothos and put it into WAY too big of a pot and it has taken at least a year to start to produce new leaves and growth.

What potting medium are you using? It looks like there is a lot of perlite on top? Depending on your mix, it may be lacking nutrients which can cause the yellowing and dropping leaves.

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