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title: "Hi all, This morning I did some much needed care on my Chinese money…"
description: "Hi all, This morning I did some much needed care on my Chinese money plant. It kept dropping lowest leaves so I checked the roots for rot. They were all happy…"
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "PlantNewbie410"
published: "2023-09-03T15:27:41.734Z"
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# Hi all, This morning I did some much needed care on my Chinese money…

_Posted by PlantNewbie410 on 2023-09-03_

Hi all,

This morning I did some much needed care on my Chinese money plant. It kept dropping lowest leaves so I checked the roots for rot. They were all happy but the soil was solid between the roots. I cleaned it out and put fresh soil with a little cactus mix in for extra aeration in the soil.  
After doing this though, I’ve got some immediate drooping leaves.

Has anyone experienced this?

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## 4 comments

### - Wolfie - commented on 2023-09-03

Did you water after repotting/doing the much needed care?

If not that might be why, otherwise it may be shock

#### PlantNewbie410 replied on 2023-09-03

Shock might make sense. I didn’t water it because I had rinsed the roots clean on the extremely hard dirt between the roots that was also really well and not drying out. I noticed it and wanted to take care of it before it became a problem and caused root rot

### Cathy commented on 2023-09-03

Mine looks like this. The soil was way to wet so I removed and let the soil dry some. Plant still looks the same so I guess I have to change the soil

### Anomaleigh commented on 2023-09-07

Lightly water it once, mine was like that after a repot/root rinse too. Was fine a day later

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