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title: "It’s December 21st. She has dropped almost all of her leaves, and her…"
description: "It’s December 21st. She has dropped almost all of her leaves, and her remaining leaves don’t look promising. She hasn’t grown any leaves as long as I have had…"
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author: "Union Leo"
published: "2025-12-22T05:54:45.493407Z"
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# It’s December 21st. She has dropped almost all of her leaves, and her…

_Posted by Union Leo on 2025-12-22_

It’s December 21st. She has dropped almost all of her leaves, and her remaining leaves don’t look promising. She hasn’t grown any leaves as long as I have had her.She’s surviving off of a grow light and ~50% humidity. So tell me why there are new leaves suddenly??? I am shook

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## 1 comment

### iBenchbuses commented on 2025-12-22

It might be the soil mix you have. That works well for orchids but croton’s are a bit of water hogs. I have a different colored one but the growing should be the same.

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