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title: "New to indoor plants and the app says this an umbrella tree plant. It…"
description: "New to indoor plants and the app says this an umbrella tree plant. It was in an arrangement from my mother in laws funeral. I repotted it to this pot about 3…"
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author: "Julia"
published: "2026-10-18T12:44:40.958047Z"
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# New to indoor plants and the app says this an umbrella tree plant. It…

_Posted by Julia on 2026-10-18_

New to indoor plants and the app says this an umbrella tree plant. It was in an arrangement from my mother in laws funeral. I repotted it to this pot about 3 days ago and yesterday I watered it until water drained out bottom. I drained water out of the saucer so it wasn’t sitting. But now it looks even worse and drooping. Should I replace soil with dry soil? Planta says it’s overwatered and might have root rot.

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## 5 comments

### GreenIvy commented on 2026-10-18

You have healthy shoots in there so I’d leave it be and let it dry out before your next watering. These plants don’t like being overwatered. Let top 2 inches dry out before watering again. The fact it’s in a glazed pot, it will need it even less. Put those details in the app. Are you giving it enough bright indirect light?

#### Julia replied on 2026-10-18

Yes it’s in part sun part shade location. I think I made it worse by watering too soon because I didn’t water after repotting so thought I needed to

#### GreenIvy replied on 2026-10-18

Ya just let it be to dry out. It needs to get used to its new environment.

### Tracy Lee commented on 2026-10-19

The pot looks too big to me and is likely retaining water for too long. I killed my umbrella tree as a baby and learned the hard way that they like to be snug in the pot. I would repot her into a smaller pot.

### iambijoux commented on 2026-10-19

I didn’t have mine when he was a baby, but as a teenager, he loves light.

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