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title: "My Money tree doesn’t seem to be doing that well. It’s lost quite a…"
description: "My Money tree doesn’t seem to be doing that well. It’s lost quite a bit of leaves, but has new growth. I would like it to fill in more but I am perplexed on…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/qZyTGhOSGpQaGC6v6X4mZz"
community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Rob"
published: "2026-08-02T13:21:04.573999Z"
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# My Money tree doesn’t seem to be doing that well. It’s lost quite a…

_Posted by Rob on 2026-08-02_

My Money tree doesn’t seem to be doing that well. It’s lost quite a bit of leaves, but has new growth. I would like it to fill in more but I am perplexed on how to get it to grow better.

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## 6 comments

### plantgeek commented on 2026-08-02

more light. the leaves are leaning. if you mean you want a more full and bushy look, you'll have to chop

#### Rob replied on 2026-08-02

Where would I chop it to?

#### plantgeek replied on 2026-08-02

me personally i would chop all the way down to the trunk \& completely start over 🙈 but i get it if you're not comfortable with losing all of the leaves. honestly really only the two left stems need pruning. about there looks good

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/fg8tCwCAsnlhbz1owurGSLidrTKbwTdu-tvCCDLBR-4/Y4qBiKInSEGDK6RLoIHU2Q.webp?size=large)

### PlantHopeful commented on 2026-08-02

I also just saw someone post about the trunks of these trees often having a binding around their base. You might check to see if that’s there and causing any damage?

#### SuccySuccy replied on 2026-08-02

Like 99 %, check this!

### Here for the plants commented on 2026-08-02

Definitely looks like there is binding at the trunk. I had this happen to one of my money trees. It caused a trunk to die off. But since then it is now thriving.

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