Hey y’all! This poor little guy is losing leafs like crazy it hasn’t had the best lighting, and sit on our dining table, and get watered about once every month or two I’m not quite sure how to care for it mid love y’all’s help and tips! Thank y’all💚
Might need more sun
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My thoughts for your Elephant Bush aka Potulacaria that appears to be way too dry… 1-water it my placing it in a bowl of water for @ 20 mins to let the roots soak up all the water it needs. Let it drain a few minutes before placing it back in you cover pot. This ‘bottom watering’ ensures the roots are getting all the water they need. Do this 1x month. 2- a few pumps of cactus fertilizer. You can buy from the garden center. 1x every month
2 likes I’ll try that thank you so much!💚
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These need lots of bright light and water more frequent. I would bottom water this guy too.
2 likes Okie dokie! Thank you so much!
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Mine gets water when the soil dries out completely. That’s about every 10 days because the temps are very high which dries out the plant faster. I’m in South Texas, zone 9. I could never go 1 month without watering it. It would be bald. 😁 Your little pot and plant should need water more often unless you’re in a colder climate. Mine is in a 10” hanging basket. It gets bright shade until about 2 pm where it gets direct northwest facing sun. Yours probably needs more light and increased watering. My plant is much lighter when the soil needs water. The plant droops and leaves dry out and drop. Mine is dry in the photo. 🪴🍀
Oh my I’m definitely under watering then! Someone told me to treat it like a succulent so that’s what I’ve been doing…. Yours is so beautiful!!! Ahh that’s so fun! Thank you so much for your advice I’ll definitely up both of those and hope mine looks like yours someday! 💚
1 like I got mine full size from an old nursery that was going out of business. I’ve never owned an elephant bush before. And I kill succulents. So, just followed the seller’s suggestion. Water if the pot feels light and before leaves drop. 😆. I slowly moved it into full afternoon sun outside and in a south window during the winter. I’m still fascinated that it’s still alive for over a year!🤣
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