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Posted 4 years 3 weeks ago #68894
I just repotted my very first money tree (single trunk) that I picked up at a hardware store garden center. I knew it would be tough to rehab this little guy because he had been sitting in a cheap pot with one of those water wicks which kept the soil way too moist. When I took him out of the pot and started gently removing the soil from the roots, I discovered that the entire root mass of the plant was only about the size of a golf ball. For comparison, that's only slightly wider than the quite thick trunk itself.

Is that a bad sign or do these money trees not send out lots of roots? I'm giving it proper care now but I'm wondering if I should expect it to survive and do well, or expect a rough journey trying to get it healthy again. The leaves look great, and there is recent growth (from before I bought it). The trunk looks good but there looks to be almost no "bark" at the base, almost as if it had been exposed to moisture for a long time.
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Posted 4 years 3 weeks ago #68898
I would take the tree out of the pot, rince all soil and let it dry for a week or so. Then put it in a good cactii soil with some extra pumice.
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