Weird gooey liquid building up on the leafs and stems of my Money Tree and it has lost a lot of leafs. Is this a problem or just normal plant behavior in Winter?
You can see the droplets if you look closely. The plant gets full sun and I water it about 1-2 times per week.
It might be some guttation which is basically a result of low transpiration rate.
It’s like excess water, sugars, aminos, etc.
A few different things can cause that like maybe it’s too cold by the window, too dry paired with watering too frequently or too much at once.
Plants are like a natural water pump. They’re sucking up on the water which creates pressure inside the plant. The leaves are then essentially sweating or transpiring that water back out. It’s really easy for them to do this when it’s warm and humid, healthy, etc.
When the environment is really dry, plants will close the stomatas on the leaves to try and retain moisture.
You can make changes that affect multiple things. For example using perlite helps regulate the water and oxygen at the roots, which would pair better with dry air.
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It might be some guttation which is basically a result of low transpiration rate.
It’s like excess water, sugars, aminos, etc.
A few different things can cause that like maybe it’s too cold by the window, too dry paired with watering too frequently or too much at once.
Plants are like a natural water pump. They’re sucking up on the water which creates pressure inside the plant. The leaves are then essentially sweating or transpiring that water back out. It’s really easy for them to do this when it’s warm and humid, healthy, etc.
When the environment is really dry, plants will close the stomatas on the leaves to try and retain moisture.
You can make changes that affect multiple things. For example using perlite helps regulate the water and oxygen at the roots, which would pair better with dry air.