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Dec 11, 2012 7:12 AM CST
Name: Jelinda AKA jojoe Ivey
Thomson,Ga. (Zone 8a)
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My elephant bush's are dropping leaves like crazy.They are sitting on a counter & every morning i have to clean up leaves.It's actually 2 different plant that are doing this.The only thing that has happened to them is a few months back this started after i got mealies in a small plant i spray the plant end of creepy crawlies.There was a bunch of other plants around this plant that i treated and they got a mist of the insecticide i used,which was simply a neem based product.Every succulent that got misted with the insecticide dropped the leaves on the bottom of the plant where they were sprayed.I had no idea that neem oil would have that bad of an effect on succulents.but all the other plants are fine except the elephant plants.It is still getting new leaves they just fall off.

Any advice is greatly appreciated
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These pictures were taken in the last week or two,the plant has a lot less leaves now.The new growth it's getting on the tip of the stems are really stretched out the leaves aren't small & oval shaped they are growing leggy.I guess not enough sun light.I can put them under the grow light to see if that helps.I wish i knew what was causing it.
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