Care for a money tree plant?

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I recently acquired a money tree and was wondering how much light water it needs. Also my plant seems to big for it's pot but the woman at the store said it was fine. How big will it grow also? Well it get to the size of a baby adverge tree? Advice?

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Money trees are a unique plant that are very easy to take care of, they reqire water only one a week if used cactus soil or once every two weeks if you have used a Miracle grow soil that retains moisture. Also Money trees like to be root bound so if the pot you have chosen is too large it will suffer slightly until the roots find the boundries.

There are a couple of reasons your leaves are turnig yellow and falling off:
1. You are watering it too much. The soil should be almost dry throughout before you water again. It should be moist. It should be rich and organic.

2. It is getting lot of light. Money plants grow well when they are NOT kept in direct sunlight. They need less care when they are in their best environment.
The temperature can't go below five degrees celcius (38 F) or the plant will not survive. Also try not shock the plant by putting it out when the temperature outside is varying greatly to your inside temperature.

Finaly the only other thing you could do for it is give it a well balanced liquid fertilizer the next time you water it, such as a 20-20-20 or something arround there.

I hope you find this helpful, and i hope i have answered your question.