Hoya leaves shrivelling and yellowing
Hello! So it's not a huge problem yet but I want to figure this out before there is any more leaf loss. I inherited this hoya about 4 years ago, no idea how old it actually is. Anyways I move a lot so the growth has been really stunted but it has never lost leaves. I moved into my current place in August and it seemed to love the east window I placed it by, it actually put out the first new growth I had ever seen. Throughout the winter though, a few of the older leaves went yellow and fell off, I wasn't concerned because everything else about it was fine. Now I'm noticing a couple more going yellow or getting soft/shrivelly. I'm in northern alberta so throughout Dec-jan we only get like 7-8 hours of sun a day. I did put up a plant light last month when my pothos were suffering but it might be too far away from it to get any benefit. I repoted it when i got it, so it should be relatively root bound. I don't think I'm over watering it because I only water it every two weeks or so in the winter. Any advice?? Btw you can basically only see the one yellow one in the pictures but some are like bendy to the touch. Thanks!
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