Hi,

is it possible that the roots have filled the pot? You've had it for three years. Have you repotted it during that time?

Its very pretty. I wish mine would get that color!

Your Euphorbia trigona is, as Lauren suggests, maybe rootbound, which makes the soil hydrophobic. Water it a few days after repotting (if indeed that's what it needs), but if it doesn't get repotted, yes, give it a drink. Those leaves don't last very long anyway, and they really shouldn't be used as an overall sign that the plant's healthy or not.

Yeah, because mine doesn't always have leaves, but it's totally fine. I didn't know to water them a few days after repotting. I repotted mine and haven't watered it in a month. Uh oh.

Thank you so much for your fast replies, it is truly appreciated.

Yes it has been repotted a few times throughout the past 3 years. I was actually planning on repotting it this weekend. I'm now curious to see if rootbound is the "problem", as it has been the dormant period, but maybe it's waking up now :-)

I just thought it was odd that new leaves would start developing at the top and then half way grown they just curl up and die, and then new leaves started again and same thing happened, half way through they curled up and died... I also noticed today that some of the grown leaves have tiny tiny dry holes on them.

I grow mine hard and yes it has over grown the pot but it looks good to me...and it doesn't have leaves most of the time. Truthfully I don't even think of them as having leaves!

I have the red, green and "white" (ghost) varieties of trigona. I took the green and red varieties to a plant sale this weekend and came home with the green. Red seems to be more desirable.

Oh wow I didn't know there was a white variety of trigona and just googled it to see what it looks like... IN LOVE! Omg now I want a white one hahaha, they look so beautiful!!

Hi guys,

So I repotted my E.T. last week. It was definitely not rootbound. The roots were about 2 inch long and the pot about 4.5 inch deep. Now though, as of today, it has lost almost all its leaves, only 5 left. It's the beginning of spring... is this normal?

Yes, it's okay. They will grow back when it gets hotter, and if the plant is well watered, it helps.

Thank you Lauren! Do you place yours in direct sunlight or indirect light? I'm wondering if that is the cause

Hmmm.... I had mine outside this summer and moved it inside and had to cut a branch off to get it in and I repotted the branch. I just rotated mine a little bit so the other side would get more light and it started dropping leaves like crazy. I felt the dirt and it’s damp. Thought maybe I watered it too much.

This is it. Especially the one branch dropped all its leaves, but one