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My cousin's dance club cut down this huge piece of their tree and she gave it to me. I immediately planted it into this pot and it even got some new growth super quickly, and, while I was expecting the older leaves to wilt, I didn't expect them to do so only on the sun side.

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[โ€“] apfelwoiSchoppen 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It is likely that the soil is too dense and retains too much water. I would unpot, remove as much soil from the roots as possible and repot with a soil and substrate that drains faster. Like a cactus mix and some extra perlite mixed in. Then I'd wait a few days for the roots to recover before watering.

[โ€“] erran_morad 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

How does that explain the asymmetrical drying of the leaves?

[โ€“] apfelwoiSchoppen 2 points 4 months ago

Rot does weird things to a plant.

[โ€“] feedum_sneedson 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The difference in sun exposure explains that. I second the opinion that your substrate is the problem. Use a gritty mix like the other user suggested, at least 50% drainage. The transition away from peat is going to kill a lot of houseplants!