Pachira Aquatica dying

[Messy]

Hey guys
I have a Money tree since July. We repotted it into bigger container in November, and then went away for 10days Christmas Holidays.
We live in Luxembourg, so its quite cold here, and we use heating in the apartment.
Since then we have issues. The leaves started dropping, becoming yellow, almost copper colour.
So we thought we are over watering it. We took it out of container, drilled more holes, and checked the roots. Which seemes a bit brown but not really wet or rotten.
And affer that procedure which took place last week the tree got even worse, at this stage we think its dying. Help please
We used a soil recommended for this plant. Some cactus mix of something like that

 

[Logan]

Hello @Messy and welcome to GF
Is it sitting in water? It sounds like the first stages of root rot.

 

[margarida]

I am having the same problem with mine. were you able to solve it?

 

[Messy]

Not really. We still have it and its still alive but we gave up on it a bit to be honest. Has few leafs although healthy…
We live in a place where is a high humidity and during winter the apartment is dry because of heating.
So even though its dry watering it more than once every 2 weeks was much for our plant.
The pot that you can see on the picture didnt help either. It has few holes in the bottom but the original pot has a lot of big holes which helps it breathe ‍.
So pot with few holes and to much watering made the roots rot and die..

 

[Marck]

Money Tree (Pachira glabra or P. aquatica), also known as Malabar Chestnut, wants bright light and can take direct sun. It should be regularly watered, and not allowed to dry out. Drainage is an interesting point here. In the wild in the Neotropics, these trees grow along river banks in soil that is often saturated. However, in a container stagnant, anoxic water may still cause rot problems. Try keeping the plants in very bright light and watering frequently, but continue to avoid stagnant, sitting water.