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Why does water drip from the leaf edges of my Citrus plant?

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This is a natural process called guttation and is the plant's way of shedding excess moisture. It is the plants way of telling you that you are probably watering the it too much. If this continues, cells along the leaf margin may split open and die, leaving a brown edge and leaving wounds that are open to fungal infection.

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