Tropical Zone Gardening: Croton distress, 1 by Islandshari

Islandshari wrote:
Hello all my wonderful Tropical Friends! I'm hoping you can put your collective minds together to help me figure out a problem I'm having with my 13' croton. It is in a huge pot...the largest I can buy on island, and it is a corner of the yard. It has been doing fine there for nearly a year, but now it is losing its leaves....they are all turning brown and falling. I checked this morning and the soil is damp...not wet but damp...the soil and roots are pulling away from the sides of the pot, so I guess that might be the problem...but I don't have anything larger to put it in. At least not yet...I am checking around to see if someone has a drum or something I can put it in. It is such a pretty croton that I really hate to lose it..any suggestions?