Question
I have a wonderful Ming Aralia, which was, until about a week or so ago, quite healthy. I admit that I can become over-attentive to my house plants at times, and given it's past vigor, I thought no harm would come from an extra watering (to flush out salts/deposits before fertilizing). To my dismay, the leaf stems on almost the entire tree were drooping by the next morning.

   I know Mings don't like 'wet feet' so I decided to let it dry out some and see if it would clear up. I used a copper soap fungicide (Concern brand) on the lower trunk letting it seep into the soil and into the roots, as well as the leaves and stems. I made sure that a lot of it seeped into and immediately surrounding the root-ball, which, after days seemed to have no effect, at least none which I could note.

   As the plant worsened, I decided to remove it from the soil it was in and re-pot it in better-draining, sterile soil. After a few days, and with the plant looking worse, (almost all leaves deteriorating rapidly), I took an emergency step and re-potted in a high peat content, well -draining, 'seed-starter' soil. I gently removed the damp roots, and found the soil around them heavy and caked-on, really saturated but not 'muck' like swamp mud or something.

Answer
Micah, you seem to be very knowledgeable, and everything you have said makes perfect sense, ie. flushing out salts, letting dry out etc. The plant has shocked from the watering, although I don't understand why; you have done everything you can to save it, the only thing I can add is to hope it re-foliates, otherwise I'm at a loss I'm sorry to say. Nick