I bought a zebra plant a few months ago. It had four light green pods sticking out of the top which the gardener I bought it from said would drop off...indeed they have, along with a bunch of leaves. And the leaves that are still attached are developing a nasty brown tinge to them. Granted, these are the lower leaves, but I have always regarded myself as a decent gardener, at least with my own plants, and I am perplexed as how to make my zebra plant grow better. I water it about every 3-4 days and have given it fertilizer tiwce in the past 4 months. I give it city water, which I realize is nasty for most plants, but my other plants are doing fine, and I am very poor, so I can't constantly afford distilled water. Thank you so much.