My ficus has lost its leaves
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Comments (3)I'm wondering why you want it to die :-). It's not uncommon for them to defoliate when you've stressed them. As long as tips show good color, it will be fine. I have a few that didn't like 32 degree temps. They will probably leaf back out in the spring. randy...See MoreFicus lost all of its leaves !!
Comments (17)Hi just found this forum and desperately hoping someone can help. We bought our daughter a bonsai (think it's a chinese or japanese elm?) for her 21st and she's cared for it lovingly for over a year. She's now away at uni and during a family crisis, I forgot to water it. I've left it a little too long without water once or twice and it's quickly recovered but all its leaves died and fell off this time and it's now a very bare tree. I think it might be totally dead but I'd like to try anything that might help if there's any life in the roots! Last night, after a week of no change, I repotted into a larger pot with new compost - retaining original root ball. Having read some messages here, that might have been completely the wrong thing to do, but I couldn't think of anything else that might help. I live in the UK and it;s pretty cold here at the moment. I've put it on a kitchen window sill where it gets what little morning sun there is. Daylight ends at 4pm here at the moment. someone has mentioned fluorescent lights. I have fluorescent lighting in my office - would it be better in there? There's no natural light in the office at all. My daughter will be devastated if I've killed her pride and joy so any advice at all would be wonderful. thanks susan...See MoreLemon has lost its leaves???
Comments (2)It's not normal for a lemon tree to lose all its leaves. If you've had drought conditions in your area, it may well be one very thirsty plant. Water it thoroughly. Also, I've had grasshoppers strip all the leaves off my orange tree. Grasshoppers and drought seem to go together. I'd give your tree a bit of a prune, a lot of water, and now it's almost springtime, a good feed of citrus food and/or chook poo, and sit back and wait. It should come back....See MoreFicus benjamina has lost over 60% of its leaves since September. Help!
Comments (5)You should put the tree right in front of the large southern facing window. Light coming through the window, even a few feet away is much less intense than right in front of it. I'd place the tree right next to that wooden chair so the leaves are a few inches from that window. Rotate the tree 1/4 turns weekly. as far as pruning, all you're doing here is cutting off the dead parts. scratch a small amount of bark, if it's dead, follow the branch back and keep scratching every inch or so till you see green. Cut the obvious dead branches off. roots should be firm and white to tan. If they are dark and mushy, they've rotted. Bottom line, three tree has been over watered. It may be in too large of a pot so that the soil doesn't dry enough. Remove it from the pot and check to see how wet the soil is at the bottom. Ficus seem to be able to handle drought much better then being over watered. this may give you an idea about their light requirements. Mine, pictured below, is right in front of a southern window with the addition of five 250w lights above and it still could use much more light. I place mine outside in full direct sun from Memorial Day until mid September when temps start to drop. That's the only time it thrives. The rest of the year is just tolerates. I've cut it back pretty heavily since September when it came inside. Outside last summer it was MUCH fuller: the tree above was not much larger than yours prior to being placed outside for the summer. It literally grew a few feet in every direction and produced probably 1000 extra leaves....See Morecattlover
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