Enormous Fig Tree - Please help!
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tobybul2 - Zone 6 SW MI
8 years agoEF Home and Garden Design
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Comments (61)Hey ya'll, it looks like someone revived this old thread. My tree is now about 2 feet tall, and will be transplanted once things warm up. it is very rootbound right now, so it will surely take off once in ground. It has survived several winters now, with no protection, so I assume it has adapted to my 7b climate. Anyway, I will take a picture in a month or so. Hey Ben, can you report any results from your cuttings? Sorry about forgetting this thread, everybody...See MoreRelocating enormous, sick, old tree philodendron, PLEASE Help
Comments (11)That is the plan, unfortunately the 2 mature leaves and one of the immature leaves broke off on me during transit. Will repot tonight, have the roots tied up in a trashbag with a few pieces of damp paper towel to prevent dryout. Yesterday turned out to be pretty busy, didn't have time and am now at work. Will repot tonight. Ended up having to get some basic potting mix and a bag if perlite, will amend it with whatever else I have at home. I have lots of clayballs, and a decent amount of fine grade bark. I have a ton of coir too, may consider some of that. Wish I could do gritty mix right now but it isnt an option. Will make what I have work, and buy more pumice or perlite of I need to. As of now, I worry the room with East light won't be enough, those windows are blocked by my neighboors house. I think that instead I will put it across from a West window, about 15 feet back. I grow Hoya fungii, a ZZ plant, and a Chinese evergreen in that area so hopefully it will be happy there. Either way, after spending all spring and summer in a gloomy basement it is going to need some time to adjust to better lighting. I will probably also give it a light foliar feed on what little greenery is left, with Tappin Roots kelp and willow extract at 1/4 strength....See MoreNeed help with my fiddle leaf fig tree Please
Comments (1)Try to get information in the houseplant section....See MorePlease help save my Fiddle Leaf Fig Tree!
Comments (0)Hello! I am very lost and in need of help! I have no experience on fiddle leaf fig trees other than the overwhelming amount of information on the website. I was given my fiddle leaf fig tree as a gift for Christmas. My husband bought it on Craigslist and kept it in a dark garage for about 2 weeks to hide it from me. Uh oh. It's been 5 months and I just can't figure out how to make my tree happy. In the past 5 months about half it's leaves, mostly towards the bottom, have turned yellow with brown edges and have fallen off. 2 new healthy leaves have grown at the top and 1 not so healthy looking leaf. It is near a NW (mostly W) facing window and gets plenty of indirect light. From reading online, I assumed the yellow leaves were due to overwatering. In the beginning I was giving it 1 cup of water a week, and have tried to adjust depending one soil moisture. I just cannot figure out a good watering schedule. Most recently I've gone 2 weeks without watering it and it seems to be still moist near the bottom about 2/3 down. I use a moisture meter and just last night checked with a wooden chopstick. This past weekend I asked advice from a local plant shop and they told me maybe the plant is too tight in it's pot and to take it out and let it dry out a little. So that is where I am now. Any help, advice, insight will be greatly appreciated. I would love to figure out what's going on and help Mr. Fig live a long happy life. Thank you!...See Moretobybul2 - Zone 6 SW MI
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