can my gorgeous fiddle leaf be saved?
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Help My Fiddle Leaf Fig.. is it hopelessly gone? Can I save it?
Comments (3)I agree with Dan. Buy a 1/4 or 5/16" wooden dowel rod from hardware/big box store, cut it in half, and sharpen all 4 ends in a pencil sharpener. Push it into the soil all the way to the bottom of the pot near the center. Don't water until it first comes out clean and dry. If you're watering when only the top inch is dry, there could still be several inches of 100% saturated soil at the bottom of the pot, inhibiting root function or wrecking root health. Al...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 MoreCan't save this fiddle leaf
Comments (14)Maybe a photo of the room might help. I saw in a Berkeley bookstore that had this small 3x4' skylight in the middle, a Fiddleleaf fig that was in a pot and with just a single trunk- no branching at all- reached up to the second story. Amazingly that Ficus was coated in grey dust!. Almost more dust color then green....See MorePlease help save my Fiddle-Leaf Fig!
Comments (10)Hi Josie, people commonly have FLF issues originating from an inappropriate watering regimen and from an overly water retentive soil. If you search on the forums there are some great threads where Tapla (Al) shares his knowledge on soils and what makes for an appropriate mix for houseplants. Since it’s fall, it’s not a good time to repot plants. But it is a perfect time to learn all about the needs of your plant so you can repot it in spring. How do you water? How do you decide it’s time to water? To tell it’s time to water, take a sharpened wooden dowel (or chopstick) and insert it deep (all the way to the bottom) of the soil. If it comes out moist and with dark soil, don’t water yet. If it comes out clean and dry, it’s time to water! Check every couple of days. When it’s time to water, good watering practice is to water until water flows freely out of the drainage holes in the bottom of the container. Also, FLFs love lots of light. It should be right up in front of your brightest South facing window, unobstructed by blinds or curtains....See Moretapla (mid-Michigan, USDA z5b-6a)
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41 North (Zone 7a/b, NE, coastal)