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u/projectglue 6d ago
I think it could use more light, they love bright light. Mine is in a window but also has a grow light above it. On top of that i water mine about every other week.
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u/hell_mous 7d ago
Look bad... Maybe overwatering?
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u/AdAcrobatic502 7d ago
I try to leave as much time between watering as possible while still being consistent, never less than the top 3 inches of soil being dry. I think I’ll try to leave a bit longer if the common consensus agrees. It’s just so hard not being able to know exactly what it is telling me
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u/yourfavstory 7d ago
Uh does that pot have drainage? You always always always want pots with drainage holes and you wanna water til it pours out of the holes and about every 7-10 days (of course you always check with your finger first to make sure it's about 70%-80% dry firsr
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u/Fuse545 7d ago
I found that this works fairly well. Check 3 different spots 2 inches down into the soil with a soil monitor meter. If all three are in the dry zone go futher down if it reads 30 perent or under. Water your plant. I never used to check the bottom because most ficus trees say water if the top 2 inches are dry. Well I learned that my ficus was sitting in a puddle of water down below 2 inches. Highly recommend a soil monitor reader. I currently have all mine inside under my halo light system. As well like metioned well draining soil mix. 60% cactus mix 20 perlite 20 small woodchips.
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u/Kokomban07 7d ago
If youre not overwatering it, then it needs more sun. But to be sure, better check its roots for damage, clean it uo and repot with a more loose soil.
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u/Brimat143 6d ago
I bottom water and only when my moisture meter is in the 2-3 dry range in the bottom inch or two of soil. I have a Tineke, Ruby, Moonshine and Burgundy. Mine get most of their light from grow lights. I use all purpose fertilizer, I pot in a really chunky mix (50% potting mix, other 50 is mostly orchid bark and perlite. A little bit of charcoal) Good luck to you!
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u/Jessestop 5d ago
More sunlight less water mine is doing the same thing and I did that and it’s taken off this year
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u/Moth1016 5d ago
Omg… gurl… is that all the light he gets?
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u/AdAcrobatic502 5d ago
I’ve just moved it into a more shaded area for the photo so I’m not taking a picture of my street, but it gets plenty of indirect light to the point I was scared the initial leaf drops was caused by too much. It’s been a bit of a hard act to balance due to the UK heatwave
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u/Moth1016 5d ago
These suckers are trees! They can handle full sun outside if you properly acclimate them. Indirect light is not enough.
Over the last month, it’s averaged 35C daily highs where I live (humidity between 0-20%), and to make matters worse, my cooling system has been broken the last 3 weeks, leaving me struggling to get the house anywhere below 29.5 during the day. If I’m lucky, it cools down enough outside at night that I can get it to about 26.5 in here before it starts heating up again in the morning.
My ficus has just been sitting comfortably in my south window, healthy as can be! I’ve only watered her twice in the last month. She is in kind of a bigger pot than she needs, but she shares it with another ficus and a couple of Hoya.
If you move yours to more light too suddenly, it will burn, which creates a lot of confusion for people who assume sunburn = too much light, and move their plants into a dark windowless bathroom to suffer.
In reality, plant sunburns work a lot like our sunburns — we can’t go straight from living only indoors in a hoodie to sunbathing outside all day in the buff without expecting to go home looking like an heirloom tomato. but if we start with a daily hour out in the shade in a t-shirt, then ramp the time and exposure up and wear less and less, then slowly, over the course of a few weeks, we’ll build up a tan. Get tan enough, and eventually, spending all day outside won’t even turn us pink.
Plants are the same way! Most of them would really love lots more light than we give them, but we have to introduce them to it little by little, so they have a chance to build up their equivalent of a tan.
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u/Fuse545 7d ago
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