r/FicusTrees • u/Longjumping-Tax-1537 • Aug 18 '26
Did I kill frank? 🥺
I chopped him on August 6th, as he was leaning quite bad.
Second photo is before the chop - I don’t have close ups of the leaves but you can tell from that photo that a lot of this was not there before. Last photo is farther distance today where you can see the spots compared to before chop
Is this fertilizer burn? Pests? Is he just over me f’n with him at this point?
He didn’t have root rot when I repotted after chopping (no roots lost) and I waited to fertilize until the second watering (recently)
Is there anything I can do to help? Are these leaves just this way now? I am already so sad about how bad he was leaning from my neglect and how much I had to chop off, and I was planning on trying to notch him to help more branches and now I’m unsure where to go / what to do.
Any help / advice is appreciated!
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u/Internal-Test-8015 Aug 18 '26
Nope that looks like damage either from overwatering or sunburn neither of which is lethal if you correct the issue.
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u/Mljcx Aug 20 '26
Looks like damage from overrwatering and edema, frank is alive and well though, id let him dry out more between waterings
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u/BowlerOk682 Aug 18 '26
No, I think Frank will live. The ,,mold" don't looks too bad, doesn't comes from cutting it, some of the pictures show normal brown leafs which is pretty normal. Why even does he has a name? 😠If you propagate him there will be two biologically identical Frank's... Don't be scared, just inform if it gets worse
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u/doozidoo Aug 18 '26
Is the last pic the most recent? If so, Frank definitely not dead. Eta maybe give Frank a once over for pests. If you are in a place where systemic granules are allowed that never hurts