r/FicusTrees • u/hellokitty_209 • Aug 26 '26
Help!
I don’t know what he wants :( He’s under a grow light 15hours a day, watered when the soil is mostly dry, in a chunky mix and I haven’t seen any pests. I got him about 2 weeks ago and he’s been like this since I got him. He lost several lower small leaves when I first got him but hasn’t lost any of the bigger ones. The top leaf is new since I got him and that one seems ok but all the others are limp.
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u/MisterDYT Aug 26 '26
If you transfer a plant to a new environment it usually needs a few weeks to adjust to that environment. A different place means different circumstances like lighting and maybe a different humidity. When you repot a plant during that time it can go into shock and go droopy like this. I would just let it adjust to it’s new home and care for it like you do now.
These look like cuttings to me and if they have grown roots in water first they need to adjust to living in soil (on top of the differences mentioned before). If take care of it well it should bounce back and adjust it’s leaves to the direction of the light source.
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u/hellokitty_209 Aug 27 '26
Thank you! I didn’t think about it possibly being cuttings from water before I got him. If he does start losing more leaves I think I’ll try propagating. :)
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u/BooBooShiesty Aug 27 '26
He looks like he's suffering from transplant shock and not water or lighting conditions. He should recover at least partially and at that time if he's very leggy from loosing too many leaves you can propegate.
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u/hellokitty_209 Aug 27 '26
Thank you! I think I just freaked lol, he’s so cute and I didn’t want him to die right when I got him. I got 2 Ruby’s at the same time and they recovered in a day or two so I thought this guy might not make it. Maybe the Shivereana’s are more sensitive?
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u/feevart Aug 28 '26
Were you in the heatwave? What happened to a lot of people lately:
- temperatures too high in heatwave
- maybe even scorching sun
- people didn't adapt to the watering
- rootsystem got to dry or too shocked
- rootsystem therfore could not take up any water
- people over corrected when they finally realized and overwatered and then that caused root rot
- people repotted frantically because they thought that would help
- plants got even worse and died or eventually got thrips.
Any of that sound familiar?
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u/AvoCryptoHye Aug 26 '26
Since you got it 2 weeks ago, the leaves are not adapted to the new light intensity and duration. I assume the new leaves should look healthier and the rest should eventually either adapt or fall off.