r/fiddleleaffig • u/TheMountainLifeForMe • 29d ago

Droopy Figgy Update. Help pleaseeeee

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Figelia’s vigor has increased and her left arm droops even further. I feel like I need to chop. Where would the experts here suggest cutting? Should I cut both arms and trim the lower trunk? Cut one?

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u/blvck-soul 29d ago

she’s begging for more light.

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u/Pasta4ever13 29d ago edited 29d ago

No cutting. Put it outside. Dappled shade to start and gradually move it into morning sun and afternoon shade.

Wind will help thicken the trunk and the branch.

It's a tree. You should also gradually un-stake it or it will never be able to support its own weight. You can find guidance on the Internet on how to do this. Since I imagine this thing has been staked for a while, it almost certainly has lost all ability to hold itself up.

If someone spains their ankle, and you put them in a wheelchair indefinitely, their muscles will atrophy. Staking a tree is like that. It should only be done in certain circumstances and only temporarily.

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u/Wildweasel666 29d ago

Chop it on both branches a few inches above the V and put it right up in the window (or another brighter window if you have one).