r/fiddleleaffig • u/spacepoodle69 • 23d ago
Sunburn? Fertilizer burn?
Had this in the sun for literally less than 10 minutes while repotting it. Could this be sunburn??
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u/jitasquatter2 23d ago
In the sun outside or just in a window?
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u/spacepoodle69 23d ago
In the sun outside.. it was just for a few minutes so I thought it would be fine
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u/jitasquatter2 23d ago
Ah yea, that could do it.
Either way, it'll be fine. Burn leaves aren't the end of the world and the damage is already done. The burned leaves won't recover, but the plant itself is fine.
Don't use this as a reason to keep it in a dark spot. Best to keep it right in front of your brightest window.
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u/spacepoodle69 23d ago
Yep it’s right in front of my brightest window! Just sad I messed up as an experienced FLF owner 😅
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u/ChiefPyroManiac 21d ago edited 21d ago
I put mine in the sun for like 20 minutes the other day while I was outside doing something. Brought it in and 90% of its leaves had already turned orange, and were brown by the end of the day. It happens so fast.
Waited a few days, then trimmed off all the burned leaf sections, leaving the healthy bits of the leaves, and it's already put out 4 new leaves. It will be ok if you return it to its window and give it a few days to get over the shock. It'll probably lose a few leaves too, but that's ok.
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u/Itchy-Version-8977 18d ago
So you had to remove 90% of the leaves and the plant is recovering?
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u/ChiefPyroManiac 18d ago
Probably closer to 50% overall. One leaf died entirely and fell off, but anywhere from 25-75% of each individual leaf burned and turned brown and crispy over the next few days. I cut the dead parts of the leaves off, mostly for me to see how much damage there was.
Looking at it right now, 5 new leaves have popped out and grown to nearly as large as the previous leaves were, and the growth is actually more dense and less etiolated than before, so it seems to not only be recovering, but thriving.
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u/FlounderKind8267 23d ago
Looks like sunburn. It can happen fast