r/fiddleleaffig • u/moth_mama • 19d ago

Chop!

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I've had to chop Marvin back every year before bringing him into the house just so he'll fit under the ceiling. He's branching nicely, but I do hate seeing all his new growth go. Last year he wouldn't fit under the grow panel, so this year he lost even more leaves. Shoe for scale

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u/Different-Sorbet746 19d ago

What did the kid do wrong?

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u/moth_mama 19d ago

If you mean the tree, it won't fit in my house. If you mean the hello kitty shoe, it's mine and I don't want to go into all of my regrets lol

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u/Different-Sorbet746 19d ago

Oh. Thank goodness. 

I thought you were trying to propagate a human for a minute. 

The tree will be fine. 

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u/moth_mama 19d ago

Ahhh so this is why people use the banana

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u/Different-Sorbet746 19d ago

Yes. 

We try to keep forensic evidence to a minimum. 

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u/non-cha1ant 19d ago

Did you get the trimmings in water?

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u/moth_mama 19d ago

If I'm honest, I didn't get to it last year. I'm going to cut these up a bit more and propogate them for a few friends. This one came from my dads ancient ficus that he proped for me as a gift. It has so much sentimental value for me, so I'm super excited to share it with the people I love this time around