How to Revive a Stressed Plant (Weeping Fig Care & Info)
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- Опубликовано: 21 окт 2024
- This tree has a fairly negative reputation of both being fussy and hard to impress. In response this tree will often drop what seems like half of its leaves just because someone walked by it. However these trees if met with the same conditions found in its natural environment around the equator, can make excellent and beautiful indoor trees. Be sure to watch the entire video to learn how best to help a stressed plant from shipping, and how to keep a weeping fig happy and thriving! Plant Prudently!
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I don’t think you’ve ever posted a less than interesting video. They’re always great. I really appreciate you.
Oh, I'm sure I have. I wish all my viewers were as insightful and intelligent as you are! As always I appreciate you reaching out, it's always nice to hear from fans. Especially in my slow season!
Thanks so much I also added a bit of root builder. Let's see how it goes🎉
I do like these little trees, I'm the 3rd home for an older ficus. That tree has suffered loads of neglect and abuse, was thrown away twice and survived a massive drought when I couldn't water my plants for 8 months. I've had that plant for about 16 years now, repotted it once and that's about it. Tough as nails :)
I'm so happy I came across this video! Mine arrives via mail next week! I feel like I'm now better ready to deal with it. Thank you. It's the Starlight verigated variety.
I got a variegated benjamina ficus and it came by mail and was dropping two leaf’s every couple days. I named her Karen .
Got one of these about a year ago. He did okay for a week and then quickly dropped all leaves. I accidentally left him unwatered for almost two weeks and I was sure I had killed him...
But fast forward 6 months, there have come up a couple of new sprouts from the dried stem! He looks really sad and naked but I'm impressed he survived
If I manage to keep him going in the right direction I hope he'll manage to grow into a nice little tree again
For a plant that's so sensitive they're also surprisingly resilient. Just don't throw in the towel on them they can make a recovery
That is one thing I hope all my viewers learn from me. Plants are resilient! I've learned this lesson so many times in the past, and still to this day, I have to slow down sometimes. I'll even get plants from friends, family, and other people that always think are dead. I give them a little bit of sunlight, a moderate amount of water, and poof! I almost always see green appear. They don't want to die either! Life finds away!!
@@TheGreenAlchemist Absolutely! Great that you mentioned it in the video too, it's an easy thing to forget. Thank you for the good educational video, many good tips
The stems have fallen off as well. I feel to sad to throw it away. Could the plant come back to life? Or is this it?
You just look at it and he drops the leaf. We call it Old Man Willow and it's big and in our living room (east window) and he makes me sleepy because he's Green and pretty but just dramatic. He probably lost a leaf
just because I'm writing about it.
😂😂😂
I love these trees! Congrats on yours it's looking good! I've got a few of these guys, my oldest one being at least 40 - given to me by my mom, purchased by her before I was even born. It tends to grow very long, weepy shoots. Another I have grows quite zig-zaggy and has very small leaves. They're fantastic trees to have. Pretty much the only tree that can be treated like a houseplant, live indoors and still thrive. They seem fussy, but in my experience, they're really quite tough. They'll readily drop their leaves when facing stress (drought, pests, light level changes) but will quickly replace any lost leaves, seemingly unharmed. I'm border-line abusive to mine - hauling them in and out of the house, depending on the weather. Or with prolonged periods indoors with dry, forced air heating and low light. Yours will be just fine. They're also great to air-layer and cuttings will strike root readily. Extremely vigorous root-growers.
Great video, man!
I got a teeny tiny (2in) ficus Benjamina variegated this summer. I tried not to attach emotionally since I heard they die easy. Mine is still kicking and growing 😊
I would like to see your whole plant collection aka House plant tour 🙏
That is too cool! I'm taking our conversation as a sign. I'm gonna go ahead and get me one too. The one's I have now are nice but I really really really want the variegated one! I'm glad to hear yours is still doing well, that gives me hope too, lol. I know I need to do a video on that! I'll try and let you know when I get it up!! 🌺
@@TheGreenAlchemist Hahaha you def need to get one now! Mine finally opened its first leaf under my care! I think it's because I gave it a humidifier 😁
I’m interested in your “plants I killed this year” with your insights after/from those losses.
Man, I would love to see more bonsai from you. I have some golden gate ficuses that I love. I would also recommend a tamarind bonsai, they are so cool.
Informative. Thanks for sharing.
That was a TON of info. Wow thank you
Thanks for your videos 🙂😉 I just received a Ponytail Palm in the mail which was shoved into a tiny box. I'm hoping it pulls through! 🙃
Thanks! Love your videos they help me so much. I bought a small benjamina a few years ago before I new much about house plants and it's thriving. Never drops leaves. But this year I have bought a variegated version and it's dropping one or two leaves every day and I've had it for almost a year now! The original all green version is great though. Good luck.
How often do you feed this plant or what do you feed this plant? I have had my plant for 28 years. I always lose leaves and it doesn't show much growth, it grows really slow. I was wondering whether to transplant it again this spring but I wanted to know what you feed it thank you for such an awesome video 👍❤️🤗🙏
Hi Justin, another great video, always interesting, good luck with your Ficus Benjamina. I've had a few over the years but, they always seem to lose their leaves and die. You are more experienced with house plants, so you should have better luck than I.
Yeah, they could drop leaves for any number of reasons. The foremost being their location. They want the perfect spot and they want to stay there forever. This means the right amount of light, regular and avid amounts of humidity, moderate water, not to be overfed, and not to be next to any drafty windows or doors. Pests can also cause some leaf drop too. Thanks for watching man! Happy New Year too!
@@TheGreenAlchemist Happy New Year Justin, hope it's a great year for you.
Did you ever do an update video on this one? I can't find it 😊
Hi! Any update on this ficus?? Curious what the results were!
How is the ficus B doing one year on? I have just inherited one and am on day 3 of its recovery after my neighbours gave up, believing it was dying...would be interested to see what a difference a year has made for yours :)
I had a flock of Budgies that hung out in my 12' indoor ficus when I lived in Sacramento, CA. After about a year they plucked most of the leaves off it. Assholes.
Lmao. They can make great pets, most of the time as one or two. But if you get even a small flock they can be persistent little....fucks. I couldn't imagine what they would be like in almost middle California weather! Poor tree 🍃
@@TheGreenAlchemist I had 6, parents and two hatches of two each. They were very lovey dovey but if left alone too long outside their cage they would start trouble, usually with the cat.
Sir can you make a video on “How to care Spruce tree on pot”.. how to grow it properly
I recieved a ficus for my birthday but of course it had been in a box for quite a while. When I got it the leaves were all dry and curled. So I repotted it and found a small worm like creature in its root mass. I have repoted and it has been here about a month but Im not seeing any change.
Not sure how often I should water it right now. Dont want to drown it or not give it enough.
Im gonna set it in a southern window area and give it some time. If you can give me any advice on how to snap it out of its distress pls do advise
Thank you
Does cutting the roots cause a lot of leaf loss? How long until they stop dropping leaves? Or atleasr ease up a bit..
I was checking the roots of my plant and when I pulled it up some roots ripped. It's been about a month and it looses a lot of leaves every day..
I have one of these trees. I inherited, 3 years ago. It has survived but has not grown at all. What can I do to help it grow? I do give it plant food every 6 to 8 weeks. But there has been literally no change in its size or leaf growth. It will lose a leaf and gain a leaf. Please advise.
another point on not throwing away plants: when they bounce back after dying, the new growth will be much better acclimated to your home, the plant is likely to thrive
Great vid! I love ficus bejamina and concur with them being a bit fussy. As a side note on any stressed plants, isn't it best not to fertilize them for a time until they pick up and start responding to better care in general? My ficus never does get many leaves on it. I'm not sure if that is a light or a watering problem.
Yes, I would agree with you about not feeding it until it's not stressed anymore. The wrong amount of fertilizer could stress it out even more. I was trying to talk about fertilizer in general for a ficus tree, not on a stressed one. I would venture to say it's not receiving the right amount of light. I'm not sure if you are in winter right now like I am but it's considerably harder to get the correct amount of light for the right duration. I have both of mine under full spectrum LED grow lights and that's helped mine tremendously. I post the ones I use on mine in the description box of every video if you want the same ones I use. They've made some great advancements over the last decade, they're no longer very costly to purchase or run.
On my ficus benjamina my question I have is because of the frost we had it turned yellow the leaves they were agreeing and all the sudden they turn yellow do I prune it or I've given it water and I'm giving it a plant food my question is do I prune it or leave it like that it'll take care of itself
I just received a coffee plant in the mail and it looks really bad, will you tips help me revive it.
I got mine about 30 years ago, it was about 2’ tall and losing leaves all over, it was a £5 bargain at B&Q home and garden. It did really well, it didn’t like being moved, it always lost leaves if I moved it but it recovered. It has been in its present home for about 3 years and the last six months, it has been losing leaves and is looking very bare. It’s winter here at the moment so I don’t want to water it too much or feed it just yet. It had a repot about 18 months ago and it seemed happy, I don’t know what is wrong, we’ve checked for bugs and made sure it isn’t sitting in water, we’ve checked stuff just to check stuff.
I can’t think what is wrong, if anyone has any ideas, I’m more than happy to try them. Many thanks.
How's your light situation? Mine seemed to be doing the exact same and then I got them (I have three now) a full spectrum LED light and I haven't seen them drop anymore leaves, unless they get super thirsty. I don't water them from the tap. My water is very hard here so I give them, because they are so fussy, distilled water. This has helped too. How is your humidity in your home? Since it is winter most of our homes are bone dry. I keep all three of mine next to the humidifier too and they love it. Let me know how all of these factors are and I'll see where we can go from there!
My focus tree is huge I have had for 4 weeks leaves are falling and brown slot of dead branches I repotted it in to a bigger pot and gave it thrive can it be saved or have I been tipped off
Needs sun and humidity
Was that pot from your big Jade? 😞
Mine is not sensitive at all. But crooked!
I’d love to see your favorite plants that have their growth phase in winter :)
Update please :-) Still alive?
Stop saying "go ahead" every third sentence 😂