Ficus Help Needed
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by Amy R. on February 19, 2005 03:49 AM
hey weazy58,
wow, a 15 year old ficus, that is special. IMO, the are so darn temperamental; i remember reading here on this forum all of the reasons that ficus drop their leaves: change in light, temp., watering, or just because they plain feel like it, lol. anyway, i would let your ficus recover from the move and acclimate to it's new surroundings before you do anything serious. if i recall correctly, ficus actually prefer to be pot-bound, and even if it is root-bound you can just closely monitor it's watering needs. as for the trimming, unfortunately i can't help you there, as i don't know. i'm sure someone will come along shortly to assist you, and in the meantime, here is a link that might help. good luck, and let us know how it goes!![[flower]](im/graemlins/flower.gif)
http://home.att.net/~chameleons/ficus.html
wow, a 15 year old ficus, that is special. IMO, the are so darn temperamental; i remember reading here on this forum all of the reasons that ficus drop their leaves: change in light, temp., watering, or just because they plain feel like it, lol. anyway, i would let your ficus recover from the move and acclimate to it's new surroundings before you do anything serious. if i recall correctly, ficus actually prefer to be pot-bound, and even if it is root-bound you can just closely monitor it's watering needs. as for the trimming, unfortunately i can't help you there, as i don't know. i'm sure someone will come along shortly to assist you, and in the meantime, here is a link that might help. good luck, and let us know how it goes!
http://home.att.net/~chameleons/ficus.html
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Should I trim it now or just let it shed it's leaves? I will need to transplant it, any recomenndation on when I should do this?
This tree is so special to me since my husband gave it to me as a baby 15 years ago.