My ficus is dying

Discussion in 'Earth Science' started by pasquala, Dec 8, 2007.

  1. pasquala Living on a Prayer Registered Senior Member

    Messages:
    148
    Moved into a new house. I want lots of pretty plants. I bought a ficus a few weeks ago and now all the leaves have fell off and it is so ugly. What am I doing wrong. Too much water maybe? It doesn't seem to be drinking the water. Can I save it. Anyone? I do not have a green thumb. Help!
     
  2. Google AdSense Guest Advertisement



    to hide all adverts.
  3. kevinalm Registered Senior Member

    Messages:
    993
    They don't like overwatering, so that's one possibility. Also, they like lot's of light. And avoiding cold drafts is probably a good idea.

    Since this happened after a recent move, you may have thermally shocked it during the move.
     
  4. Google AdSense Guest Advertisement



    to hide all adverts.
  5. spidergoat pubic diorama Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    54,036
    Ficus lose their leaves whenever they are stressed, such as with moving. Give it time, it will recover. This phenomenon is well known.
     
  6. Google AdSense Guest Advertisement



    to hide all adverts.
  7. pasquala Living on a Prayer Registered Senior Member

    Messages:
    148
    Sounds reasonable. Thanks. I keep trying working on it.
     
  8. cosmictraveler Be kind to yourself always. Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    33,264
    Never ever plant a ficus near a septic tank,sewer lines, water lines

    driveways or houses because their root systems are one of the most

    aggressive and strongest things on earth and can tear into cement, pipes

    and walls very quickly. You have beem forewarned.
     
  9. Enmos Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    43,184
    A friend of me has this exact problem..
    I'll tell him to give it less water and more light then ?
     
  10. vincent Sir Vincent, knighted by HM Registered Senior Member

    Messages:
    2,883

    bla
     
  11. Captain Kremmen All aboard, me Hearties! Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    12,738
    Bring it back to the plant nursery.
    I was probably dead when you bought it.
    Shop Plants can look very healthy
    and still be incapable of growing.
     
    Last edited: Dec 9, 2007
  12. Enmos Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    43,184
    LOL

    Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!


    What does you being dead have to do with any ficus

    Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!

     
  13. spidergoat pubic diorama Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    54,036
    Just don't move it. It loses it's leaves even if you move it to another location in the house. They don't do well outside in temperate areas, they are tropical.
     
  14. Captain Kremmen All aboard, me Hearties! Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    12,738
    Don't tell me the t's are starting to pack up.
    b's (press with a good down press) and v's (press with a very hard down press) are bad enough.
    My machine is an E-system, but this manufacturer probably changes its name every year. It was cheap.
     
  15. S.A.M. uniquely dreadful Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    72,825
    Get a new pot larger than the one you have and repot it. Discard the old soil, it may be contaminated. Thats what I did when my ficus started dying after I moved (lost almost all its leaves); I split it and repotted it in two pots, its doing well now.
     
    Last edited: Dec 10, 2007
  16. Fraggle Rocker Staff Member

    Messages:
    24,690
    I don't know where you live, but in the U.S. they're popular as indoor plants. That suggests that they don't thrive on what they would get more of outdoors, such as water, temperature changes and solar-spectrum light.
     
  17. spidergoat pubic diorama Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    54,036
    They do fine with full sun, they just can't stand freezing or any sudden change in the environment.
     
  18. MacGyver1968 Fixin' Shit that Ain't Broke Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    7,028
    I had a beautiful ficus tree...then my cats took to using it for their litter box...piss killed it dead. Damn felines.
     
  19. Captain Kremmen All aboard, me Hearties! Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    12,738
    Hows the Ficus?
     
  20. cosmictraveler Be kind to yourself always. Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    33,264

    Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!

    Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!

     

Share This Page