Found this fiddle leaf in the alley with all of it's leaves dead - green has returned! What to do?
Posted Aug 23, 2020, 4:24 PM UTC
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I found this fiddle leaf 2 or 3 weeks ago full of mostly brown, sad leaves. A couple crispy edges. I checked the roots and they were pretty dry. Based on what I've read in this sub, I was still worried it might be rot (leaves were turning brown from the veins out.) So I let it sit for a week and then gave it a good soak. It is growing! What do I do now to help it thrive? The leaves seem to be sprouting from multiple stems but that left most stem is looking the best. Do I separate or prune them? Just keep watering and see what happens? TIA!
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Whoa - at first I was like “there’s no way that’s regrow the from a fiddle, because they’re awfully slow”. But hey look at that! Can you maybe cut down the dead trunks?
Ya I was pleasantly surprised! I can cut down the dead trunks. Would you do anything to treat them or just chop?
So I am not an expert with this - if I had to guess who ever left it in the alley way probably neglected it and didn’t water it, so that’s why it died. I think trim it down, put it in a bright (not direct) it should live! Let it dry out between watering. They are super slow growers, so I’m not sure if you’ll see a ton of difference in height for a while (I’ve never had a small FLF) mine is about 4ft and just loves his East window and thrives!!