Just let it dry out and give it time to recover. Same advice you got on the other forum I think.

So Sorry! Got this confused with your other posting on this forum (I remember the curtain thingy). But really there's not much you can do except call Glassworks, tell them it was sent out too wet (especially for a ficus) and has gone rotten... can they send you another?

I don't know if they will or not. There was a pencil written note on the packet of papers they sent with it (the bill, a page with info to call them if something is missing, a ran-off copy of some inspection thing, and a page to order something else if I wanted to) that says: "Winter foliage - to sprout out you'll need to use 55 - 66 degree F bottom heat."

I figure if I do call and said they sent it to me rotten, they'll just say "Oh that's the winter foliage don't worry about it." So I dunno.

You know, with such a defeatist attitude, you ain't gonna get far in life! For heaven's sake pick up the phone - nothing at all to lose. It's your money (and your ongoing patronage) that they want, and they'll get it if they feel they've done a good job - this way you'll probably never order from them again and it would be a shame, because they are a good site normally. Someone may just have gone overboard on the water (a new employee maybe) without thinking of what the plant was, and I'm sure they'd like to know about it.

ehhh I'll call them in the morning I guess.

Actually I'll get my mother to call. Places never seem to take me seriously even though I'm 18. I called the vet today to schedule an appointment for my sick siamese cat that I had adopted from the pound a few days ago. He has an upper respiratory infection and isn't doing so hot. We had taken him in 3 days ago and he was put on medication and such. However, this morning he was having a lot of trouble breathing so I wanted to bring him in to get checked out. The lady on the phone just gave me attitude so I gave the phone to my mom to handle it. But yeah, I'll see what I can do. They better not charge me for shipping the new plant, and make me ship them the sick one.

Good for you - and let me know how it comes out!

There is no such thing as winter foliage on a Ficus that I know of. Sounds to me like something from a cow, and I don't mean milk.

Vance, would you be referring to the mass coming from the south end of a north facing bovine :-) ?

randy