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New Growth!! HELP!!

11 years ago

I have had my fiddle leaf fig for about two months and it finally has new growth...but the new growth has red specks all over it. The rest of the plant looks great. Can anyone help me? It has been in the same location with plenty of indirect sunlight. I water it every week in a half to two weeks. Location: Florida.

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  • 11 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    I found this info for you,maybe this will give you some help, other members will have more advice for you,weekends tend to be a little slow on the forum

    http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/2104670/new-leaves-on-fiddleleaf-fig-has-clusters-of-small-red-dots

  • 11 years ago

    Can you explain how you water this plant? A glass of water? Watering can? Do you take it to the sink or shower?


    Does the plant sit in a saucer to absorb runoff?

  • 11 years ago
    I water it in the sink. I saturate it, let it drain for fifteen minutes and then water again. After an hour I place it back in its saucer. I only water when soil feels dry.
  • 11 years ago

    Okay, the problem with water uptake problems is it can be attribut ed to too little water tototal or not enough water making it to the plant because the roots are rotted.


    How do you check if it is dry? By lifting the pot? With your finger or a skewer?

    Have you ever changed its potting mix?

  • 11 years ago
    I have only had it for two months. I put it in a larger pot as soon as I brought it home. I used the Miracle Grow for Cactus and added Perlite....
    I check the soil with my finger going down approx 2"....
  • 11 years ago

    Did you just up pot it and not remove the old soil?


    I believe that is the problem. The two types of soil take up water differently so the roots don't get a uniform environment to grow one part is always too soggy while the other part is too dry. I wouldn't be surprised if you pulled it out of the big pot and found a pancake of sludge below the original rootball.

    the only reason I say this is because....it's happened to me!

  • 11 years ago

    I did remove a lot of the old soil but I wouldn't classify it as repotting. I removed as much as the old soil as possible without cutting anything off with a tool. Do you suggest I repot?

  • 11 years ago

    I would suggest checking the roots at the very least. You'll also probably want to go down on container size as that size is too big for a plant that size in an indoor setting. The soil simply stays wet too long and will rot the roots.

    take some pictures and post them of the roots, if you can.

  • 11 years ago

    I only increased the pot size by 2". I had posted on this site when I first bought it and everyone suggested increasing the pot size... here is a photo of the entire plant

  • 11 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    Is that a 6 or 8 inch pot?

    You want the pot to be aproximately one inch on all sides around the rootball itself, not the rootball plus compacted soil.

    Something is oobviously going wrong though. Otherwise I don't think we'd have had the pleasure of aquaintance today.

  • 11 years ago

    Am happy, I'll go out on a limb and tell you that the plant appears to be quite healthy and happy. I also think that you've done a fine job of repotting and selecting an appropriate container. Your watering technique is terrific; just make sure that you don't water too frequently.

    I suspect that your plant is simply reacting physiologically to it's change in environment, culture, repotting, etc. I'd be surprised if subsequent new growth wasn't perfectly fine.

  • 11 years ago

    laticauda, It is a 10" pot. The previous pot from the nursery was 8". I appreciate your help with this. I thought I was doing everything perfectly...

  • 11 years ago

    Oh my gosh. I hope she sees this!

  • 11 years ago

    rhizo, Thank you!! She looks happy to me too?! The other new growth is spot free. I haven't had it that long so it would make sense that she is still is adjusting to her new home and needs some more time. I was thinking of holding off until Spring to mess with her...

  • 11 years ago

    She wants to grow now! Lol.