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Fiddle Leaf Fig

8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago


Hi! I'm completely new to this forum and completely new to owning house plants. Let me first say that I am not known for my green thumb. I really WANT to have live plants, but I'm just not very good with them and not very knowledgeable. But I'm trying to change all of that! So....I have a gorgeous Fiddle Leaf Fig that I bought in March. He's about 5' tall from the top of the soil to his tallest leaf. When I got him, he had one suspicious leaf that did end up falling off, but that's the only Leaf we have lost. However, he also had a couple tears on his lower leaves that were brown and crispy. I have just a few questions:If I leave these damaged leaves alone, what will happen to the overall leaf? Will it eventually die and fall off? Will it just stay as is? And if it does fall off, will a new one grow in its place?Also.... When I bought him, there was a little fertilizer still evident in the soil and the lady from the nursery told me not to worry about anymore food / fertilizer until June. What should I do now that it's June?I have attached a picture of him out of his decorative planter so you can see his overall health. I also attached a picture of the soil and a picture of the damaged leaves.*Update* I can't get more than one picture to load, so I just did a picture of the overall plant and you can see some of the damaged leaves along the bottom. I will try to add the other two pictures in the comments below. Thanks in advance for all advice!

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