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Help with Fiddle-Leaved Fig please?
I have a lovely specimen of this plant boarding at my Mum's place. It's
about eight feet tall and has just reached the ceiling (after over twenty years in situ!). Since the plant is a single tall stem (never branched... dunno why not...!), I'm not sure what, if anything, I should do to it. Should I cut the central stem and hope it will branch lower down? If so, how far up or down should I do that? Should I wire and bend the stem horizontally in the hope that 'a branch' will happen lower down? If so, where on the stem should I make the bend? Or should I just leave well enough alone and allow the plant to make its own course? The two newest fiddle-leaves are currently hard against the ceiling with nowhere to go. The plant is in great health with very large glossy leaves. It has a drink occasionally and a cup of tea (leaves) occasionally, but beyond that has been very happy in its bucket-sized pot all these years. I'd be grateful if anyone can suggest ideas for me! ;-D TIA, -- Trish {|:-} Newcastle, NSW, Australia |
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Help with Fiddle-Leaved Fig please?
g'day trish,
being a ficus you should be able to cut them down a bit and they should branch from there, might be best to just run it by a plant nursery first though would hate to have something go wrong then have you come gunnin for me hey lol. snipped With peace and brightest of blessings, len -- "Be Content With What You Have And May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In A World That You May Not Understand." http://www.users.bigpond.com/gardenlen1 |
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Help with Fiddle-Leaved Fig please?
id air layer the stem with some spagum moss ..grow a new
plant then cut the stem just under the growth of the roots from the air layer ..youll have 2 plants an the mother will branch.. On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 14:03:35 +1100, Trish Brown wrote: I have a lovely specimen of this plant boarding at my Mum's place. It's about eight feet tall and has just reached the ceiling (after over twenty years in situ!). Since the plant is a single tall stem (never branched... dunno why not...!), I'm not sure what, if anything, I should do to it. Should I cut the central stem and hope it will branch lower down? If so, how far up or down should I do that? Should I wire and bend the stem horizontally in the hope that 'a branch' will happen lower down? If so, where on the stem should I make the bend? Or should I just leave well enough alone and allow the plant to make its own course? The two newest fiddle-leaves are currently hard against the ceiling with nowhere to go. The plant is in great health with very large glossy leaves. It has a drink occasionally and a cup of tea (leaves) occasionally, but beyond that has been very happy in its bucket-sized pot all these years. I'd be grateful if anyone can suggest ideas for me! ;-D TIA, |
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