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| Fiddle leave Fig |
1. The Ficus lyrata, commonly called the fiddle-leaf fig, is a perfect indoors specimen plant. The plant features very large, heavily veined and violin-shaped leaves that grow upright on a tall plant.
2. These plants are native to the tropics, where they thrive in very warm and wet conditions. This makes them somewhat more challenging for the office workplace which is likely to have trouble duplicating these steamy conditions, but they are fortunately relatively tough plants also that can withstand less-than-perfect conditions for a fairly long time.
3. Finally, F. lyrata are really meant as larger specimen plants: they are perfect if you can situate them in a floor-standing container where the plant is allowed to grow to 6 ft. or more (the trees commonly reach heights of 40 feet or more in their native habitat). Because of their very large leaves, these are not natural plants to trim down to a manageable size.
Growing Conditions:
1. Light: F. lyrata require bright, filtered light. They can even tolerate some full sun, especially if placed in an eastern-facing window. Plants that are kept too dark will fail to grow rapidly.
4. Fertilizer: Feed with a weak liquid fertilizer throughout the growing season. F. lyrata don’t have remarkable fertilizer requirements.
2. Water: Keep steadily moist, but don’t allow it to sit in water or it will drop leaves and suffer from root rot.
3. Soil: Any good, fast-draining potting soil will likely do.
4. Fertilizer: Feed with a weak liquid fertilizer throughout the growing season. F. lyrata don’t have remarkable fertilizer requirements.
5. Propagation:
Fiddle-leaf figs can be propagated from stem-tip cuttings, but it’s generally advisable to buy a plant. Commercial growers use a cloning method called tissue culture to produce consistently superior plants to the ones that average growers can obtain from cuttings.
6. Repotting:
Healthy specimens are fast-growing plants with aggressive root systems (which is pretty typical for a ficus). Try to repot the plant annually, stepping up the pot size until the plant reaches the desired size or until you can’t manage the container anymore. Once plants are in large containers, scrape off the top few inches of soil and replace with fresh potting soil annually.
PDI always designs with these Ficus Lyratas in your interior workplaces Waltham, MA.
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