Is this normal?
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It looks really good on the top. To me that tree is ok, so far. Reduce watering to 1/2 the current and just dont touch it. Take it away from the heater but not too shady place.
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spacewood wrote: It looks really good on the top. To me that tree is ok, so far. Reduce watering to 1/2 the current and just dont touch it. Take it away from the heater but not too shady place.
That would be 1,5 times per week? I would not recommend that. Watering should be done following the plants needs, not according to a fixed schedule
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I meant at least decrease to 1/2. Following tree needs is best practice, agree.
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Solaris mentioned the green area on the soil. To me it looks like Moss is this a bad thing?
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there is absolutely nothing wrong with this tree.. Keep caring for it as you are ,as it seems perfectly healthy.
If soild washeds away from the base, you will see there are no algea growing there. So the trunk is brownish.
If soild washeds away from the base, you will see there are no algea growing there. So the trunk is brownish.
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tommyboy26 wrote: Solaris mentioned the green area on the soil. To me it looks like Moss is this a bad thing?
If it is moss, no, not for this tree. Moss helps to keep in moisture, which Ficus tend to like. You can probably see it a bit better than I can; if it has vertical growth rather than just being a green stain on the soil (as it looks, especially in the earlier picture with the still-sodden soil), it's most likely moss.
Now that I see the foliage, this tree looks pretty happy. I'd still throttle back on the watering, however, on account of root rot being one of those things that doesn't really show until it's too late to fix. The recommendation to shelter it from the heater is also a fairly good one (plants that like humidity hate having it siphoned out by air blowing on them), but be cognizant of your plant's reactions to changing its environment.
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