My fiddle was struggling too. Read somewhere that they like the outdoors but under shade so I asked my neighbor to put it under her umbrella to see how he does (named him Michael Scott) a year later Micheal is thriving INSIDE her house. I felt insulted 😂
@@nervousbabbs2769 i have them and they are actually pretty easy to care for. They are just dramatic when they are thirsty, otherwise they just need indirect sun so they don't get crispy. I like that they are dramatic because they show me when they really NEED water, so I have less chance of overwatering them. It took me time to get used them, since they need more watering than the succulents and cactuses I always had
They are just really sensitive. Mine also lost all its leaves when I got it. I just left it alone to get used to it's new home. I still gave her water tho. Now she is a beautiful tree
I haven't repotted mine since i got it when it was dieing at the grocery store i used to work at(i don't think it was watered the entire time it was at that store lol) like 5 months ago it's rootbound the dirt its in is almost all roots now BUT not a single leaf has fallen and it gave me 6 new little leafs and a couple inches of growth i don't know how or why it's still alive let alone growing i finally got a pot for it just waiting on the dirt now but im worried it'll just die when i repot it since it's doing so well in these horrible conditions lol the room its in gets almost 12 hours of sunlight and it's pretty humid so maybe thats why it's still hanging in there
@@valar_euphoriants5898 exactly! I was told to first quarantine and not change anything about new plants, especially the sick ones. I don't have this plant but I read that it doesn't like changes and stress. In case there was only indirect light before it might hate the direct sunlight.
I have a very small one. It was a twig after losing all its leaves. It is finally showing growth again. I wouldn't try water propagation with it. I'm just watering it. I'm glad I didn't give up on it.
And this is why I'm too scared to even go near these trees yet.. I'll see them in hospitals, hotels, or malls thriving and I'm like.. who takes such good care of you? How do you live like this? How can you survive here but not in normal home environments? What are your secrets oh finicky fiddle leaf.
I’ve heard that they’re hyper sensitive to being moved and even the smallest change in its environment can send them into hysterics, which is why shopping centres and stuff don’t mind keeping them, they don’t really care to move them around
THIS. My local (dying) mall has huge fiddles but all the other plants like philodendrons and peace lillies are covered in mealy bugs. Like how did the most difficult plant choose life there of all places?
I moved my fiddle 3 feet to the left, same window and it dropped two leaves in a week 😂 I just moved it back to where it was comfortable and it’s back to thriving lol
@@camx3316 Kinda horrifying to see mealybugs when you’re out and about if you have plants at home. I’d be so terrified of bringing something home with me even though I don’t even have that many plants.
I love when u keep us updated on 1 plant like this fiddle or the peace lily 😍 and I love that you are just so real and honest I hope you try again 💗 I just know you can do it maybe not right away but maybe you save one
🤣 😂 😊 Funny but it's sad, too. 😢 Am I right that Krystal "rescued" this FLF? It may have been at that tipping point the day she bought it and the shock of moving her from one environment to another just did her in. Rescue plants are sometimes just a roll of the 🎲. Not all rescues can be saved! That's for all of us rescuers to remember!!
Yooooo, I tried to propagate my fiddle cutting and it took a few months for those white-dots-turned-roots to form. The only reason I didn’t give up was because one big leaf decided to hang on. Left it on my jungle plant table with timed grow lights. Then, it happened. But girl, it was SLOW. I was so scared to take it out of the water to put it in soil. So far so good though. And this is a girl who couldn’t keep some succulents alive 😆 I challenge you to try again! Maybe a friend will gift you a cutting?
Fiddles really don’t need the most sun. They need to be put somewhere closest to where they were growing before, and always indirect light. Also, I’m afraid the wood was already dead when you cut it, hence the leaves all falling off. No coming back from that, girl. Live to plant another day. 💜
They actually appreciate it if you give them direct or even full sun. They will grow big and lush that way. If the fiddle was grown in a shady area then you can slowly acclimate it to direct sun.
Im thankful for the fact you're sharing us real progress, even if there's not much good results but it's still something we all can learn from. I truly appreciate it~~
Hi Kristal, this happened to my fiddle too! I then bought a new one but a small one and I have it in a bathroom with a skylight. I find that the more I ignore her and only water like every 2 weeks the better she is. Get a baby one and try again! Love your channel!!
my best advice for FLF is putting them in a south or west window - nothing less. here at the garden center I work at they are in direct sun for most of the day on the south side of our greenhouse. Feed regularly as long as there’s active growth, every time you water in the spring/ summer and about once a month in the winter months when you water. When you do feed avoid slow release fertilizers, fertilizer sticks or hydroponic fertilizers (usually made of emulsions and worm castings in liquid form - can get fertilizer burn easily). high nitrogen all-purpose water soluble fertilizer is best - ficus tend to be hungry boogers. Also, I’ve seen that it’s often advertised to let them dry 1/3 of the way down. However, I believe that’s too moist and I’ve had better luck growing letting them go 3/4 of the way dry. another tip, do not chop, propagate, move, repot or anything if it’s not spring or summer. FLF hate change and can only sustain it when it’s the proper months. I hope that helps!!
I feel like most plants are like that. If people say water when the first few inches are dry I water when it's 3/4 dry. If people say to water when it is almost dry I wait until it is completely dry all the way down. If people say to water when completely dry I wait until it is completely bone dry and then wait a week or two before watering. It works for most plants with a few exceptions like some "String of" succulents should be watered as soon as they are dry and some plants like to just be wet all the damn time, I don't buy those plants anymore because they are a pain in the ass and they hate Canadian winters.
I feel this hard core. This was me with Caltheas of all kinds. I went through them like a wildfire. 😭 eventually took a break and then tried again with plants that were cheaper, and won't be too big of a loss. Eventually I found what fit my environment.
I feel this! My poor calatheas. Somehow I still have my og ones but they really went through the ringer until I figured out what they liked. I brought my mom one though and as a joke she whispered to it "I love you and you'll do great here" then she just plopped it down wherever and it's been doing great since. Because of course! Why not? Lol
Fiddles are hard to propagate for some reason, I've tried it a lot I've had a couple successes but it's few and far between. It seems to help to cut the leaves really small to help reduce surface area and and moisture loss whatever- thingy stuff
It’s comforting to me, a plant mom who feels terrible if something is going wrong with even one of my plants, to see you who is way more knowledgeable and experienced than me showing that it’s okay to just take an L every once in a while and move on. Thank you ❤️
They are really easy plants! One important thing: don’t move them! To propagate them you can only use the part where its still green and Not that woody hard part
I had a small fiddle leaf that never grew till one day I moved it to a window that got a lot of light that small fiddle is now 2 times the size it was I also have a beefy fiddle leaf like yours and it actually didn’t die on me it hasn’t grown much but might be building more roots idk 🤷♀️ maybe next summer
My fiddle loves my winter garden. It's a place with indirect light, but very bright, and it's a little humid as well. It's a year old and has new leaves every now and then :)
Fiddle figs have a mind of their own. They are ALL different. I have 2 of them and they both did not like the same things. They have their own personalities honestly. Both of them didn’t like a lot of sunlight or water. They don’t like being moved around either. Super finicky! I thought I would be ready for a huge one but no, thank you! Lol.. DIVAS!!!
My boss has a FLF that’s like 7 feet tall and she has to keep it outside all year (we live in FL). She said it would just start getting sick the minute it was inside, funny little things.
I have a fiddle plant and I started to experience the same thing with the crispy leaves. At first I thought it was dying, but even with the browning leaves I left them attached and during the spring months the tree grew five new sets of leaves. The tree really doesn’t like temperature change, so we made sure to keep it in a corner where there isn’t direct sunlight, and away from any AC vents. We also started putting our coffee grounds once per week into the soil, and it was after that when I started to see the growth. Rather than cutting up the next one, maybe just give the tree time to adjust, because I thinks that a natural thing for the figs to struggle and adjust to a new home.
I heard from the nursery employee that Fiddle Figs are like divas and they hate to be relocated. It so happened that all their shipment of these plants dried up and lookef dead for almost months, and then they start the thrive. So, it basically needs light and water and most importantly, not to be touched once you placed it in its spot.
Fiddles are such divas. We have a fiddle that lost almost all of its leafs when we first got it and potted it. It's just barely after like three years of having it growing new branches / leafs at the bottom lol.
Don't give up on her ! I brought some fig-cuttings from my vacation and tried water propping them. They dropped every single leaf like yours very, very quickly. Because i didn't want to give up on them if left them for about two months, and then the first started producing new healthy leafes and the others started growing roots. Now all have "some" roots and two new ones started growing leafes. What that has tought me so far about figs is: They HATE change. They require some light and some water. But i guess they can tolerate hight light to only one hour of direct sun. They are ok with low water but can also live in more moist soil. The only thing that "kills" them is change. If you give them a very long time to adapt, they will make it. I got figs in nearly every room now and none seems to bother anymore - but most struggled at the beginnen.
I had a fiddle that wasn’t doing too well. I put the cuttings in water. And just prayed. I wish I had paid more attention. But it was a longgggg time before roots started to grow. I even kept the roots and “sticks”. And they all eventually grew sprouts and now are all super happy. The base I actually put outside in the spring. And I didn’t bring it in til the first frost. the cuttings and the original base are doing great also. But again, every time I was about to give up. I didn’t. Because even when mine looked like yours…. I had faith it would grow!
I know everyone says they don't need a ton of sun, but mine gets direct sunlight top to bottom through a huge window, all day. And it has been thriving for years. Once they are used to it, they love tons of light, much more than a monstera. They don't need as much water as you'd think though, mine even dries out every other week. They do need repotting once a year too.
I have mine in a corner, with indirect sunlight by the back door. I water her about once ever month and a half, but saturate her, no drainage, cannibalize her leaves when they fall and do not disturbed the soul other than watering or replanting. She is doing really well. I've had her for about five years and she was a tiny baby when I got her. I also tell my plants everyday they are beautiful, rub their leaves and give her a big hug.
still ain't ever had a problem with our Fiddle Leaf. just chills between the grow lights in our room, and it's been putting out new leaves every other week. maybe it's just the potting mix, who knows. but I don't see why people would call it a hard to take care of plant
Mine lost every leaf inside and was sticks in dirt. Sat the post on my patio to empty and move forward. I was so disappointed😢. About 2 weeks after being put in timeout on the patio, I noticed tiny leaves. I left it outside all summer and it’s completely full of beautiful leaves. It is getting sun and has even endured the hot summer. It’s so happy now. 😊
Im not great with plants but one day at a local grocery store they had a fiddle leaf fig on sale for like $10. I liked it, brought it, got it home and looked up information about it only to find out how finicky they are. I was all worried but just plopped him in a backroom that gets a good amount of sun. I never really touch him and water him when I remember. He's doing great! No idea why, but I'm not about to question it! This just makes me more confused as to why mine is still fine.
I was able to grow one from a cutting, only much shorter and it did take a while for it to root. Fiddles are amazing! The require patience and “the right” environment. I have puppies, they chewed on the base of the tree, months later it was healing and I now have a fiddle sprouting new leaves from its base 🤯 few years back, I first noticed this tree out in the hot sun of the tropical Bonao, Dominican Republic. It can become a very large, shade providing tree ❤
Thank you so much for sharing this struggle! I’m sure everyone who has plants has ran into this at least once, we all know you did nothing wrong😂 some plants are just determined to die
It brings me relief that other plant mom's lose lil plants too - I had one girl for almost 2 years (as long as I've started planting) and I accidentally killed her when I re- potted :(
@@PlantswithKrystal my swiss cheese monstera plant shredding leaves. Not sure how to protect it. Any tips 🥹 its roots are little bit above in the air from the soil/planter
I could never propagate then either but they back bud really easily when you trim them so I recommend that. I cut mine back to like 2 leaves this spring and put it outside in the shade and it looks so much better this year.
Best way to propagate plants with woody stems like that is to cover the leaf with a clear plastic bag, add a little bit of water in the bag and let the cut exposed to air for a day to calus then put it in water with some stones. Then you can either let the leaves covered for a week or cut a few of them to reduce evaporation. It might take a long time for the roots to grow but they less likely to die that way
Some plants just aren’t meant to be ours. I murder every peperomia I get. I stopped buying them, but friends still give me cuttings to sacrifice sometimes.
I keep seeing that peperomia are so frustrating to keep alive! Sooooo I keep waiting for the one I got to die? I have literally no idea how it's thriving? I'm so confused and a VERY newbie...maybe it's climate?
@@akmloves You must just conditions for it where you live. I have hundreds of plants and also cannot seem to keep peperomia alive. Or a fiddle leaf fig. The only peperomia I have are in terrariums. I would love to have a healthy watermelon one but I didn't want to watch another one die.
Same with mine girl. It HATED being in the house at all. I stuck her outside in a shady spot of my patio and the dang thing is THRIVING! I think it’s the fresh air.
you did the best you could. I personally myself have left them alone myself. after two I said let's just focus on another type of plant to love. 🤣😂❤️❤️❤️
Don't feel bad m'dear. I have a green thumb that blows everyone's mind. However, I can't grow Hoyas. Just keep on keeping on. Thanks and praise from Peterborough Ontario Canada 🇨🇦 ♥️
Try buying a really small one. I have a bonsai of this plant type and it adjusted incredibly well to my environment. It's on an east-facing bathroom windowsill and it's given me a lot of growth- It should be said that it didn't have many leaves and was originally dealing with an aphid infestation when I bought it in, so it's kind of a miracle that mine is still alive.
Man, now I'm starting to think I've just been extremely lucky with my two fiddles. I have one regular and one bambino that live in the bathroom near where I put privacy film over the window and they're both thriving. But they're also pretty small, so maybe that's part of it? I know they don't like to be moved, so maybe the beef just couldn't handle being in a new location? It could be worth trying a smaller fiddle and waiting for it to grow into a beefy leafy babe
Yeah I think that may be it too. My fiddle was kind of small when I got it. It still dropped several leaves and stressed me out for like a month, but then it got acclimated and is big and thriving now
I think the key is having plants that thrive in the same environment that makes you comfortable. My apartment is glassy and west facing so it gets tons of sun, the temp is always above 77°, humidity is always above 60% and I have my ceiling fans running all the time so it disrupts drafts from the vents. My fiddle thrives here!
I can appreciate you admitting defeat. I don't really like influencers that can't admit when something goes wrong. You are awesome with your plants, take it as a loss, and move on, cause we love it when you get new ones! Three plants I had for years bit the dust within a year of my family and me moving out of state. Then my son started working at Lowe's, (you can imagine my little plant loving heart how happy I was!) and together, he and I brought new plants in. I've still lost a few here and there, but my son bought me a fiddle leaf that has almost no trunk, and I thought for sure I was gonna kill it, but I repotted it about a month ago and he already has 4 new leaves! I squealed when I saw the babies and instantly thought of you and how happy you are when you see babies on your plants. ❤❤ *Edited to say I would absolutely neglect watering him and he even had roots showing in his original pot he stayed in for the first 3 months. I put him in terra cotta and only water him when he's bone dry. Stays in North light, and I never bothered to touch the leaves that had cracking brown edges on them. Only lost two leaves.
I'm so glad my first ever Fiddle Leaf Fig was easy! It's leaves were curling and somewhat browning, but I left it alone to do its thing. And it's doing amazing! But I heard they are very sensitive to change... Not looking forward to moving this year. :(
Guurrll i feel youuu. We got a rainbow lewisia from the garden center and it did great for a few days until a freeze hit us and it started dying on us indoors. So we took a look at the roots, trimmed off the bad stuff and repotted it. Plant was semi thriving once put under grow lights but the bottom leaves weren't. So we've moved on to placing it in water. Let's see how it does! But def don't think the Lewisia liked it here lol
@plantswithKrystal girl this video made me lmao at the way you backed up with that dead plant and the face you made, I was dead! 🤣😂 R.I.P. to your plant
I’ve seen a total of 3 people who have FLF that they managed to get thriving indoors. They all had really high humidity, bright indirect sunlight, the plants were root bound but not too much, and they had watering down to a tee keeping them moist but not soggy after the top half inch of the soil got dry. Too much work for me because they were also massive 😂
My fiddle leaf fig looked like it was dying the slowest, most painful death for almost a year. I made no changes to it whatsoever but recently it has put out the biggest leaves it has and is growing like crazy. I do not understand them at all...
Hey bestie❣️ I gave up trying to keep my saddle inside… I cut them down and then put them in his own little spot outside and now it is happy and thriving! Maybe you should just get you a beefy fiddle for outside?
I got a big fiddle from Costco even though I was going through a phase where I was ignoring all my plants. It’s been thriving in the shower lol! I haven’t changed it’s pot, the only sun it gets is from a semi-close window that’s about 4feet away and watered only when I’m too lazy to take it out when I shower. Best advice is direct but weak light, humidity and rained on once a week
We thought our fiddle leaf fig was dead. We completely stopped watering it. Although when we went to pull it up, it had the tiniest new shoots coming out all over it. Now it looks fabulous.
Awww no… yea too much stress for you time to go. Prob was dying in store before you even got her. My little fiddle is doing surprisingly well through my terrible plant care and all kinds of chaos. Maybe try again with a little one just to cleanse the palate & give the fiddle another chance at a place in your sanctuary ❤ I love mine. She’s survived in the desert. I’m repotting her tonight… 🤞🏼🫶🏼
I bought two fiddle leafs and the bigger one died in a few months, and the other one was barely holding on. I gave up on it and stuck it in the back of my little greenhouse for the summer. I kept the humidity as high as possible and only watered the plants in there once the whole summer. When I was moving everything back inside for fall, there he was, thriving. I was shocked! I'd forgotten he was in there at all. So now I have him in my tiny indoor greenhouse with an orchid and finicky prayer plant and he is growing a new leaf 🥰 anyway, if you can't creat extremely high humidity, don't buy fiddle leaf figs
I found one in the trash not knowing what it was. I only knew I had to rescue it. I planted it outside 😂 she died, and then came back stronger. I’m in zone 9b for reference. Apparently they can be outside and they grow into huge trees.
Me, trying to keep a fiddle alive in Alaska when it was given to me as a gift. 💀 We hit a 100 hour power outage in the middle of winter last year and that took care of my problem for me 😅
For Fiddle Leaf Figs, the most successful method of propagation is air layering, which involves rooting a cutting while it is still attached to the plant & then cutting it off once a healthy root system forms. It's not as complicated as it sounds & works great for most softwood and hardwood propagations.
Hi Krystal, I picked up a tree like this by the trash, with just one leaf. I put it in a corner with very bright sun and WARM and it has thrived. Sometimes I forgot to water it and I dried it out and it did fine. Maybe this helps.
