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Wed, Jan 30, 08 at 16:48
| Help. I bought a ginseng ficus bonsai from walmart a week ago. It had those rocks glued on top of the soil, which i removed a couple days later after a bit of research, and it looked fine. When i brought it home the leaves started to die right away. I bought a fluorescent light hoping that that would help and it did a little. All the leaves that were there when i purchased it are now completely dead, but it has new growths at the bases of its stems with tiny leaves. I know the soil needs to be changed because it drains very slowly and thus causing a fungus gnat problem. What i need to know is if it is okay that i change the soil that its in while its in this fragile state, or should i leave it in the soil that its in now until it is a little healthier. Or... Is all hope lost? |
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| All hope is not lost - dropping leaves due to lower light is what ficus DO (they hate us!). Why not give it a couple of wks to recover now, as you are aware of the problem, and don't fuss about watering - they can dry up quite a bit without dying a lot better than they can drown. Just go easy on water frequency, increase humidity (though not in a saucer that allows water back into the pot!), and give it every scrap of high light you can for as many hours a day as you can. It should be ok. |
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| Thanks a lot Lucy. You really helped me out. : D |
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