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| Okay, before I begin to explain the situation that has risen in the last two days, i'll explain the conditions of my tree..
The tree is a ficus salicifolia. I live in Tallahassee Florida and recently went home more south to Sebastian for one week. The weather has been fairly constant temperature wise in the 60's-70's until recently spiking to the 80's. So up until two days ago everything was fine with my tree. I dont really know what went wrong and the only thing different that happened was that my mother accidently watered my tree with a little mixture which contained miracle grow. I dont know if this is the cause, but my tree now has leaves which are shriveling up, coming in dark and withered and the leaves consistancy are weak (like they seem to be drooping and fall of easily). I've plucked away most of the leaves either on accident since they are so frail or because they were turning brownish. I dont know if this means my tree is dead, dying, or just going through some hard times. Could this be because of the miracle grow, temperature change or possibly over/under watering (note, i dont think I have done either of the latter, but I assume it could be a possibility)? I need some expert advice soon, because this tree means ALOT to me!!! Thanks |
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| Hi. I think what might have happened is that your mother (like all mothers) felt that watering a plant is what to do to keep it happy (after all, how do you water a plant accidentally :-), and had some MG in the water for her other plants. The point is that she probably gave it a very good drink, and it's now complaining about that, rather than the MG, which shouldn't have hurt it. All you can do now is wait for it to go through its little snit of being too wet, and wait a few weeks (maybe watering once in a couple from now) and see if it comes back. Give it lots of light all day and lots of humidity (that's very important) and hopefully it'll come back with new growth. Cutting anything won't make a difference though. |
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| Thanks alot. Hopefully this 80 degree weather will help it some. If overwatering is the problem, should the leaves also be coming in dead-looking (dark green, small and shriveled)? |
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