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Ficus Root Rot
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jastitizer zone 7 (
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Thu, May 13, 10 at 17:20
| Of course, just when I get it going, I see the tell-tale signs of the "rot". Yellowing leaves. So (this was about a week or two ago), I take it, my ficus benjamina, out of the pot, rinse off all the soil from the roots, snip off all the obviously infected roots, and put it back in the pot with new soil. I look at it again today, and it's roots are rotting again. I again take it out of it's pot, rinse off the soil, and snip off all the obviously infected roots plus some of the other healthy, little ones to avoid further spreading. But, now I have it sitting soiless. Should I put it back in the compact soil? (I plan to order bonsai soil http://cgi.ebay.com/Great-Bonsai-Soil-by-the-pound-Basic-Soil-mix_W0QQ
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RE: Ficus Root Rot
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| Apply a houseplant fungicide, the kind you mix with water, or just use alone, but just to the soil, as if you were just watering. |
RE: Ficus Root Rot
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| You must be doing something really wrong. I've had them thrive in regular potting soil (in a well draining pot) or in normal bench-mix with no problem. Bob |
RE: Ficus Root Rot
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| Bob - maybe you need to remind yourself on occasion that some people don't live in a hot, humid place where plants can just be thrown outdoors for life, but need to suffer our attempts indoors at creating the tropics. That wasn't a very nice comment. |
RE: Ficus Root Rot
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| It was an observation, I spent most of my life living in Pennsylvania, USA and grew some tropicals there. Even with some poor conditions in the beginning I don't remember one having root rot. So, something must be pretty wrong. Bob |
RE: Ficus Root Rot
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| I have had it in many of my (previous) ficuses, actually. Do you think it might be spreading? Or is it sometihng that I myself am doing? I can't think of anything at the moment I might be doing wrong... |
RE: Ficus Root Rot
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| Watering too often, it's normal (if wrong, as Bob says). |
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